More Than A Literary Festival

Judy Raymond

Judy Raymond

Judy Raymond

Author / Journalist

Judy Raymond, writer, journalist and editor, is a former editor in chief of the T&T Newsday and Trinidad Guardian. Her latest book is the biography Beryl McBurnie (UWI Press, 2018). Her short story “The Old Monsters” was shortlisted for the 2023 Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean.

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
AV Room, NALIS

Discussion: the History We Need

The late historians Brinsley Samaroo and Gerard Besson had different backgrounds and approaches to their research, but shared a passion for documenting and narrating T&T’s past, always with an eye on the present. What are their legacies for today’s writers of history, whether scholarly or literary, academic or popular? Historians and writers Bridget Brereton and Claudius Fergus tackle these questions in conversation with Judy Raymond.

The late historians Brinsley Samaroo and Gerard Besson had different backgrounds and approaches to their research, but shared a passion for documenting and narrating T&T’s past, always with an eye on the present. What are their legacies for today’s writers of history, whether scholarly or literary, academic or popular? Historians and writers Bridget Brereton and Claudius Fergus tackle these questions in conversation with Judy Raymond.

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