Jeremy Poynting
Speaker
Jeremy Poynting is the founder of Peepal Tree Press based in the UK, the leading publisher of contemporary Caribbean writing. As a literary critic he has published widely in journals such as The New Voices and Journal of Commonwealth Literature on the topic of Indo-Caribbean literature. He is the recipient of the 2016 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award.
A Literary Friendship
Combining penetrating insight with frank self-awareness, A Literary Friendship — based on Rohlehr’s private notebooks and correspondence, and completed not long before his death in early 2023 — is at once memoir, literary analysis, and meditation on fame and obscurity. Publisher Jeremy Poynting introduces this important posthumous work, followed by a conversation among scholars and writers Aaron Kamugisha, Anu Lakhan, and Paula Morgan, chaired by Barbara Lalla.Combining penetrating insight with frank self-awareness, A Literary Friendship — based on Rohlehr’s private notebooks and correspondence, and completed not long before his death in early 2023 — is at once memoir, literary analysis, and meditation on fame and obscurity. Publisher Jeremy Poynting introduces this important posthumous work, followed by a conversation among scholars and writers Aaron Kamugisha, Anu Lakhan, and Paula Morgan, chaired by Barbara Lalla.
Amazing Scenes
The launch of a comprehensive collection of the journalism of Seepersad Naipaul, first published mainly in the Trinidad Guardian between 1928 and 1953. Seepersad Naipaul’s articles and columns form a unique social and cultural history of Trinidad’s sugar-lands and its many peoples, as well as a vivid portrayal of a colonial Trinidad teeming with character, incident, and political vibrations. Peepal Tree Press’s edition gives this “lost” body of writing back to all those who want to understand the making of David Rudder’s magic island. This launch event includes contributions and conversations from co-editors Kenneth Ramchand, Nivedita Misra, and Aaron Eastley, and publisher Jeremy Poynting. There will be readings from the book by Breanne Mc Ivor, Celeste Mohammed, Ingrid Persaud, and David Sammy.The launch of a comprehensive collection of the journalism of Seepersad Naipaul, first published mainly in the Trinidad Guardian between 1928 and 1953. Seepersad Naipaul’s articles and columns form a unique social and cultural history of Trinidad’s sugar-lands and its many peoples, as well as a vivid portrayal of a colonial Trinidad teeming with character, incident, and political vibrations. Peepal Tree Press’s edition gives this “lost” body of writing back to all those who want to understand the making of David Rudder’s magic island. This launch event includes contributions and conversations from co-editors Kenneth Ramchand, Nivedita Misra, and Aaron Eastley, and publisher Jeremy Poynting. There will be readings from the book by Breanne Mc Ivor, Celeste Mohammed, Ingrid Persaud, and David Sammy.