Shivanee Ramlochan

#bocas2026

Biography

Shivanee Ramlochan’s first book of poems, Everyone Knows I Am a Haunting (Peepal Tree Press, 2017) was a finalist for the 2018 People’s Choice T&T Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Shivanee was shortlisted for the 2018 Bridport Prize for Poetry. “The Red Thread Cycle”, from her debut collection, won a Small Axe Literary Competition Prize for Poetry, and was on audiovisual display at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Find her work online at www.novelniche.net, shivaneeramlochan.com, @novelniche

Awards

2017 Forward Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection Shortlist, Forward Prizes for Poetry

Years Attended

2013, 2013 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2013 South Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014 South Festival Participant, 2014 Tobago Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015 South Festival Participant, 2015 Tobago Festival Participant, 2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 South Festival Participant, 2017, 2017 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018 Children’s Festival Participant, 2018 Workshop Facilitator, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020 Bios & Bookmarks Participant, 2020 Workshop Facilitator, 2021 Adult's Festival Participant, 2022 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2022 Bocas UK Tour, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2026 Adult's Festival Participant, 2026 Siparia Festival Participant

Shivanee Ramlochan

Author, Poet
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Shivanee Ramlochan
2026
A Literary Tour of South Trinidad
Siparia Event
Author Readings, Discussion, Literary Tour Event
Event Date: September 26, 2026 @ 10:30 am
Iere High School
2026
One-on-One: Canisia Lubrin
Festival Programme Event
⁠One on One, Poetry Event
Event Date: May 3, 2026 @ 11:00 am
Old Fire Station
2026
Lillian Allen in conversation with Shivanee Ramlochan
Bocas Lit Fest, The Writers Centre Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2025
BOOK LAUNCH: The Cropper Foundation presents Writing For Our Lives
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Life Stories, Poetry Event
Event Date: May 3, 2025 @ 3:30 pm
Old Fire Station
2025
Take Two: Anu Lakhan and Alycia Pirmohamed
Festival Programme Event
Poetry, Take Two Event
Event Date: May 4, 2025 @ 1:30 pm
Old Fire Station
2025
BackChat: Queer Resilience: Celebrating Caribbean LGBTQI+ Voices, hosted by CAISO: Sex & Gender Justice
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance, Poetry Event
Event Date: May 1, 2025 @ 9:00 pm
Kaiso Blues Cafe
2024
Your Poems are Powerhouses: A Masterclass — Session 3 of 3
Bocas Academy, Masterclass Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Online
2024
Your Poems are Powerhouses: A Masterclass — Session 2 of 3
Bocas Academy, Masterclass Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Online
2024
Your Poems are Powerhouses: A Masterclass — Session 1 of 3
Bocas Academy, Masterclass Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Online
2024
Bocas Breakthrough Fellows Showcase
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2024
One on One with Dionne Brand
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2023
Tales of Root, Silk & Bone
NGC Bocas Youth Fest Event
Fiction, Poetry Event
Event Date: October 21, 2023 @ 1:00 pm
DCFA Building, Lecture Room 1
2023
CAISO presents BackChat: Telling Our Stories: Celebrating LGBTQI+ Voices
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance, Poetry, Pre-Festival Events Event
Event Date: April 27, 2023 @ 9:00 pm
CBs Bar-Bar
2023
Take Three: Desiree C. Bailey, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa and Samantha Thornhill
Festival Programme Event
Poetry Event
Event Date: April 28, 2023 @ 3:00 pm
Old Fire Station
2022
Bocas UK Tour 2022 in Leeds
Bocas UK Tour Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
University of Leeds Poetry Centre
2022
Vahni Anthony Capildeo | Bios And Bookmarks Season 7
Bios And Bookmarks Event
Event Date:
Facebook Live
2022
A World Made of Stories
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
2022
BackChat 2022: Embracing Power, Making Change: Celebrating Caribbean LGBTQI+ Stories
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
Online
2022
Andil Gosine | Bios And Bookmarks Season 7
Bios And Bookmarks Event
Event Date:
Facebook Live
2021
Cereus Blooms At Night At 25
Festival Programme Event
Event Date:
2020
Circa 2120
Festival Programme, Future Friday Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
Bios & Bookmarks: Karen Lord
Bios And Bookmarks Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Facebook Live
2020
How We Remember: Reflections on the 175th anniversary of Indian Arrival Day in TT
