Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is an award-winning, world-renowned Kenyan writer and academic who writes primarily in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children’s literature.
José Serulle
José Serulle, ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Trinidad and Tobago, Permanent representative at the ACS, and Dean of the Diplomatic Corp, is also a bibliophile and director of an annual arts festival in his country.
Janet Steel
Janet Steel leads commonwealth writers, the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation. Prior to this post Janet has spent over thirty years working in the cultural sector, primarily in theatre and new writing. Starting out as a young actress Janet quickly moved into directing, producing and script development. In 2012 she won an award for […]
Néhémy Pierre Dahomey
Poet, philosopher and novelist, Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey was born in Haïti in October 1986. He studied philosophy at the ENS (École Normale Supérieure) in Port-au-Prince, and in France at Université Paris 8. He has published poetry in Haïti and his first novel, Rapatriés, was awarded by three French prizes. Néhémy is working on his second novel.
Amílcar Sanatan
Amílcar Peter Sanatan is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus and a 2024 Bocas Breakthrough Fellow. His poetry has appeared in BIM Magazine, Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, The Caribbean Writer, Cordite Poetry Review, Gutter, Interviewing the Caribbean, Magma, Moko Magazine, PREE Lit, Sargasso and […]
Daniel J. O’Brien
Daniel J. O’Brien is a Trinidadian born author and illustrator currently residing in Queens, New York. He holds a BFA in Illustration from The School of Visual Arts. His training coupled with his love of science, folklore, and nature, inspires Daniel to create otherworldly illustrations. His art has been shown in exhibits in Trinidad and New […]
Lauren K. Alleyne
Lauren Alleyne is an award-winning poet, whose work has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She is the author of Difficult Fruit (2014) and Honeyfish (2019), longlisted for the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Her work has been awarded many honours, most recently, the Phillip Freund Alumni Prize for Excellence in Publishing from […]
Adalber Salas Hernández
Adalber Salas Hernández is a Spanish-Venezuelan poet, essayist and translator. He is the author of several books of poems, including Isolario/Islarium (2024), Salvoconducto (2015, winner of the XXXVI Arcipreste de Hita Prize), Río en blanco (2016), and mínimos (2016). He has published translations of Marguerite Duras, Antonin Artaud, Charles Wright, Mário de Andrade, and several […]
Lorraine Nero
Lorraine Nero is a West Indiana and Special Collections librarian at the Alma Jordan Library, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.
André Alexis
André Alexis, Trinidad-born, Canada-based author of six novels. His internationally acclaimed debut, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. His fifth, Fifteen Dogs (2015) received many honours, including the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was followed by The Hidden Keys (2016). In […]
Jannine Horsford
Jannine Horsford is a fellow of the Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency 2024, the inaugural Moko Magazine Poetry Masterclass 2018, the 2016 Callaloo Writers’ Workshop, and the Cropper Foundation Caribbean Writers’ Workshop 2014. In 2016 she was shortlisted for the Small Axe Poetry Prize. Her poetry has been published in The Caribbean Writer, Caribbean Quarterly, […]
Kevin Adonis Browne
Kevin Adonis Browne is a photographer, poet, archivist, and scholar of contemporary rhetoric and Caribbean culture. His book High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture, an innovative hybrid of essays, memoir and photography, was the winner of the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, and the first non-fiction book to win the overall […]
Otávio Maia Chelotti
Otávio Maia Chelotti was born in Corumbá-MS, Brazil, in 1963. BAs in English Language and Literature, and Diplomatic Studies. Profession: Diplomat. Poetry Prize at the OFF FLIP Literature Prize, 2008. Published work: Coletânea Prêmio OFF FLIP de Literatura [2008], Selo OFF FLIP Ed., 2009 (contribution); and Ex-voto e poemas do intermédio (1977-2005), Mythopoiesis Ed., 2014 (collected works). […]
Dr. Keith Rowley
Dr. Keith Rowley is the seventh Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, currently serving as Chair of CARICOM. He is a Volcanologist with a Doctorate in Geology, specialising in Geochemistry. Dr Rowley first served in Parliament as an Opposition Senator from 1987 to 1990 and has been re-elected eight times. Since 1991 he has been […]
Winston “Gypsy” Peters
Winston Edward Peters, aka Gypsy, is a Trinidadian calypsonian, recognised as one of the world’s best Extempo artists. He has won over seven national Extempo titles and is the reigning champion.
