Anton Nimblett

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Biography

Anton Nimblett, a Trinidadian who lives and writes in Brooklyn, is the author of the short story collections Sections of an Orange and Now/After. His fiction and poetry appear in several literary journals and in the anthologies Our Caribbean, War Diaries and The Peepal Tree Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories. Anton has presented work widely in the US and internationally.

Years Attended

2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2021 Adult's Festival Participant

Anton Nimblett

2022 OCM Bocas Prize Judge, Author

Trinidad & Tobago

Events Featuring Anton Nimblett

2021

In A Cold Country: Andre Alexis & Kaie Kellough

Festival Programme Event

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2020

"The treachery in every poem": Celebrating the poetry of Colin Robinson

Festival Programme, Online Programme Event

Readings Event

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Facebook Live

2019

Home and away: new fiction from T&T writers

Festival Programme Event

Readings Event

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Old Fire Station

2019

The Naipaul inheritance

Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event

Discussion Event

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Old Fire Station

2019

Tales for the Bookman

Festival Programme Event

Readings Event

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Old Fire Station

2016

Stories of Home

Festival Programme, Words Alive Event

Discussion Event

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AV Room