Colin Robinson

#bocas2026

Biography

Colin Robinson has returned home to Trinidad and Tobago twice: from Leeds at age four, and from Brooklyn at forty-five. His debut poetry collection You Have You Father Hard Head was published in 2016.

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015 South 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, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant

Colin Robinson

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Colin Robinson
2020
"The treachery in every poem": Celebrating the poetry of Colin Robinson
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Facebook Live
2019
Home and away: new fiction from T&T writers
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Cropper Foundation at 20
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2019
An equal place?
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Robber Talk
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Backchat: Port of Spain
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Euphoria Lounge
2017
Discussion: How change gets made
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2017
Stand and Deliver
Festival Programme Event
Open Mic Event
Event Date:
Library Amphitheatre
2017
Lit: On Fleek
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Open Mic Event
Event Date:
Euphoria Lounge
2016
Sunday Launch
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Book Launch 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
The Page Meets the Stage
Bocas South Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2015
NGC Bocas Lit Fest South 2015
Bocas South Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2015
Island Bodies
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2015
Peekash Presents
Festival Programme, New Talent, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
De Nu Pub, Woodbrook
2014
Who’s Next?
Festival Programme, Who’s Next? Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Bernardine Evaristo and Amanda Smyth
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2011
Patricia Gone with ... Millicent?
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
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