Sonia Farmer
Sonia Farmer is the author of Infidelities (Poinciana Paper Press, 2017) which was longlisted for the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and The Best Estimation in the World (Poinciana Paper Press, 2019). She has also self-published several chapbooks. Her poetry has won the 2011 Prize in the Small Axe Literary Competition and has appeared in various journals including PREE, tongues of the ocean, Small […]
Garfield Ellis
Garfield Ellis is the Jamaican author of six published books, most recently The Angels’ Share. He is a two-time winner of Jamaica’s Una Marson prize for adult literature, and the Canute A. Brodhurst prize for fiction (The Caribbean Writer, University of Virgin Islands).
Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi is an Indian writer of poetry and fiction. She is the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award for Poetry, winner of the All-India Poetry Competition, and her first book, Countries of the Body, won the prestigious Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her debut novel, The Pleasure Seekers, was shortlisted for the Hindu Literary […]
Michael Dash
J. Michael Dash, born in Trinidad, has worked extensively on Haitian literature and French Caribbean writers. His publications include Literature and Ideology in Haiti, Haiti and the United States, Edouard Glissant, and The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context, as well as English translations of Glissant’s work. Â
Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Anthony V. Capildeo FRSL is a Trinidadian Scottish writer of poetry and non-fiction. Currently Professor and Writer in Residence at the University of York, their site-specific word and visual art includes responses to Cornwall’s former capital, Launceston, as the Causley Trust Poet in Residence (2022) and to the Ubatuba granite of the Henry Moore Institute […]
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand is the acclaimed author of twenty-four books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction — most recently Salvage: Readings from the Wreck. Her books have won the Trillium Book Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Toronto Book Award, the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction, and the 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, among other awards.
Jacqueline Bishop
Jacqueline Bishop is an award-winning writer and visual artist born in Jamaica, who now lives between London and New York City. Her book The Gymnast and Other Positions won the nonfiction category of the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize. The Gift of Music and Song: Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers is forthcoming.
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts is the author of three books. His latest is the poetry collection Bastards of the Reagan Era. Betts is a recipient of fellowships from Soros Justice Foundation, Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies, and the Poetry Foundation. (Sponsored by the US Embassy).
Gerard Besson
Gerard Besson is a Trinidadian historian, writer, and founder of Paria Publishing. He was awarded the Hummingbird Gold Medal for Heritage Preservation and Promotion and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Heritage Preservation from the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. He has authored numerous books on Trinidadian history and culture. His latest novel is Roume […]
Claire Armitstead
Claire Armitstead is books editor for the UK Guardian and Observer. She presents the weekly Guardian books podcast and is a regular commentator on radio, and at live events across the UK and internationally.
Ibrahim Ahmad
Ibrahim Ahmad is senior editor at Akashic Books, an award-winning Brooklyn-based independent publishing company. He leads frequent workshops with the Algonkian Writers Conferences and New York Writers Workshop, where he also serves on the board of directors.
Michelene Adams
Michelene Adams returned to Trinidad in 2010 after slowly travelling steadily south from Canada to the Bahamas to Grenada over a period of 27 years. She teaches English at the Centre for Education Programmes, University of Trinidad and Tobago.
Marsha Riley
Marsha Riley is the author of If I Can You Can Too, a visually appealing book that tells children the true stories of some of our local heroes – stories of perseverance, hard work and eventual success. Marsha is the creator of a seminar that helps equip parents to identify and harness the natural intelligences […]
Alscess Lewis-Brown
Alscess Lewis-Brown is an educator and children’s author from the US Virgin Islands. She is editor-in-chief of The Caribbean Writer, an international literary journal with a Caribbean focus published annually by the University of the Virgin Islands. She has written six books for young readers, including the popular Moko Jumbi Majorette series (published by Little Bell/Campanita Books).
Greer Jones-Woodham
Greer Jones-Woodham, artist, has been an educator for thirty years, and recently a senior lecturer in the visual arts at the UTT.
