Mariano Brown
Mariano Browne, political commentator and former Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago, is the author of many published papers on banking and finance.
Warren Le Platte
Warren Le Platte is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and photographer, as well as a part-time lecturer in layout, graphic design and photography. He has worked in the media for over two decades, as layout artist, photographer and writer and has worked at two of Trinidad and Tobago’s major daily newspapers. Warren has been involved […]
James Aboud
James Christopher Aboud is a poet and a lawyer. His book “Lagahoo Poems” (Peepal Tree Press) was awarded the inaugural James Rodway Poetry Prize, offered by Derek Walcott’s Rat Island Foundation in 2004. He has also published “The Stone Rose” (Paria Publishers) and been included in various regional and international literary journals and anthologies. He studied […]
Vashti Bowlah
Vashti Bowlah is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. Her stories have been published in Caribbean and international journals and have also gained her literary awards and nominations. She is the author of Under The Peepal Tree and Sugarcane Valley.
Jeanelle Frontin
Jeanelle Frontin is the author of The YaraStar Trilogy for young adults. Book one in the trilogy, The Unmarked Girl, is the winner of the 2019 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean YA Literature and is listed as one of the 5 best Middle-Grade and YA Indie Books of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews. Jeanelle is the Founder […]
Raymond Ramcharitar
Raymond Ramcharitar is a writer, a journalist, and a cultural critic from Trinidad. He is the author of a controversial study of the Trinidadian media, Breaking the News: Media and Culture in Trinidad, the short story collection The Island Quintet, and the poetry collections American Fall and Here.
Ruth Osman
Ruth Osman is a Guyanese singer/songwriter, flautist and poet based in Trinidad. She is well-known for her jazz performances over the past decade with the jazz trio Jacoustik and various local and regional musicians. Her poetry collection All Made of Longing won the Guyana Prize for Best First Book of Poetry for 2023.
Stella Chong Sing
Stella Chong Sing is an educator and emerging writer from Port-of- Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Her research interests include existential literature, postcolonial literature, feminist studies, and Indian- Caribbean history and identity. She currently teaches communication studies and English language and literature in Trinidad and Tobago. Some of her poems were included in Brock University’s literary […]
Patti-Anne Ali
Patti-Anne Ali has written, directed and performed for page, stage and screen for more than twenty years. Writings include: Ian Ali – Great Nationals of Trinidad and Tobago Series (2013) and the Cacique (Trinidadian theatrical excellence award) nominated play, Single- An Act of Love (2004). Performances include: C. Durang’s Miss Witherspoon (2007) with Amphibian Stage, […]
Brian London
Brian London, born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, is the reigning National Extempo Monarch. He started his calypso career in the Junior Calypso competition, and has several social and political commentary wins under his belt.
Nigel Campbell
Nigel Campbell is a well-known music industry analyst, commentator and reviewer who has documented Caribbean music culture and the business of music in print, television, and on the popular podcast Music Matters: The Caribbean Edition with entertainment journalist Laura Dowrich-Phillips (podcast.iradio.tt). His writing has appeared in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, Caribbean Beat and other […]
Aarti Gosine
Aarti Gosine is the Managing Director of JAV Publishing House and has also written three children’s books, The Magic Cave, More Adventures in the Magic Cave and the Jaeden Ring. This trilogy is ideal for children in the 7-10 age group. Aarti also writes short stories for The Northerly, a community based supplement and is […]
Rubadiri Victor
Rubadiri Victor is a multi-media artist working in eight mediums; he is also a cultural activist. He is the author of Meditation on the Traditions a photo-essay on Traditional Mas, and publisher of Generation Lion Magazine. He is the founder of the Artists’ Coalition of Trinidad & Tobago- T&T’s primary artist representative body, and the […]
Nadella Oya
Createfuturegood is a social impact organization with a clear purpose: “We help children realize their power”. Createfuturegood builds awareness, and advocates for Children’s Rights and their well-being through media and art interventions using creative expression and innovative projects, programs and campaigns. Started in 2010, their campaigns and workshops have helped children and their caregivers all […]
Oprah Francis
