Here we share a touching obituary piece by Lisa Outar (JWIL) for Trinidadian-British writer Lakshmi Persaud, who passed away last month. JWIL mourns the passing on January 14, 2024 of the Trinidadian-British writer, Lakshmi Persaud, one of the first and most influential writers to narrate the complex experiences of Indo-Caribbean women both in the region and…
Lisa Outar reviews Lakshmi Persaud’s Daughters of Empire in this article from the Stabroek News. Born in Port Mourant, Guyana and living in the US since 1985, Dr. Lisa Outar has a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She teaches at St. John’s University in the…
Our warmest congratulations to Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, who won the award for the NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s outstanding Caribbean book of the past year for her first novel When We Were Birds. T&T Loop News reports: For the second time in a row, a debut writer from Trinidad and Tobago has won the award for…
Books by authors from TT have swept the three genre categories of the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Writers Anthony Joseph, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo and Ira Mathur have won the poetry, fiction and non-fiction categories of the annual prize, considered the most prestigious award for Caribbean writing, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. It
A collection of nine writers, ranging from those who recently made their debut to already celebrated prizewinners, have been longlisted for the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Now in its 13th year, it is considered among the most coveted award dedicated to Caribbean writing. In a release, Bocas said the prize recognises books