Alake Pilgrim

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Biography

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, and in international anthologies such as New Daughters of Africa (ed. Margaret Busby).

Years Attended

2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Children’s Festival Participant

Alake Pilgrim

Author

Trinidad & Tobago

Events Featuring Alake Pilgrim

2025

“First Words” Young Writers’ Showcase

Children's Festival Event

Fiction Event

Event Date: May 3, 2025 @ 1:00 pm

Childen's Library Main Room

2025

Take Two: Antonio Michael Downing and Yomi Ṣode

Festival Programme Event

Life Writing, ⁠One on One, Poetry, Take Two Event

Event Date: May 4, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Old Fire Station

2023

"To and From": A Generational Conversation and Reading

Children's Festival Event

Roundtable Discussion Event

Event Date: April 29, 2023 @ 1:00 pm

2nd Floor Seminar Room

2023

"To and From": Authors' Readings

Children's Festival Event

Author Readings Event

Event Date: April 29, 2023 @ 2:00 pm

2nd Floor Seminar Room

2023

Take Two: Cherie Jones and Sharma Taylor

Festival Programme Event

Fiction Event

Event Date: April 28, 2023 @ 1:00 pm

Old Fire Station

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