Oprah Francis is the author and illustrator behind the children’s storybook and workbook titled The Adventures of Marvin the Mischievous Manicou. She is also a corporate communicator and the holder of a Master’s Degree in Media, Communications and Public Relations. Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, this up-and-coming author is working to foster a greater sense […]
Felix Edinborough
Felix Edinborough has performed as the pierrot grenade for over 30 years. He has performed at many cultural festivals around the world including countries in Europe and North America. His performances are equal part entertainment and education. A retired Principal of St Francis Boys’ College (formerly Belmont Boys’ Secondary School), he has been the Chief […]
Mary Cuffy
Mary Cuffy is the author of the ladybug book series, Lola and the Dancing Ladybugs, Lola and the Magic Sticks, Lola and the Fascinating Cocoa Bean, and a recipe book Bake the Cocoa Cookie with Lola. She is a storyteller whose work focuses on literacy and music in early childhood and she lectures at the […]
Verena Boodoosingh
Verena Boodoosingh is a former TV Host and journalist. She has over 10 years’ experience in the media and public relations arena. Verena holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester, England and specialized in Public Relations. In addition, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, and International […]
Alake Pilgrim
Alake Pilgrim is the author of Zo And The Forest Of Secrets (2022, shortlisted for the Bocas Lit Fest Children’s Book Prize) and the sequel Zo and the Invisible Island (2024), fantasy adventures for 9+ readers set in nature on the island of Trinidad. Her stories have appeared in Small Axe, the Center for Fiction, […]
Gary Hector
Gary Hector is the founder of the T&T rock and roll band jointpop, which has released several successful albums with an eclectic mix of various styles of pop music.
Sharda Patasar
Sharda Patasar is a cultural researcher, arts and culture columnist for the T&T Newsday, and a sitar player of classical North Indian, fusion, and experimental music.
Christine Norton
Christine Norton is a photographer and one of the Directors of The Noel Norton Collection Limited, managing the care and development of the Noel Norton database of photography. She searched the Noel Norton Collection to curate the upcoming publication, Minshall by Norton.
Sharlan Bailey
Sharlan Bailey is a musician, composer/songwriter, producer, and performer who has been gracing the stage professionally since 2003 as a solo act. Sharlan is a descendant of calypso royalty, being the younger son of deceased Dr. Winston “The Shadow” Bailey. Sharlan’s early exposure to the stage began as a back-ground singer providing chorus and writing […]
Heather Cateau
Dr. Heather Cateau specialises in the study of plantation systems and in comparative systems of enslavement. She teaches courses in the areas of Caribbean history, economic history, and Caribbean historiography. She is working on “Voices of the Past,” a novel oral history project which seeks to capture historical experiences before they are lost. She has […]
Selwyn R. Cudjoe
Selwyn R. Cudjoe is a professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. He attended Fordham, Columbia and Cornell universities. He has taught at Fordham, Cornell, Ohio and Harvard universities. He has also written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, the New Left Review and the Trinidad Express where he is a weekly […]
Krystal A. Sital
Born in the republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Krystal A. Sital is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Secrets We Kept: Three Women of Trinidad. A PEN award finalist, her work has appeared in Elle Magazine, The New York Times, Salon, Today’s Parent, Catapult, The Caribbean Writer, and elsewhere.
Claire Adam
Her debut, multi prize-winning novel Golden Child (Faber & Faber) was published in 2019 and translated into several languages. It was a Times and Evening Standard ‘Book of the Year’, one of the BBC’s ‘100 novels that shaped our world’, featured on Radio 4’s ‘Book at Bedtime’, and winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize, the […]
Marcus Millette
Marcus Millette is a writer, spoken word poet and teaching artiste. He is a two time national poetry slam finalist. His diverse personality encourages valiant voice in his work. Millette’s unique outlook on life comes as a result of his hometown where he was always greeted with the harsh realities of life. Marcus believes his […]
Jeannine Remy
Dr. Jeannine Remy, a 2000 Fulbright fellow, lectures in music in the Department for Creative and Festival Arts, UWI, St. Augustine and is the co-author of Steelpan in Education: A History of the Northern Illinois University Steelband. As a steelpan arranger, performer and pan historian she has researched and aided the archiving of T&T’s steelpan […]
Rudolph Ottley
Rudolph Ottley is Assistant Professor at the Academy of the Arts, Letters, Culture and Public Affairs at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. Ambataila Women: The Untold Story in Calypso from Chanterelle to Calypsonian 1838-2014 is his latest publication about T&T’s musical history.