Marina Salandy-Brown

#bocas2026

Biography

Marina Salandy-Brown, Bocas Lit Fest founder and President, is a T&T Newsday columnist. Her writing has appeared in international journals and magazines and the New Daughters of Africa anthology (2019).

Years Attended

2011, 2012, 2013, 2013 Children’s Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 South Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Tobago Festival Participant, 2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 South Festival Participant, 2016 Tobago Festival Participant, 2016 Workshop Facilitator, 2017, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018 Children’s Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2021, 2022 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2026 Adult's Festival Participant

Marina Salandy-Brown

Speaker
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Marina Salandy-Brown
2026
One-on-One: Margaret Busby
Festival Programme Event
Life Writing, Nonfiction Event
Event Date: May 3, 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Old Fire Station
2024
Discussion: They Don’t Write Them Like They Used To
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2022
Winners' Row
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
2021
Launch of the NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award
NGC Bocas Youth Fest Event
Event Date:
2021
Winners’ Row
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
2020
2020 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature announcement
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
2020 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize announcement
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Online
2019
Remembering Andrea Levy
Festival Programme, In Tribute Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
One-on-One with Afua Hirsch
Big Ideas, Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
City Hall Special Event
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
City Hall, Port of Spain
2016
Choosing a publisher and Marketing your Book
Bocas Tobago Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Anne Mitchell Gift Auditorium, Scarborough Library
2016
Michael Anthony: Fifty Years On
Bocas South Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2016
One-on-one with Marlon James
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
Writers First
Festival Programme, Workshops, Writers First Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
AV Room
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
2014
Life Stories
Bocas South Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
SAPA
2013
Official Welcome by Mayor and Lit Fest founder Marina Salandy Brown
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Social Event
Event Date:
City Hall, Port of Spain
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