Celebrating Trinidad and Tobago Culture
Discover the voices, stories, and perspectives of authors who share Trinidad and Tobago heritage. This page celebrates their achievements and introduces their books to the community of the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Ottawa.
From fiction and poetry to memoirs, history, and children’s literature, these authors reflect the rich culture, creativity, and experiences of Trinidad and Tobago. Explore their work, support their literary journeys, and discover books that connect us to our roots while inspiring readers everywhere.
AUTHOR | SOME BOOKS TO LOOK FOR | WHERE TO BY |
Earl Lovelace
| The Dragon Can't Dance, Salt, While Gods Are Falling | |
Kevin Jared Hosein | Hungry Ghosts, The Repenters, The Beast of Kukuyo | |
Lawrence Scott | Witchbroom, Aelred's Sin, Light Falling on Bamboo | |
Shani Mootoo | Cereus Blooms at Night, Polar Vortex, He Drown She in the Sea | |
Michael Anthony | Green Days by the River, The Year in San Fernando, High Tide of the River | |
Robert Antoni | As Flies to Whatless Boys, Divina Trace, Carnival | |
Samuel Selvon | The Lonely Londoners, A Brighter Sun, Moses Ascending | |
Harold Sonny Ladoo | No Pain Like This Body, The Dragon Can't Dance | |
Jennifer Rahim | A House in the Village, Ground Level, Approaching Sabbaths | |
Elizabeth Nunez | Prospero's Daughter, Anna In-Between, Beyond the Limbo Silence | |
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo | When we were Birds | |
V. S. Naipaul | A House for Mr. BiswasMiguel StreetThe Mimic Men | |
Monique Roffey | The Mermaid of Black ConchThe White Woman on the Green BicycleArchipelago | |
Claire Adam | Golden Child | |
Amalie Howard | The Beast of BeswickMy Rogue, My RuinQueen of Ruin | |
Marchelle Farrell | Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside—Finding Home in an English Garden | |
Lisa Allen-Agostini | The Bread the Devil KneadHome HomeSwallowing Stones | |
André Alexis | Fifteen DogsThe Hidden KeysChildhood | |
Rabindranath Maharaj | The Amazing Absorbing BoyFatboy Fall DownA Perfect Pledge | |
Sheena Kamal | The Lost OnesIt All Falls DownNo Going Back | |
Ramabai Espinet | The Swinging BridgeNuclear SeasonsThe Princess of Spadina | |
Harold Sonny Ladoo | No Pain Like This BodyYesterdays | |
Shiva Naipaul | Fireflies, The Chip-Chip Gatherers | |
C. L. R. James | Beyond a Boundary, The Black Jacobins | |
Derek Walcott | