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ANSA McAL’s CEO at Bocas Lit Fest: More must be done to address mental health issues by 20210426 A screen grab from the Bocas Lit Fest “The Big Idea: The Way Forward for the Caribbean” virtual panel, chief executive officer of ANSA McAL Anthony N Sabga with Professor John Agard and economist Dr Justin Ram moderated Natalee Legore. COUTESY BOCAS LIT DFEST /FACEBOOK SHAR­LENE RAM­PER­SAD Caribbean peo­ple tend to face many nat­ur­al dis­as­ters, from flood­ing to storms to most re­cent­ly vol­canic erup­tions. Add that to a pan­dem­ic which has been on­go­ing for ov...

Article by Social Share Port of Spain – The Trinidadian-born poet, Desiree Seebaran, Saturday won the 2021 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP), defeating entrants from seven other Caribbean countries for the region’s only prize for emerging writers. St Lucia-born poet Canisia Lubrin won the One Caribbean Media (OCM) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Lubrin’s “The Dyzgraphxst”, a book-length poem published by Penguin Random House Canada, was announced the overall winner by chief judge, Trinidadian-British poet Vahni Capildeo. In the third and final year ...

. Trinidad and Tobago poet Desiree Seebaran has won the 2021 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP), the region’s only prize for emerging writers. In the third and final year of the Prize, dedicated to the advancement of new Caribbean voices, Seebaran won out over the other two shortlisted poets, Akhim Alexis and Jay T. John. All three are Trinbagonians. The prize offers an opportunity to advance a current work in progress.   In the official announcement during the Winners’ Row event at the 2021 NGC Bocas Lit Fest on Saturday, April 24  Seebaran was announced the wi...

St Lucia-born poet Canisia Lubrin is the 2021 winner of the One Caribbean Media (OCM) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Lubrin’s The Dyzgraphxst, a book-length poem published by Penguin Random House Canada, was announced the overall winner by chief judge, Trinidadian-British poet Vahni Capildeo, during a virtual presentation streamed live via the Bocas Lit Fest website, Facebook and YouTube channel last night. The NGC Bocas Lit Fest started on Friday and ends today. The Canada-based poet, winner of the Bocas Lit poetry prize, was one of three genre category-topping authors shortlisted f...

St Lucian poet Canisia Lubrin wins OCM Bocas best book prize 2021 winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Canisia Lubrin. - Photo courtesy Bocas Lit Fest A book-length poem that the OCM Bocas prize for Caribbean Literature judges consider “post-colonial poetry at its best” has triumphed in the stakes for best book by a Caribbean writer published last year. The Dyzgraphxst by St Lucia-born poet Canisia Lubrin is the 2021 winner of the prize, which comes with an award of US$10,000 courtesy One Caribbean Media. It is the second consecutive year that a poet has won the interna...