Earl Lovelace

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Biography

Earl Lovelace is a Trinidadian writer. His books include the Caribbean classic The Dragon Can’t Dance, and Salt, winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His novel Is Just a Movie won the 2012 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the Grand Prize for Caribbean Literature from the Regional Council of Guadeloupe. He was the chief judge for the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize.

Awards

2012 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Overall Winner, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2013, 2013 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2013 South Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014 Tobago Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015 Featured Speaker, 2015 Tobago Festival Participant, 2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2017, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, Papillote Press

Earl Lovelace

2020 OCM Bocas Prize judge, Author, Judge
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Earl Lovelace
2023
Sons of the Soil: Selvon Meets Stalin
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance Event
Event Date: April 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Big Black Box
2020
2020 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature announcement
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Online
2019
Earl Lovelace Presents
Carifesta Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Grand Market
2019
2019 OCM Bocas Prize announcement ceremony
Awards, Festival Programme Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Festival Programme Event
Film Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2019
One-on-one with Earl Lovelace
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2017
Noir by Night: celebrating the launch of Trinidad Noir: The Classics
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Big Black Box
2016
The return of Victor Questel
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2015
Where Has Calypso Gone?
Bocas Tobago, TALK YUH TALK! AN AFTERNOON OF READINGS, CONVERSATIONS AND PERFORMANCE Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Scarborough Public Library
2015
Q&A and Book Signing
Bocas Tobago, Tribute: Earl Lovelace at 80 Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Scarborough Public Library
2015
Earl Lovelace in Conversation
Bocas Tobago, Tribute: Earl Lovelace at 80 Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Scarborough Public Library
2015
The unknown Eric Roach
Festival Programme, In Tribute, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2015
Reading in public
Festival Programme Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
2nd Floor Seminar Room
2014
How do characters speak on the page?
Festival Programme Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2014
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean, published by Peekash Books
Festival Programme Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Martin's, Newtown
2014
Portraits of the city
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Eric Roach tribute: poems read by Earl Lovelace, Canessa George, Ann-Marie Davis, Carron Rivers
Bocas Tobago Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Gulf City Mall, Lowlands, Tobago
2013
A reading by Earl Lovelace (Bocas South)
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Nigel R. Khan Booksellers, Chaguanas
2013
Prizewinners Showcase
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Gulf City Mall, La Romaine
2013
Should literature be political?
Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2012
Celebrating the 2012 winners
Festival Programme, OCM Bocas Prize Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2011
A reading by Earl Lovelace, chaired by Gordon Rohlehr
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
An older man in a white shirt stands at a clear lectern with a microphone, adjusting his glasses during a 2011 poetry reading at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest.
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