Book Club - OctoberMonique Roffey's Archipelago![]() It's October and CaribLit is reading Monique Roffey's, Archipelago. Roffey was born in Trinidad and now lives in the United Kingdom. She has published three novels and a memoir and has edited an anthology of short stories, The Global Village, for Tell Tales. Roffey also teaches creative writing in the UK, Greece and Trinidad, including the recent four day Arvon-style CaribLit workshop for Caribbean writers. Gavin Weald is the 46 year-old hero of Archipelago. Weald and his six-year-old daughter, Ocean, survive a flood but the tragic loss of the life they once knew continues to haunt them. Father and daughter embark on a journey across Caribbean waters to find peace, heal old wounds and rebuild the life they once lived... Read More
Featured StoriesThe OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature open for entries![]() The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is now open for entries, for the 2014 prize of US$10,000. In three years, the region’s largest literary prize — sponsored by One Caribbean Media, parent company of the Express and TV6 — has become much sought after by Caribbean writers all over the world who qualify by being of Caribbean birth or citizenship... Read More
Residential Writing Programme begins September 9; Grand Riviere, Trinidad
![]() The first CaribLit Residential Writing Programme gets underway in Grand Riviere, Trinidad, Sept 9 – 12. Fifteen writers will join CaribLIt members Monique Roffey and Kei Miler for an Arvon-style, four-day residential workshop. The selected writers are working towards publication, in both poetry and prose. The four days will be designed as a full immersion into the process of writing. Morning sessions will be comprised of MA-standard, open, critical workshops... Read More
Writer-In-Residence Programme scheduled for Spring 2014
![]() A residency programme has been established at St. George’s University in Grenada and will come on stream in Spring 2014. The writer-in-residence will receive room and board at The University Club. Airfare to Grenada is not included... Read More
It's Peekash!![]() We have a winner! Congratulations to Alliesha Andrews of Trinidad and Tobago who won our contest to name the new Caribbean publishing imprint. Peekash Books will launch its first title in 2014: an anthology of Caribbean entries in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize... Read More
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Upcoming EventsCaribLit Residential Writing ProgrammeGrand RiviereTrinidadSeptember 9 - 12 ![]() Brooklyn Book FairBrooklyn, New YorkUSASeptember 16 - 22 |