Ramabai Espinet
Ramabai Espinet was born in Trinidad & Tobago and currently lives in Toronto, Canada. She is an academic, a writer, and critic. Her published works include the novel The Swinging Bridge, the collection of poetry Nuclear Seasons, and the children’s books The Princess of Spadina and Ninja’s Carnival.
Jeunanne Alkins
Jeunanne Alkins is a prize-winning creative director, author and illustrator who merged her graphic and character-driven storytelling in her three books for children. She has designed and produced community art-education projects and is currently a Design Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne, better known as Auntie Queenie, is a librarian, actress, storyteller and lecturer. She is a retiree from the NALIS after thirty four years of service, serving in several positions such as Deputy Executive Director and Director of the Heritage Library of NALIS. Apart from performances, Joan conducts storytelling workshops and has judged many […]
Avion Crooks
Avion has been a teacher for over 35 years at the primary school level. She is currently attached to San Fernando Girls’ Government School. She has also served as a Curriculum Facilitator (Dance/Drama) and as an Educational Broadcasting Specialist at the Schools Broadcasting Unit, both with the Ministry of Education. In 2017 Avion was asked […]
Lalonde Ochoa
Lalonde Jay Ochoa, 29, graduate of UWI with a First class Honors in BA Theatre Arts and awarded the Earl Warner prize for “Best Theatre Arts Degree Student” for 2013-2014. Primary experience is in acting and directing and has filled the role of storyteller, playwright and stage manager on various occasions. His most recent works […]
Basil Reid
Dr. Basil Reid is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. He is the author of Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, editor of Caribbean Heritage and Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean and co-editor of Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology. Between July 1, 2013 and January […]
Geoffrey MacLean
Geoffrey MacLean is a conservationist and art historian; a Member of Citizens for Conservation and a Past President of the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects.
Reanna Edwards Paul
Reanna Edwards Paul has been onstage in productions by Must come See Productions and Iere Theatre Productions and on the production team of recent Naparima Girls’ High School operatic productions. Reanna is a recent graduate Masters in Music Education from the University of Toronto and a Music teacher at Naparima Girls’ High School. She is […]
Kyle Noel
Kyle Noel is a pannist, musician, innovator and an accomplished guitarist and percussionist. He has performed with legendaries such as Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe, Jason Baptiste and Earl Rodney. He is currently employed as a music instructor at the Multicultural Music Program Unit in the Ministry of Education and is Manager of Soul Faculty Productions Music […]
Omare Asson
Omare Asson is an actor and spoken word artiste. He has performed in several productions with Presentation College, La Dramatique Expressions School of Theatre, Oratory Foundation, Naparima Girls’ High School, Iere Theatre Productions and at the Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival in Barbados. Omare is currently pursuing a BA in Theatre Arts at the UWI.
Brian Boyce
Brian Boyce is 25 years of age and is a recent B.A. Mass Communications graduate. He is an executive member of Iere Theatre Productions Limited with responsibility for social media promotions. He is a favourite lead, and his most recent theatre performances include We Stories, Sundar and Ten To One.
Rebekah Daniel
Rebekah Daniel is eighteen years old and currently a student at COSTAATT studying psychology. She is a proud member of Iere Theatre Production Limited having performed in most of their dramatic productions. Her most recent performance was in We Stories.
Alette Liz Williams
Alette Liz Williams is the Public Relations Officer for Iere Theatre Productions Limited, Assistant Secretary for the National Dance Association of Trinidad and Tobago, a singer, actress and Public Relations Consultant. She has an Associates Degree in Public Relations and Journalism and recently attained a Bachelors in Mass Communications.
Aryana Mohammed
Aryana Mohammed started acting during high school in a Drama Club production of Grease where she developed a passion for performing. She graduated in 2014 with a B.F.A in Performing Arts (Acting) and has been cast in a number of theatre productions, most recently We Stories. She has also acted in the film Moko Jumbie.
Iezora Edwards
Iezora Edwards is a researcher, writer, director and educator. She is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at the UWI, St Augustine and an executive member of the Iere Theatre Productions Limited. She is currently a Curriculum Officer, Visual & Performing Arts (Drama/Theatre Arts), at the Ministry of Education. The play Searching, featured in the 2015 […]