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Andre Bagoo

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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

2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2021 Adult's Festival Participant, 2021 Workshop Facilitator, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant

Andre Bagoo

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Andre Bagoo
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
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
2021
Images are Poems: An Introduction to Visual Poetry, with Andre Bagoo
Workshops Event
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2021
Winners’ Row
Festival Programme Event
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2021
Cereus Blooms At Night At 25
Festival Programme Event
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2021
Youth Poetry Workshop with Andre Bagoo
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