Desiree Seebaran

The first day of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2013, April 25, turned out to be a metaphor for how much T&T folk and Caribbean people in general cope with painful situations by using humour.

Breaking into the literary world while living and working in the Caribbean can be increasingly a difficult task.

If literature festivals were like rock concerts, then the headliners of the 2013 NGC Bocas Lit Fest were definitely Jamaican poet and fiction writer Olive Senior and Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh.

For two weekends in April at the Little Carib Theatre, UWI theatre arts Production II students performed in Maria Antonia, a classic Cuban theatre piece written by Eugenio Hernandez Espinosa.

The Trinidad Theatre Workshop (TTW) launched its first theatre company of actors in nearly a decade on April 11 at a casual cocktail viewing party at the theatre’s workspace on Jerningham Avenue in Be

Asten Isaac says, “I don’t really sleep much.” As a hardcore fan of sleep, this writer is sceptical.

The 2013 NGC Bocas Lit Fest was launched on March 17 at the National Library, Port-of-Spain, with announcements about the schedule, news about visiting international authors and various spinoff events

Female sexuality—and how it’s examined in art and media—is undergoing a kind of rediscovery. The controversial HBO hit series Girls is part of the new wave.