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Facebook Live
2020
Poetry As Ferocity: Writing Your Truth With Radical Honesty Workshop
The Writers Centre Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2019
Take Two: Nicole Sealey and Forward Prize winner Danez Smith
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Reading beyond boundaries
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Take Two: Nick Makoha (Kingdom of Gravity) and Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné (Doe Songs)
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Take Two: Claire Adam (Golden Child) and Alexia Arthurs (How to Love a Jamaican)
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Cropper Foundation at 20
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2019
Backchat
Festival Programme Event
Open Mic Event
Event Date:
Euphoria Lounge
2019
Take Two: Marina Warner (Fly Away Home) and Abigail Parry (Jinx)
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Poetry Masterclass Workshop (Part 2)
The Writers Centre Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2018
Poetry Masterclass Workshop (Part 1)
The Writers Centre Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2018
Sunday Launch
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Film: Pacific Voices
CineLit, Festival Programme, Youth Fest Event
Film Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2018
Take Two: Let poems blaze
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Man Booker Prize Presents
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Salon: In conversation with Barbara Lalla
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
2nd Floor Seminar Room
2018
Film: Pacific Voices
CineLit, Festival Programme, Youth Fest Event
Film Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2018
Workshop: Writers First
Festival Programme, Workshops, Writers First Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2018
First Time Authors
Festival Programme, NALIS Presents Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2018
Book Launch: In a World of Their Own: Carnival Dreamers & Makers, Photographs by Maria Nunes
Festival Programme, Pre-Festival Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Big Black Box
2018
Book Launch: Tito, by Marcelo Simonetti
Festival Programme, Pre-Festival Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2018
After Dark: An intimate encounter with Monique Roffey and Shivanee Ramlochan
Festival Programme, Pre-Festival Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre
2017
Caribbean poetry’s new wave
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2017
Poetry Forward: celebrating the vitality of contemporary Caribbean poetry
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Kaiso Blues Cafe
2016
Readings And Writers
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2016
One-on-one With Dionne Brand
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
One-on-one with Kamila Shamsie
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
Wide Sargasso Sea at 50
Festival Programme, In Tribute Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2015
The Page Meets the Stage
Bocas South Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2015
NGC Bocas Lit Fest South 2015
Bocas South Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
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
2015
Brave new worlds: how fantasy can fix reality
Big Ideas, Festival Programme, Future Friday Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2015
Peekash Presents
Festival Programme, New Talent, Words Alive Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
De Nu Pub, Woodbrook
2014
Speculative Fiction
Bocas South Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
SAPA
2014
New Writers From T&T
Bocas South, Who’s Next? Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
SAPA
2014
Who’s Next?
Festival Programme, Who’s Next? Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Trinidad writers: Monique Roffey, Barbara Jenkins, Shivanee Ramlochan
Bocas Tobago Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Gulf City Mall, Lowlands, Tobago
2013
Poetry Showcase
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Nigel R. Khan Booksellers, Chaguanas
2013
New Talent Showcase 2013: Shivanee Ramlochan
Festival Programme, New Talent Showcase Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
Event poster for the Bocas Lit Fest Bios & Bookmarks Series 7 premiere, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” featuring Andil Gosine on 17 March at 6 pm.
A Zoom-style grid of six writers during an NGC Bocas Lit Fest event, with names labelled under each participant as they discuss a reading list for Indian Arrival Day.
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