Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand is the acclaimed author of twenty-four books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction — most recently Salvage: Readings from the Wreck. Her books have won the Trillium Book Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Toronto Book Award, the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction, and the 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, among other awards.
Gerard Besson
Gerard Besson is a Trinidadian historian, writer, and founder of Paria Publishing. He was awarded the Hummingbird Gold Medal for Heritage Preservation and Promotion and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Heritage Preservation from the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. He has authored numerous books on Trinidadian history and culture. His latest novel is Roume […]
Michelene Adams
Michelene Adams returned to Trinidad in 2010 after slowly travelling steadily south from Canada to the Bahamas to Grenada over a period of 27 years. She teaches English at the Centre for Education Programmes, University of Trinidad and Tobago.
Marsha Riley
Marsha Riley is the author of If I Can You Can Too, a visually appealing book that tells children the true stories of some of our local heroes – stories of perseverance, hard work and eventual success. Marsha is the creator of a seminar that helps equip parents to identify and harness the natural intelligences […]
Greer Jones-Woodham
Greer Jones-Woodham, artist, has been an educator for thirty years, and recently a senior lecturer in the visual arts at the UTT.
Ramabai Espinet
Ramabai Espinet was born in Trinidad & Tobago and currently lives in Toronto, Canada. She is an academic, a writer, and critic. Her published works include the novel The Swinging Bridge, the collection of poetry Nuclear Seasons, and the children’s books The Princess of Spadina and Ninja’s Carnival.
Jeunanne Alkins
Jeunanne Alkins is a prize-winning creative director, author and illustrator who merged her graphic and character-driven storytelling in her three books for children. She has designed and produced community art-education projects and is currently a Design Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne, better known as Auntie Queenie, is a librarian, actress, storyteller and lecturer. She is a retiree from the NALIS after thirty four years of service, serving in several positions such as Deputy Executive Director and Director of the Heritage Library of NALIS. Apart from performances, Joan conducts storytelling workshops and has judged many […]
Avion Crooks
Avion has been a teacher for over 35 years at the primary school level. She is currently attached to San Fernando Girls’ Government School. She has also served as a Curriculum Facilitator (Dance/Drama) and as an Educational Broadcasting Specialist at the Schools Broadcasting Unit, both with the Ministry of Education. In 2017 Avion was asked […]
Lalonde Ochoa
Lalonde Jay Ochoa, 29, graduate of UWI with a First class Honors in BA Theatre Arts and awarded the Earl Warner prize for “Best Theatre Arts Degree Student” for 2013-2014. Primary experience is in acting and directing and has filled the role of storyteller, playwright and stage manager on various occasions. His most recent works […]
Basil Reid
Dr. Basil Reid is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. He is the author of Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, editor of Caribbean Heritage and Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean and co-editor of Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology. Between July 1, 2013 and January […]
Geoffrey MacLean
Geoffrey MacLean is a conservationist and art historian; a Member of Citizens for Conservation and a Past President of the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects.
Reanna Edwards Paul
Reanna Edwards Paul has been onstage in productions by Must come See Productions and Iere Theatre Productions and on the production team of recent Naparima Girls’ High School operatic productions. Reanna is a recent graduate Masters in Music Education from the University of Toronto and a Music teacher at Naparima Girls’ High School. She is […]
Kyle Noel
Kyle Noel is a pannist, musician, innovator and an accomplished guitarist and percussionist. He has performed with legendaries such as Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe, Jason Baptiste and Earl Rodney. He is currently employed as a music instructor at the Multicultural Music Program Unit in the Ministry of Education and is Manager of Soul Faculty Productions Music […]
Omare Asson
Omare Asson is an actor and spoken word artiste. He has performed in several productions with Presentation College, La Dramatique Expressions School of Theatre, Oratory Foundation, Naparima Girls’ High School, Iere Theatre Productions and at the Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival in Barbados. Omare is currently pursuing a BA in Theatre Arts at the UWI.
Brian Boyce
Brian Boyce is 25 years of age and is a recent B.A. Mass Communications graduate. He is an executive member of Iere Theatre Productions Limited with responsibility for social media promotions. He is a favourite lead, and his most recent theatre performances include We Stories, Sundar and Ten To One.
