Shivanee Ramlochan

One would not be remiss in calling Rupert Roopnaraine a titan of the pioneering work surrounding Caribbean social progressivism.

Does Marlon James believe in the notion of a national literature?

On March 6 the Trinidad Theatre Workshop (TTW) presented a screenplay reading of Crabman and Sandbird, a film script co-authored by novelist Rabindranath Maharaj and actor Errol Sitahal.

The idea of returning to T&T for a time to work and share knowledge as an established writer came to Rabindranath Maharaj when he took part in last year’s Bocas Lit Fest in Port-of-Spain.

Bindi: The Multifaceted Lives of Indo-Caribbean Women, an anthology edited by Rosanne Kanhai, professor of English and women studies director, Western Washington University, was launched on February 1

To hone the process of writing fiction, Royes enrolled in writing classes for two and a half years.

When Anthony Joseph reflected afterwards on the work he shared at the Reader’s Bookshop, St James, on February 16, right in the wake of Carnival, he said he was grateful for the intensity of the event

The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks is that rare, enjoyable lagniappe in fiction: the second book in a series that one can read without having encountered the first.