Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné

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Biography

Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné is a Trinidadian poet and visual artist. Her accolades include the 2012 Small Axe Literary Competition, the 2015 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize and Wasafiri New Writing Prize, and the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for Poetry for her debut collection Doe Songs. Her poetry is featured in the bilingual anthology The Sea Needs No Ornament, edited by Loretta Collins Klobah and Maria Grau Perejoan. She is the illustrator of Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure (CaribbeanReads) and The Jungle Outside (HarperCollins Publishers), both written by Joanne C. Hillhouse.

Awards

2015 Hollick Arvon Prize Winner, 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry Winner, Hollick Arvon Prize, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Years Attended

2013, 2013 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2013 South Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015 Featured Speaker, 2015 South Festival Participant, 2015 Tobago Festival Participant, 2017, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018 Children’s Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2019 Children’s Festival Participant, 2019 Children’s Festival Storyteller, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020 Workshop Facilitator, 2021 Children's Festival, 2026 Arima Festival Participant

Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné

2021 OCM Bocas Prize Judge, Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
2026
Literary Tour of East Trinidad
Arima Event
Author Readings, Discussion, Literary Tour Event
Event Date: August 22, 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Cafe, East Yard
2026
Where Wild Words Grow
Arima Event
Poetry, Workshop Event
Event Date: August 22, 2026 @ 3:00 pm
Cafe, East Yard
2026
One-on-One: Tessa McWatt
Festival Programme Event
Life Writing, Nonfiction Event
Event Date: May 3, 2026 @ 1:00 pm
Old Fire Station
2020
The Sea Needs No Ornament: launching the groundbreaking new anthology
Festival Programme Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
The Books That Made Me: Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
i95.5 FM
2020
Her Stories: International Women's Week 2020
The Writers Centre Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2019
Songs of the Islands
Carifesta Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Grand Market
2019
Take Two: Nick Makoha (Kingdom of Gravity) and Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné (Doe Songs)
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Workshop: Bringing character and setting to Life
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Children's Library Reading Room
2018
Always Lit: A big night of literature and music at the Big Black Box
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Big Black Box
2018
Film/ World Premiere: Moving pictures and borders
CineLit, Festival Programme Event
Film Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2018
Illustration Workshop
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Children's Library Multipurpose Room
2017
The books that made me
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
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
New Voices: Some of Trinidad and Tobago’s best emerging talent
Bocas Tobago, TALK YUH TALK! AN AFTERNOON OF READINGS, CONVERSATIONS AND PERFORMANCE Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Scarborough Public Library
2015
Peekash Presents
Festival Programme, New Talent, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
De Nu Pub, Woodbrook
2013
Poetry Showcase
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Nigel R. Khan Booksellers, Chaguanas
2013
New Talent Showcase 2013: Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Festival Programme, New Talent Showcase Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
Promotional graphic for “The Jungle Outside” storytime featuring artist Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné, shown alongside the book cover.
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