by Barbara Jenkins Princes Town Library would not have been so hard to find if we had secured directions before leaving town. As it was, the scenic route led us to the back entrance/car park of an RBC where a helpful security guard put us on the right track through the most bustling, lively, densely […]
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by Barbara Jenkins San Fernando came next, billed as Carnegie, not San Fernando Library. I really, really love it when an original name is retained after relocation or transformation of a building or a function. Something to be applauded, admired even. We don’t do much of that here. The Old Fire Station at NALIS Port
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by Barbara Jenkins I’ve come back home after a September spent in the UK to discover that NALIS and Bocas, supported by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, have organised nine established reading groups in South & East Trinidad and Windward & Leeward Tobago to read Sic Transit Wagon. Fuh true? I
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The NGC Bocas Lit Fest challenges the world, including the Caribbean, to take stock of the new era of Caribbean writing. For many North Americans, Cuba and Haiti grab the headlines, sometimes the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, while the rest of the Caribbean is just a tropical dream come true – sun, sea, sand and
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A spirited journey in spoken word poetry across Trinidad and Tobago is underway. It is the third nationwide Courts Bocas Secondary Schools Speak Out Tour in which members of The 2 Cents Movement visit 50 schools to share some of the most stirring, thought-provoking and topical performances with a number of highly enthusiastic secondary school
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