Rebekah Daniel
Rebekah Daniel is eighteen years old and currently a student at COSTAATT studying psychology. She is a proud member of Iere Theatre Production Limited having performed in most of their dramatic productions. Her most recent performance was in We Stories.
Alette Liz Williams
Alette Liz Williams is the Public Relations Officer for Iere Theatre Productions Limited, Assistant Secretary for the National Dance Association of Trinidad and Tobago, a singer, actress and Public Relations Consultant. She has an Associates Degree in Public Relations and Journalism and recently attained a Bachelors in Mass Communications.
Aryana Mohammed
Aryana Mohammed started acting during high school in a Drama Club production of Grease where she developed a passion for performing. She graduated in 2014 with a B.F.A in Performing Arts (Acting) and has been cast in a number of theatre productions, most recently We Stories. She has also acted in the film Moko Jumbie.
Iezora Edwards
Iezora Edwards is a researcher, writer, director and educator. She is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at the UWI, St Augustine and an executive member of the Iere Theatre Productions Limited. She is currently a Curriculum Officer, Visual & Performing Arts (Drama/Theatre Arts), at the Ministry of Education. The play Searching, featured in the 2015 […]
Tracy Assing
Tracy Assing is a writer, editor and filmmaker. Her 2010 film The Amerindians explored Assing’s own identity, the indigenous history of the islands and the political structure of the Santa Rosa Carib Community (now the First People’s Community).
Sabrina Ramnanan
Sabrina Ramnanan was born in Toronto to Trinidadian parents. Her debut novel Nothing Like Love (2015) was released to rave reviews and has hit bestseller lists in Canada. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Education Creative Writing Program and the recipient of the 2012 Marina Nemat award. Her work has […]
Satnarine Balkaransingh
Satnarine Balkaransingh, PhD, is an economist, playwright, and Kathak Classical dancer and choreographer with the Nrityanjali Theatre. His new book Kunuwaton celebrates the First Peoples’ influences in Trinidad and Tobago’s cuisine.
Arielle John
Determined to celebrate the West Indian now, while designing our shared survival of the future, Arielle John approaches poetry and theatre performance as medicine for Atlantic peoples, their resilient cultures, and the land (and sea) they occupy. The millennial’s devotion to community-building work centres on transformative justice, re-indigenized living and the healing arts as she […]
Brendon O’Brien
Brendon O’Brien is an activist, writer, director and performer who’s been doing Spoken Word for the past 7 years. Brendon was the 2014 Verses Bocas Poetry Slam 2nd Place winner, and one of the featured poets of Trinidad and Tobago Radio Network’s ‘Free Speech Project’ from 2012-2014. He is the Artistic Director of the.art.IS Performing […]
Ariana Herbert
Ariana Herbert is a spoken word poet and writer. She believes in the magic of storytelling and upholds the exploration of narratives concerning empathy, women and children. Ariana regularly enjoys no less than three cups of tea a day, daily doses of laughter and dancing, and is on a mission to be kind.
Judy Raymond
Judy Raymond, writer, journalist and editor, is a former editor in chief of the T&T Newsday and Trinidad Guardian. Her latest book is the biography Beryl McBurnie (UWI Press, 2018). Her short story “The Old Monsters” was shortlisted for the 2023 Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean.
Angelo Bissessarsingh
Angelo Bissessarsingh is a historian from Siparia, Trinidad. He is the founder of the Virtual Museum of Trinidad and Tobago heritage resource, and writes a column titled “Back in Time” for the Trinidad Guardian. His new book is A Walk Back in Times: Snapshots of the History of Trinidad and Tobago.
Darin Gibson
Darin Gibson is a freelance writer and visual artist. He is currently completing an MFA in Creative Writing.
Che Rodriguez
Che Rodriguez is an accomplished Caribbean Producer/Director/Actor with a forty year span of performance, experience and training in mass media and theatre production. His body of work encompasses roles he created for film and stage and some twenty-one (21) films/documentaries that he wrote, produced and directed for national, regional and international audiences.