Imam Baksh

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Biography

Imam Baksh is a writer from Guyana. His manuscript Children of the Spider won first place in the 2015 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, published in 2016 by Blue Banyan Books. His manuscript The Dark of the Sea is a 2018 CODE Burt Award finalist.

Awards

2015 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature Winner, 2018 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature Winner, CODE Burt Awards

Years Attended

2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015 Children’s Festival Participant, 2015 Children’s Festival Storyteller, 2015 Featured Speaker, 2016, 2016 Bocas Abroad Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018 Children’s Festival Participant, 2022 Children’s Book Prize Judge, Papillote Press

Imam Baksh

Children's Author, Judge
Guyana
Events Featuring Imam Baksh
2018
Interactive Reading: How Monkey Got His Tail
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
Children's Library Reading Room
2018
Burt Award Showcase
Festival Programme, Words Alive, Youth Fest Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2016
Of Myths and Monsters! Imam Baksh
Bocas Abroad, Miami Book Fair Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Miami Book Fair
2015
The best of CODE's Burt Awards
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2015
Burt Award Ceremony
Awards, Festival Programme Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2015
Reading: How Monkey Got his Tail
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Children's Library