Hadassah K. Williams

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Biography

Hadassah K. Williams is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago, and the winner of the first BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean. A mentee of Earl Lovelace and Monique Roffey, she is currently working on her first novel and her work can be found in Moko Magazine and Interviewing the Caribbean. Her story “Cascadura” was published in New Worlds, Old Ways, edited by Karen Lord, in 2016, and in 2018 her story “Nerves” was shortlisted for the Cosmonauts Avenue Fiction Prize. In 2019 she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Faber and Faber Academy.

Awards

2020 BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Caribbean Writers Winner, BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards

Years Attended

2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 South Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2022 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2026 Siparia Festival Participant

Hadassah K. Williams

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Hadassah K. Williams
2026
Objects of Memory
Bocas Siparia 2026 Event
Author Readings, Discussion Event
Event Date: September 26, 2026 @ 12:30 pm
Iere High School
2026
A Literary Tour of South Trinidad
Bocas Siparia 2026 Event
Author Readings, Discussion, Literary Tour Event
Event Date: September 26, 2026 @ 10:30 am
Iere High School
2024
Film: Green Days by the River
Festival Programme Event
Film Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2020
Circa 2120
Festival Programme, Future Friday Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Online
2019
Stories Like Mas
Carifesta Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Grand Market
2016
Readings And Writers
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2016
New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
De Nu Pub, Woodbrook