Jillian Carreira
Jillian Carreira was born in the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and Tobago. She has obtained a Degree in Literature and Minor in Linguistics from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. During her pursuit she received an Award of Excellence from the American Prose lecturer. Jillian presently teaches at a private school in Port of […]
Hadassah K. Williams
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 […]
Désha A. Osborne
Désha A. Osborne is an adjunct assistant professor at Queens College and Hunter College, CUNY. She completed her PhD in English at the University of Cambridge, where her research was a full-length study of Hiroona, the epic 19th-century poem by Horatio Nelson Huggins. The first critical edition was published in 2015 by the University of […]
Daniel José Older
Daniel José Older is a Brooklyn-based writer, editor, and composer. He is the author of the Bone Street Rumba novels, including Half-Resurrection Blues; the ghost noir collection, Salsa Nocturna; and the Young Adult novel Shadowshaper.
Lalonde Jay Ochoa
Lalonde Jay Ochoa is a 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. His primary experience is in acting and directing and has filled the role of storyteller, playwright and stage manager on various occasions. His most […]
Glenda-Rose Layne
Glenda-Rose Layne is a professional storyteller and has developed a programme to interpret art through dance and poetry. In 2006 she was a Gold Medalist in the Acting World Championship of the Performing Arts, Hollywood, California and again in 2007 she won two Gold Medals, one Bronze and one industry award for Acting & Spokesmodel […]
Rosamond S. King
Critical and creative writer and performer Rosamond S. King’s book Island Bodies: Transgressive Sexualities in the Caribbean Imagination was named “Best Book” by the Caribbean Studies Association. Her poetry publications include the forthcoming All the Rage and the Lambda Award-winning Rock | Salt | Stone. King’s essays have appeared in LitHub, the Ms. blog, Sargasso, The Progressive, The Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, and elsewhere. She has performed at biennales, festivals, bookstores, and other venues around the […]
Sufia Giza
Ms. Giza is an Author, Spoken Word/Recording Artist, Historian Filmmaker and Certified Yoga Instructor. She did Performance Poetry in Los Angeles, CA from the 1990’s through 2000’s, and is Co-Founder of the Southern California based Riverside Renaissance Writers Group. Sufia is currently will soon release her 2nd Dub-Poetry cd, Echoes of FREEdom. Poet and Historian, […]
R. S. A. Garcia
R.S.A. is a writer of speculative fiction and a Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus and Ignyte Award finalist. Her Amazon Bestselling science fiction mystery, Lex Talionis, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and the Silver Medal for Best Scifi/Fantasy/Horror Ebook from the Independent Publishers Awards (2015). She has published short fiction in venues such as Clarkesworld Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, Escape […]
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné is a Trinidadian poet and visual artist. Her accolades include the 2012 Small Axe Literary Competition, the 2015 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize and Wasafiri New Writing Prize, and the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for Poetry for her debut collection Doe Songs. Her poetry is featured in the bilingual anthology […]
Gustavo Barrera Calderón
Gustavo Barrera Calderón, from Chile, is the author of six poetry collections. His work has been anthologized and appeared in international publications. He is also a storyteller and has participated in several public exhibitions that integrate music, poetry and performance. Participation supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Chile and Norton Lilly.
Colleen Selvon-Rampersad
Colleen Selvon-Rampersad hails from a family of writers and has a nursing-teaching background. She serves as secretary of the Writers Union of Trinidad and Tobago (WUTT). Her work is published in Voicing Our Vision 1, These Heavenly Shores, Prism and more.
Sterling Kent aka Gamma Ghost
Exploring the themes of spirituality, societal ills, national pride, Caribbean identity and progress of the African Diaspora, Gamma Ghost has been a writing and performing as a lyricist and vocalist since 1998. Since 2004, he has since distinguished himself as one of the Caribbean’s most respected and sought after expressionists of spoken word poetry.
Akilah White
Akilah White is a Jamaican freelance media critic and beta reader living a Yard. Her writing is in several places including The Bad Form Review and the anthology Divergent Terror: At the Crossroads of Queerness and Horror edited by W. Dale Jordan (Off Limits Press). For regular book musings and Don’t Cyare Gyal radiance, follow […]
Rose-Ann Walker
Dr. Sylvia Rose-Ann Walker retired from academia in 2018 and currently offers her scholarly expertise in support of curriculum development across diverse fields in secondary and tertiary education in Trinidad and Tobago.