2015 NIFCA Gold Award winner and recipient of the Governor General Award for Excellence in the Literary Arts, a practicing Theatre Artist, Poet and Playwright, Farrell holds a Master in Theatre and Development Studies from the University of Leeds.
Lynn Joseph is from Trinidad and is the author of numerous books for children and young adults, including An Island Christmas;A Wave in Her Pocket; The Mermaid’s Twin Sister; Jump Up Time: A Trinidad Carnival Story
D.J Simmons is a pure bajan poet. This award winning spoken word artist and acclaimed writer has been performing and developing the art of poetry and creative writing in Barbados for the past decade.
Philip Nanton’s spoken word CD Island Voices from St Christopher & the Barracudas was launched in 2008. In 2014 the collection was published by Papillote Press of London and Trafalgar, Dominica. In 2012, Philip represented St.
Since retirement as Professor Emerita from the University of the West Indies, Barbados, Christine Barrow has participated in creative writing courses and written short stories.
Mark Mcwatt was born in Georgetown, Guyana on 29th September, 1947, he studied literature at the universities of Toronto and Leeds, and received a Ph.D in 1975.
