Books by writers from Jamaica and T&T have been named to the shortlist of the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize, the Caribbean’s top literary award, sponsored by One Caribbean Media, parent company of the Express and TV6 and radio network. For the first time in the eight-year history of the prize, the shortlist consists of just
Breanne Mc Ivor was born and raised in Trinidad. She studied English at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh before returning home. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Glimmer Train Fiction Open, the Fish One-Page Prize and the Derek Walcott Writing Prize. In 2015, she won The Caribbean Writer’s David
On Saturday 29th April at 11 a.m, I found myself engaged by a one on one session with Dr. Edward Baugh, Professor Emeritus of English at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies and renowned poet. He was immediately put on the spot with a question he dislikes: ‘What made you want to
Augustown, the third novel by Jamaican writer Kei Miller, has been named the winner of the 2017 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the most prestigious international award for Caribbean writing. The announcement was made by the chief judge of the prize, Professor Edward Baugh, at a ceremony on the night of Saturday 29 April,
Brenda Hughes, the director of our Festival drama readings, is Artistic Director of the Monkey Mountain theatre production company. She has produced and directed plays by Derek Walcott, Trevor Rhone, Ronald Amoroso, Roderick Walcott, and August Strindberg. Trained in acting at Shakespeare and Company, The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts, she has co-created/created roles in some classic
Dr Kwynn Johnson is a Trinidadian artist and a Haitian Studies Scholar. At this year’s NGC Bocas Lit Fest, she is premiering a 30-ft drawing titled Place as Palimpsest. She has been working on this drawing for the past 3 years. It will also be featured in a series of forthcoming shows in Trinidad, Haiti
The 2017 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the latest round of the region’s most prestigious literary award, is now open for entries. Sponsored by One Caribbean Media, the prize, now in its seventh year, includes a cash award of US$10,000 for the overall winner and US$3,000 each for two genre category winners. With past
Olive Senior, one of the Caribbean’s best-loved writers, has been awarded the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize, for her book of short fiction The Pain Tree. The announcement was greeted with excitement by an audience of fellow writers and other literature lovers, at a packed awards ceremony on the night of Saturday 30 April, in Port
When the Trinidadian poet Victor Questel died in 1982, at the tragically young age of 33, it was a major loss not only to his family and friends, but to Caribbean poetry. He left behind a small but acclaimed body of work, and a sense of enormous literary potential only partly fulfilled. With his three
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
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