Big Ideas

To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Queen’s Park Cricket Club, a panel of players and expert observers debate the importance of the game to the Caribbean’s past and present,... Read More

It’s sometimes called T&T’s national artform, but has calypso’s time passed? Does survival mean a return to roots, or reinvention? Calypsonians Kurt Allen and Kizzy Ruiz, scholar Gordon Rohlehr, and producer... Read More

A tour of the historic National Library of Port of Spain, with Debbie Goodman, Corporate Communications. Sign up at the NALIS booth, Library atrium (ground floor), and assemble in the... Read More

Hannah Lowe and Paula Madison Williams read from and discuss their family memoirs, tracing ancestral routes from Jamaica back to China; chaired by Tracy Assing. Bookmark

What happens when literary authors enter the political fray? The lives and times of Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Martin Carter, and Aimé Césaire, as told by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, Gemma Robinson, and... Read More

Tour of the historic National Library of Port of Spain, led by Debbie Goodman, Manager, Corporate Communications. Assemble in the Library Rotunda. Bookmark

Gerard Besson, author of the novel Roume: A Memoir, and Desha Osborne, editor of Horatio Nelson Huggins’s epic poem Hiroona, discuss literature’s ability to bring history to life; chaired by... Read More

As our society evolves, are our laws and judicial systems keeping up? Who’s leading the way in current debates on human rights, and who’s lagging behind? Attorney Lynette Seebaran-Suite, activist... Read More

Black Indians, traditional masquerade characters of Trinidad Carnival, are known for their fierce costumes and war-like songs, composed in a secret language known only to initiates. Anderson Patrick and Darlington... Read More

Andrew J. Fitt discusses his memoir, Aching to Be, about life with cerebral palsy with Nickolai Salcedo. Bookmark

The future of publishing, and literature itself, depends on creating a new generation of readers. Marsha Gomes-McKie, Julie Morton, and Summer Edward discuss key issues in Caribbean children’s publishing; chaired by... Read More

200 years ago, the Merikins — free black settlers from the United States — arrived in Trinidad, establishing close-knit communities that survive to this day. This special programme of events... Read More

200 years ago, the Merikins — free black settlers from the United States — arrived in Trinidad, establishing close-knit communities that survive to this day. This special programme of events... Read More

200 years ago, the Merikins — free black settlers from the United States — arrived in Trinidad, establishing close-knit communities that survive to this day. This special programme of events... Read More

Angelique Nixon talks to Attillah Springer about her study of Caribbean tourism, and how artists and activists suggest other paths for social development. Bookmark

Four writers discuss the Shakespeare plays, characters, and lines that have influenced them. With Vahni Capildeo, Martin Daly, Marlon James, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Chaired by Funso Aiyejina. Bookmark

How did Peepal Tree Press become the leading publisher of Caribbean writing? Founder and 2016 Bocas Swanzy Awardee Jeremy Poynting and his colleagues Hannah Bannister and Jacob Ross talk to... Read More