Andre Bagoo

#bocas2026

Biography

Andre Bagoo is a writer, poet, and essayist. His books include the essay collection The Undiscovered Country (Peepal Tree Press, 2020), winner of the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Non-Fiction, as well as five poetry collections, most recently Midnight Bestiaries (Broken Sleep Books, 2024). His fiction debut, The Dreaming, was published by Peepal Tree in 2022.

Awards

2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Nonfiction Winner

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2013, 2013 South Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2017, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020 Workshop Facilitator, 2021 Adult's Festival Participant, 2021 Workshop Facilitator, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2026 Adult's Festival Participant

Andre Bagoo

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Andre Bagoo
2026
One-on-One: Raymond Antrobus
Festival Programme Event
Life Writing, Nonfiction Event
Event Date: May 3, 2026 @ 3:00 pm
Old Fire Station
2025
Take Two: Andre Bagoo and Linzey Corridon
Festival Programme Event
Poetry, Take Two Event
Event Date: May 3, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
AV Room
2025
BackChat: Queer Resilience: Celebrating Caribbean LGBTQI+ Voices, hosted by CAISO: Sex & Gender Justice
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance, Poetry Event
Event Date: May 1, 2025 @ 9:00 pm
Kaiso Blues Cafe
2023
Take Three: Andre Bagoo, Adam Lowe, and Padraig Regan
Festival Programme Event
Poetry Event
Event Date: April 30, 2023 @ 1:00 pm
Old Fire Station
2023
CAISO presents BackChat: Telling Our Stories: Celebrating LGBTQI+ Voices
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance, Poetry, Pre-Festival Events Event
Event Date: April 27, 2023 @ 9:00 pm
CBs Bar-Bar
2023
Sons of the Soil: Selvon Meets Stalin
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance Event
Event Date: April 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Big Black Box
2022
Coming and going
Season of Independence Event
Event Date: September 22, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
2022
BackChat 2022: Embracing Power, Making Change: Celebrating Caribbean LGBTQI+ Stories
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
Online
2021
Images are Poems: An Introduction to Visual Poetry, with Andre Bagoo
The Writers Centre, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
2021
Winners’ Row
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
2021
Cereus Blooms At Night At 25
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
2021
Youth Poetry Workshop with Andre Bagoo
The Writers Centre, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
2020
The personal is always political
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
How We Remember: Reflections on the 175th anniversary of Indian Arrival Day in TT
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Facebook Live
2020
Readers Wanted: Readings on TTT
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
TTT
2020
An Open House: Readings, Performances and More!
The Writers Centre Event
Social Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2019
Workshop: Inspired by Art - Using Visual Art as a Trigger
Carifesta Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
NALIS
2019
Songs of the Islands
Carifesta Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Grand Market
2019
Why fairy tales still matter
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Presentation Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2019
Cropper Foundation at 20
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2019
The Naipaul inheritance
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Backchat
Festival Programme Event
Open Mic Event
Event Date:
Euphoria Lounge
2018
Sunday Launch
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Secret Lives: Inspired by the archives
Big Ideas, Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Take Three: Island to Island
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2017
Poetry Forward: celebrating the vitality of contemporary Caribbean poetry
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Kaiso Blues Cafe
2017
Lit: On Fleek
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Open Mic Event
Event Date:
Euphoria Lounge
2016
On poetic ground
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
Where there’s a Will
Festival Programme, Shakespeare + Cervantes, Words Alive Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
Big Black Box
2015
Sunday Launch
Festival Programme, New Talent, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2015
The unknown Eric Roach
Festival Programme, In Tribute, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2014
The Books That Made Me
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2013
Poetry Showcase
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Nigel R. Khan Booksellers, Chaguanas
2012
Andre Bagoo and Vahni Capildeo
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2011
Digital Reading: The Future of Literature
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
A Zoom-style grid of six writers during an NGC Bocas Lit Fest event, with names labelled under each participant as they discuss a reading list for Indian Arrival Day.
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