Event

The Faculty of Humanities and Education’s (FHE) Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies (LCCS) presents their 20^thannual Campus Literature Week (CLW) under the theme, Conjurers, Liberators, Wordsmiths. This year’s Writer-in-Residence is Oonya Kempadoo.  

Oonya Kempadoo will also be the Feature Reader for the closing night’s Gala Reading and Closing Ceremony. 

Campus Literature Week takes place from March 19 to 23 with daily Noontime Readings with students, staff, alumni, featured Bocas writers and two junior writers from Dominica who were specially invited as part of Hurricane Maria outreach efforts.

Noontime Readings take place from noon to 1pm at JFK Quadrangle with writers reading as follows:

• March 19 | Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Otancia Noel, David King, Dr. Muli Amaye

• March 20 | Sharon Millar, Celeste Mohammed, Celia Sorhainado, Gilberte O’Sullivan, Randy Ablack

• March 21 | Rhoda Bharath, Lisa LaTouche, Rakhee Kissoon, June Aming, Sammarko Lightbourne

• March 22| Barbara Lalla, Kavita Rajpath, Garvin Parsons, Chennel Cupid, Alake Pilgrim

• March 23 | Angelique Nixon, Anna Levi, Bindu Maharaj, Vanessa Salazar, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw

The Gala Reading and Closing Ceremony takes place March 23 from 5 to 7pm at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Auditorium B; followed by a reception on the LRC Greens (light refreshments will be served).There will be a performance by a Spoken Word Artist. 

For more information about Campus Literature Week, please click here.