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Poet Desiree Seebaran wins Caribbean writers prize

Poet Desiree Seebaran wins Caribbean writers prize
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I Grew Up in a Majority-Minority Country We Still Have a Problem with Anti-Blackness

I Grew Up in a Majority-Minority Country. We Still Have a Problem with Anti-Blackness Amanda Choo Quan © Design by Ingrid Frahm As the tragedy of George Floyd re-enters headlines, Amanda Choo Quan explores the ways that case exposed systemic, global anti-Blackness. © Design by Ingrid Frahm Trinidad and Tobago, Decolonization, UK, Britain, Anti-Blackness I stood before our office’s massive glass windows, a panoramic view of Port of Spain spread before me. Above it rose a thickening plume of smoke. This was June 2020, roughly a month after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. If Floyd’s death was a rallying call, my country Trinidad and Tobago, a former British colony heard it. I’d attended one of these protests, a knee resting in the damp grass opposite the U.S. Embassy. We kept our indignation to a low simmer. We wore masks and stood three feet away from each other. The police officers present kept a respectful, bemused distance.

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Deane among 10 Caribbean writers vying for top prize

Deane among 10 Caribbean writers vying for top prize Article by The 2021 long list for the region’s only prize for emerging writers, the Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP), has been announced by the Bocas Lit Fest. Of the ten writers who have been longlisted for the third and last edition of the Johnson and Amoy Achong Prize, eight of them are from Trinidad and Tobago, one from Guyana and one from Barbados, the previous award-winning Linda Deane. This unique award is dedicated to advancing the work of an emerging Caribbean voice in the poetry genre; the 2019 and 2020 prizes were for fiction and non-fiction respectively.

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8 Trinidad and Tobago writers on Bocas longlist

8 Trinidad and Tobago writers on Bocas longlist Amanda Choo Quan last year s winner of the Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP). - THE 2021 longlist for the region’s only prize for emerging writers, the Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP), has been announced by the Bocas Lit Fest. Of the ten writers longlisted for the third and last edition of the prize, eight are from Trinidad and Tobago. This unique award is dedicated to advancing the work of an emerging Caribbean voice in the poetry genre; the 2019 and 2020 prizes were for fiction and non-fiction respectively, said a media release.

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New Issue: Caribbean Beat (Jan/Feb 2021)

Cheers (with a cup of coffee in hand) to Caribbean Beat, which was chosen as the #1 Caribbean magazine in the world [see previous post Top 40 Caribbean blogs and news websites…] As the editors describe, “The latest digital-only issue rings in 2021 with a collection of Carnival memories, in images and words as we reflect on what we truly love about the annual festival, and imagine its post-pandemic future.” See some of the highlights of the Caribbean Beat Jan/Feb 2021 issue below: Need to know by Shelly-Ann Inniss: Make the most of January and February in the Caribbean even during the time of COVID-19.

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