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

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2013, 2013 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019, 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
2026
“First Words” Young Writers’ Showcase
Children's Programme Event
Discussion, Fiction Event
Event Date: May 2, 2026 @ 3:00 pm
2025
“First Words” Young Writers’ Showcase
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Fiction Event
Event Date: May 3, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
Children's Library Main Room
2025
Take Two: Antonio Michael Downing and Yomi Ṣode
Festival Programme Event
Life Stories, ⁠One on One, Poetry, Take Two Event
Event Date: May 4, 2025 @ 3:30 pm
Old Fire Station
2024
Take Two
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2024
Imagine The Future: New Voices Chapter 2
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
City Hall, Port of Spain
2023
"To and From": A Generational Conversation and Reading
Children's Festival, Festival Programme 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, Festival Programme 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
2019
Tales for the Bookman
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
New Daughters of Africa
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Library Amphitheatre
2013
Oonya Kempadoo and Lawrence Scott
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2011
New Talent Showcase 2011: Alake Pilgrim
Festival Programme, New Talent Showcase Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station