The memoir, The Stranger Who Was Myself (Peepal Tree Press/2022), is the Trinidadian author’s latest book. Prizes for her short stories include The Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Caribbean Region), The Wasafiri New Writing Prize, The Canute Brodhurst Prize, The Small Axe Short Story Competition and The Hollick-Arvon Fiction Prize. Sic Transit Wagon, her debut collection of short stories, received the Guyana Prize for Fiction, and her debut novel, De Rightest Place, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize.
Barbara Jenkins
Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Bio
Awards
2010 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Caribbean Winner2011 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Caribbean Winner2013 Hollick Arvon Prize WinnerCommonwealth Short Story PrizeHollick Arvon Prize
Years Attended
2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 South Festival Participant, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2022 Bocas UK Tour, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant