Godfrey P. Smith

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Biography

Godfrey Smith is the author of The Assassination of Maurice Bishop, published by Ian Randle Publishers in Jamaica. He is an attorney at law, a retired politician, former Attorney General of Belize, and a successful  biographer.  His George Price: A Life Revealed, won the 2012 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature non fiction.  The Biography of Michael Manley was published in 2016. 

Awards

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

Years Attended

2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2017, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2017 Workshop Facilitator, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2022 Adult’s Festival Participant

Godfrey P. Smith

2022 OCM Bocas Prize Judge, Author
Belize
Events Featuring Godfrey P. Smith
2022
Winners' Row
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
2020
A question of leadership
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Online
2017
Workshop: The art of biography
Festival Programme, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2017
One-on-one with Godfrey Smith
Festival Programme, Words Alive 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
2012
National interests: how our idea of the “nation” has changed since Independence
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station