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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Geoffrey Philp
Geoffrey Philp has written two novels, Benjamin, My Son and Garvey’s Ghost; five poetry collections, Exodus and Other Poems, Florida Bound, Hurricane Center, Xango Music, and Dub Wise; two collections of short stories, Uncle Obadiah and the Alien and Who’s Your Daddy?, and three children’s books, Marcus and the Amazons, Grandpa Sydney’s Anancy Stories, and The Christmas Dutch Pot Baby. His work is represented in nearly every anthology of Caribbean literature, and […]
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 […]
Shakirah Bourne
Shakirah Bourne, Barbadian writer and filmmaker, is a 2018 CODE Burt Award Finalist. Her self-published collection of stories In Time of Need won the 2015 Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Literary Fiction. Her newest manuscript won the Prime Minister’s Award at the Frank Collymore Literary Awards. Her film adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s […]
Elizabeth J. Jones
Elizabeth J. Jones has published history books and numerous articles about Bermuda. Her short story The Ceremony appears in the Peekash publication New Worlds Old Ways, an anthology of speculative fiction, edited by Karen Lord. Her first YA novel A Dark Iris is a finalist for the 2018 CODE Burt Award for Young Adult Caribbean […]
Majeed Karim
Majeed Karim is a 19 year old Junior Performance Poet with The 2 Cents Movement. He works with the organization Create Future Good and is also a member of the creative group 6Geng, founded in St. George’s College by him and his friends.
Aisha Acres
Aisha Acres is the founder of Connect the Dots, a consulting agency specialising in business strategy development and financial literacy education. The Money Adventures of Mike Murray and Friends is her first publication.
DH Gibbs
Hailing from her native Trinidad and Tobago, Author, Illustrator, and lifelong bibliophile D.H. Gibbs found a way to blend her creative abilities with her love of the written word. From her early days, she spent many waking moments crafting tales, honing her graphic design skills, or dreaming up elaborate vacation plans to satisfy her love […]
Tracey Baptiste
Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of MINECRAFT: THE CRASH and the popular JUMBIES series, including THE JUMBIES, RISE OF THE JUMBIES, and THE JUMBIE GOD’S REVENGE. Her recent books include LOOKING FOR A JUMBIE, AFRICAN ICONS: TEN PEOPLE WHO SHAPED HISTORY and BECAUSE CLAUDETTE. She teaches in the MFA program at […]
Raymond Antrobus
Raymond Antrobus was born in London to an English mother and Jamaican father. He is the author of Shapes & Disfigurements (Burning Eye, 2012) To Sweeten Bitter (Out-Spoken Press, 2017), The Perseverance (Penned In The Margins / Tin House, 2018) and All The Names Given (Picador / Tin House, 2021). In 2019 he became the […]
Danielle Y.C. McClean
Trinidad-born and US-based writer, translator and interpreter, Danielle Y. C. McClean is the author of the Secrets of Oscuros series. Her debut novel, Secrets of Oscuros: The Protectors’ Pledge (CaribbeanReads 2017, illustrator: Lorena Soriano), placed third in the 2016 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, and its sequel, Secrets of Oscuros: The Whisperer’s Warning (CaribbeanReads 2022, illustrator: Rachel Moss) was the […]
Florenz Webbe Maxwell
Florenz Webbe Maxwell was born in Bermuda. She received her inspiration to write while a student at the Central School. Her poem, A Song of Central, written at age 12, was later put to music by David Knights, another student at Central and became the school’s song. In 1972, she won first place for the […]
Brian Benoit
Brian Benoit is the Chief Executive Officer of the Benoit Academy of Steel Pan, Executive Producer of Panimation Studios and Author of the Legends of Panderica animated book series, the first steel pan animated book of it’s kind which won the Ideas to innovation (i2i) competition for innovative excellence and commitment to shaping the future […]
Gregory Thompson
A primary school teacher for twenty five years, Gregory Thompson is the author The Adventures of Manti and Andy, a series of environmentally aware picture books. For more information on the series, visit Manti and Andy’s official website. He is presently working on book projects which include poetry on local endangered species, as well as […]
Melissa Matthews
Melissa Matthews is an artist, writer, and entrepreneur. She writes and illustrates stories based on the adventures of her beloved daughter, Makena. She published the first of these stories in 2016, Makaynuh & The Magical Curtains and is working on finishing and publishing a few more in the near future.
Britta Rajkumar
Britta is a primary school teacher who has a passion for teaching English and encouraging young ones to love reading. From a young age, reading was always a love as was caring for the environment. Britta plans on creating a series of books through Boysie to teach children how to care for their environment better […]
Sheetal Daswani
Sheetal Daswani is a mother, dreamer, author, wanderer, birth doula, educator and human rights defender. Sheetal primarily works as an education consultant on grassroots projects that are aimed at equipping at-risk communities with the tools needed to promote sustainable and meaningful social change.
Betty Peter
Trinidadian Betty Peter grew up on the islands of Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. She is a recipient of NALIS’ First Time Authors Award for Brown Sugar and Spice (2010). Because of her passion for literacy and literature, she spends much of her time interacting with young people and reading at schools and libraries, […]
Elspeth Duncan
Elspeth Duncan is a published writer (Daisy Chain, 2011 and Tobago Peeps, 2015), Kundalini Yoga instructor, photographer, musician, and restauranteur (“Table for Two”). She currently lives in Tobago with her celebrity dog: Venus the Doggess of Love.
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 […]
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.
Imam Baksh
Imam Baksh is a writer from Guyana. His manuscript Children of the Spider won first place in the 2015 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, published in 2016 by Blue Banyan Books. His manuscript The Dark of the Sea is a 2018 CODE Burt Award finalist.
Diana McCaulay
Diana McCaulay is a Jamaican environmental activist and writer, a lifelong resident of the capital city of Kingston. Her forthcoming novel, A House for Miss Pauline, was published by Dialogue Books in the UK and Algonquin Books in the USA in February 2025. She has already written five novels: DOG-HEART (Peepal Tree Press ) HURACAN […]
Lynn Joseph
Lynn Joseph is a Trinidadian author of several books for children, including A Wave in Her Pocket, The Mermaid’s Twin Sister, An Island Christmas, Jump Up Time: A Carnival Story, and Coconut Kind of Day, and two Young Adult novels, The Color of My Words and Flowers in the Sky. She was selected as Bermuda’s […]
Lylah Persad
Lylah Persad, writer, director, actor, storyteller, is the Creative and Artistic Director of LP Entertainment Theatre. She is a preschool drama teacher and also hosts workshops for teens and adults in speech articulation and character development. Together with Penelope Spencer, she co-authored the collection Tales from the Forest.
Verna Allette Wilkins
Verna Allette Wilkins, celebrated author of 30 books for young people, with her books featured on the BBC and on the Schools National Curriculum, is the founder of Tamarind Books. Awards include the British Book Industry Decibel Award for Multicultural Publishing and an Honorary Doctor of Letters.