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All things books and Caribbean

[Bookthingstt @bookthingstt]

@AllenAgostini It’s such a refreshing and engaging read!

[Bookthingstt @bookthingstt]

@AllenAgostini ‘s opening line in ‘Death in the Dry River’ sets the tone and tempo for plot so perfectly. It might just very well be up there with Barbara Jenkins’ opening chapter title - ‘I Cynthia - Belmont Maco’ in ‘De Rightest Place’
#bookthingstt

[Calabash Festival @calabashfest]

Once upon a time, 4 Bookers met on a beach… Treasure Beach for Calabash, of course. 🙂

We’re excited to have @TheBookerPrizes winners:

Marlon James, 2015
Shehan Karunatilaka, 2022
Ian McEwan, 1998
Michael Ondaatje, 1992

Check schedule: https://t.co/YFKoH4AEey

#Calabash2025

[Bookthingstt @bookthingstt]

Currently reading Death in the Dry River by @AllenAgostini. What I love so far is the economic use of words and literary techniques to drive the story forward. What I don’t love so far - nothing.
#bookthingstt #bookthings #caribbeanwriters

[Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest]

It’s Day 3 of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest featuring poetry and short story to novel workshops, eight One on One, Take Two interviews & showcases, a special film screening, a Big Idea discussion, and the ever-popular Ole Mas Competition and Extempo Debate!
#bocas2024⚡️@NGCGascoNewsTT

[Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest]

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘Spirits in the Dark’, Vincentian-Canadian H. Nigel Thomas will explore Caribbean-Canadian #LGBTQ+ issues, and discuss what has and hasn’t changed a generation later, in an intimate, far-ranging conversation with @sistellablack. @CanadaTandT

[AkeArts&BookFestival @akefestival]

We’re sad to learn that beloved Guadalupian author Maryse Conde has joined the ancestors. She headlined #AkeFest20 in 2020. To celebrate her, we got women authors from around the world to pay tribute to her. Watch it here: https://t.co/JpJIpGsGPy
Rest in Peace, Ms Conde.

[Small Axe @SmallAxeProject]

It is with deep sorrow that the Small Axe Project notes and tries to digest the passing of the Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé (11 February 1934--2 April 2024). She will be missed by us all, those who knew her, and those who didn't. Bon voyage Madame Condé.

[Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest]

Two months to go until T&T's biggest annual celebration of books, writers, words, stories & ideas. The #NGCBocasLitFest will run from 25-28 April with an action-packed programme for all ages, of readings, discussions, performances, workshops and more! #bocas2024 #literaryfestival

[Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest]

Congratulations to Jamaican poet Jason Allen-Paisant on winning the 2023 TS Eliot Prize for his second collection Self-Portrait As Othello (@Carcanet). Allen-Paisant received the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry for his debut collection, Thinking with Trees. @jallenpaisant

[The Karibbean Kollective @karibkollective]

The 2024 Caribbean Book Releases You Should Be Adding To Your TBR Pile

Read about there here: https://t.co/VVtkMelxvd

[Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest]

1/2 On Friday, Garnet Lawrence, Winner of the 2023 Bocas Children's Book Prize for ‘Anansi and the Fire Ants’ received his US1,000 cash prize from Marina Salandy-Brown, President of the Board of the Bocas Lit Fest, at The Writers Centre. .../2

[Leone Ross @leoneross]

Please RT 😊. Author & educator Leone Ross has curated two ONLINE classes in Feb & April, open to writers all over the world. The Gentle Apprenticeship is for new writers or ones who haven’t written for a while. The Push You Need Masterclass is for more experienced writers.

[Paper Based Bookshop @paperbasedbooks]

Writer to Writer is back this weekend!

Join us at The Writers Centre on Saturday, 3:30 PM for an intimate chat between @irasroom & Celeste Mohammed!

They'll be talking creative non-fiction, a writer's life + the particulars of their craft. We can't wait 💃🏽

FREE. Open to all!

[The Cutlass Magazine®️ @cutlassmagazine]

I am very excited to announce this call for photo and video submissions as part of a collaboration between @cutlassmagazine and @IGDS_SAU at The University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad, alongside Senior Lecturer @gabriellehosein.

[AkeArts&BookFestival @akefestival]

“What Africans are doing is that we are reclaiming our stories, we are re-writing our realities, I wouldn’t necessarily say we are writing Fantasy” ~ Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Book Chat with authors @wtalabi and @AyaRoots moderated by @KareemReal

#AkeFest23 #AkeFestival

[Paper Based Bookshop @paperbasedbooks]

🎄🕮 It's our final Evening of Tea & Readings of the year! 🕮 🎄

🗣️ @troyhadeed, #RonaldHarford, #PaulaObé, @ruthosman, @trinielf

📅 Dec 2nd
🕰️ 5:30 PM
💲 $150
📖 RSVP Essential

🎫 Get your tickets early by visiting in-shop, calling us, or DM for more details. Spots limited!

[Ivie Ani @ivieani]

I'm an advocate for re-reading the same books multiple times at different ages and stages in your life. You'll always see or interpret something in a new way. You're bound to learn something new. The discovery never really ends

[Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest]

Read the latest installment of the #BocasBookBulletin, a monthly roundup of #CaribbeanLiteraryNews, curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express.
https://t.co/V7vCCrMwh5 @NGCGascoNewsTT @expressupdates