Bridget Brereton

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Biography

Bridget Brereton is Professor Emerita of history at UWI, St. Augustine, and author of Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad and A History of Modern Trinidad, among other books. She was chair of the non-fiction judging panel for the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize in 2011, and again in 2020.

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2013, 2013 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 South Festival Participant, 2017, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2021 Workshop Facilitator, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant

Bridget Brereton

2020 OCM Bocas Prize judge, Author, Judge, Speaker
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Bridget Brereton
2025
Life Stories: Bridget Brereton and Patricia Mohammed
Festival Programme Event
Life Stories Event
Event Date: May 4, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
AV Room
2024
Discussion: the History We Need
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2023
History in the Making Masterclass with Bridget Brereton and Lorraine Nero
The Writers Centre, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date: September 28, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Online - Zoom
2022
History in the Making, with Bridget Brereton and Lorraine Nero
The Writers Centre, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date: October 8, 2022 @ 10:00 am
Online - Zoom
2022
Who tells the story?
Season of Independence Event
Event Date: September 1, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
2021
The History Around Me: Writing Popular History, with Bridget Brereton
The Writers Centre, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
2020
2020 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature announcement
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Online
2019
Heroes and Villains
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Imagining A City: How Port of Spain became a modern city
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2017
Discussion: C.L.R. James reconsidered
Festival Programme, In Tribute Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
New Stories From The Past
Bocas South Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2016
When history meets fiction
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2015
Dying to Better Themselves
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Preserving the past
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2013
Writing back: the new post-imperial history
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2012
National interests: how our idea of the “nation” has changed since Independence
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2011
Bridget Brereton on writing the history of UWI
Festival Programme Event
Presentation Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
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