Indie Book Awards 2021 Shortlist Announced
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Here’s the shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2021, honouring paperback books across across four categories – Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children’s Fiction and Picture Book – all voted for by independent booksellers. Winners will be announced on Scala Radio on Friday June 25, but take a look and see if some of your favourite titles are here…
If you are looking for great summer reading to enjoy on holiday or at home, then you won’t go far wrong with some of the books below – and there’s something for all the family.
This year’s shortlist include the debut sensation Richard Osman (
2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature: T&T writers dominate longlist
Writers with roots in five different Caribbean territories have been longlisted for the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media, owner of the Express newspapers, TV6, and the OCM radio network.
The 2021 NGC Bocas Lit Fest which runs from Friday 23 – Sunday 25 April will take place online.
The OCM Bocas prize, now in its eleventh year, is internationally considered the leading literary award for Caribbean writers. The Prize recognises books in three genre categories poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction published by authors of Caribbean birth or citizenship in the preceding year. Of the nine books longlisted for the 2021 Prize, five are by writers born in Trinidad and Tobago, with the other longlisted authors representing Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Lucia.