Vashti Bowlah

#bocas2026

Biography

Vashti Bowlah is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. Her stories have been published in Caribbean and international journals and have also gained her literary awards and nominations. She is the author of Under The Peepal Tree and Sugarcane Valley. 

Years Attended

2013, 2013 South Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014 South Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2021, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2026 Couva Festival Participant

Vashti Bowlah

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Vashti Bowlah
2026
Take Three
Couva Event
Fiction, Poetry, Take Three Event
Event Date: July 18, 2026 @ 1:00 pm
Lisas Gardens Community Centre
2023
Sons of the Soil: Selvon Meets Stalin
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance Event
Event Date: April 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Big Black Box
2021
Caribbean Literature Day: Stand and Deliver Sundowner
Caribbean Literature Day Event
Event Date:
2021
Caribbean Literature Day: Stand & Deliver Lunchtime Jam
Caribbean Literature Day Event
Event Date:
2019
Tales of the Supernatural
Carifesta Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Grand Market
2019
Why fairy tales still matter
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Presentation Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2014
Bringing the Past to Life
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
SAPA
2014
Sunday Launch
Festival Programme, Sunday Launch Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2013
From Folktale to Fiction
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Nigel R. Khan Booksellers, Chaguanas
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