In Tribute
Honouring our literary heritage and our great writers, past and presentDay 1
28 Apr 2016
Festival Tribute: Celebrating Sparrow
60 years ago, his classic song “Jean and Dinah” won the Mighty Sparrow his first Calypso Monarch and Road March titles. We celebrate the anniversary of this milestone through readings,... Read More
Kurt Allen
Nikki Crosby
Penelope Spencer
Rhoma Spencer
Rikki Jai
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Old Fire Station
Festival Welcome: Celebrating Sparrow
60 years ago, his classic song “Jean and Dinah” won the Mighty Sparrow his first Calypso Monarch and Road March titles. We celebrate the anniversary of this milestone through readings,... Read More
10:30 am - 11:30 am
AV Room
Wide Sargasso Sea at 50
It’s a canonical work of “writing back” to literary tradition, and a popular classic tackling hard questions about history and race. Claire Armistead, Sharon Millar, Polly Patullo and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw... Read More
Claire Armitstead
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw
Polly Pattullo
Sharon Millar
Shivanee Ramlochan
10:30 am - 11:30 am
AV Room
Wide Sargasso Sea at 50
It’s a canonical work of “writing back” to literary tradition, and a popular classic tackling hard questions about history and race. Writers and scholars read from and discuss the enduring... Read More
Day 2
30 Apr 2016
Wilson harris at 95: the writer as magician
In the year of his 95th birthday, Pauline Melville, Riyad Insanally, and Vanda Radzik read from his spellbinding prose, while Gordon Rohlehr, Kenneth Ramchand, Jeremy Poynting, and Gemma Robinson discuss... Read More
Gemma Robinson
Gordon Rohlehr
Jeremy Poynting
Ken Ramchand
Pauline Melville
Day 3
01 May 2016
Peepal Tree Press at 30
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
Jacob Ross
Jeremy Poynting