Paula Lindo Wednesday 13 May 2020 The shortlist for the first Derek Walcott Prize has been announced. The prize will be awarded annually to the author of a full-length book of poems published in 2019 by a living poet who is not a US citizen. The shortlist consists of: • Curl by TO Bobe • Girlhood … Continue reading
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Storytellers embrace online medium (April 11, 2020)
Paula Lindo Saturday 11 April 2020 Stories heal and unify in times of trouble. A new online series featuring TT poet and storyteller Eintou Springer along with other storytellers celebrates this truth during April. The first instalment, How Handwashing Came into the World, aired on Sunday on the poet’s Facebook page and can be found there. … Continue reading
Derek Walcott Prize: An opportunity for poets worldwide (September 17, 2019)
The winner of the first annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry will win a week-long residency at Walcott’s home in St. Lucia or Trinidad, a US$1,000 cash award, a reading at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre in Boston and the publication of a limited-edition broadside by Arrowsmith Press. The prize is being offered by the Derek … Continue reading
New play on stage this week (September 2, 2019)
Farce based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Swineherd Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Monthly Readers Theatre Series (MRTS), held the first Wednesday of every month, will be reading Atascadero! written by H.D. Greaves for the September 2019 instalment. The reading takes place at the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (NDATT) Studios, located at 97 … Continue reading
Spoken word, sci-fi and fantasy in a mix (July 24, 2019)
Writer and spoken word poet Brandon O’Brien’s first ever solo show, Distress Signals, will showcase his spoken word poetry and science fiction and fantasy (SFF) writing, as well as a conversation with the artist. The show takes place on July 26 at the Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair, Port-of-Spain. O’Brien has had short … Continue reading
Women honour Singing Sandra (June 21, 2019)
Raising funds to lift women Women need to stand up for themselves and each other was the main message of the Woman of Substance: Shatter the Silence and Begin the Healing concert, held at the Little Carib Theatre. During the event, an award was presented to veteran calypsonian Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes-Millington for her … Continue reading
T&T’s Capildeo takes the Forward (October 2, 2016)
T&T born, UK based poet Vahni Capildeo said she was stunned at the announcement that she had won the £15,000 2016 Forward Prize for Best Collection for her book Measures of Expatriation. She said she was mentally prepared to show the students she had invited how to “lose with grace,” as she was certain she … Continue reading
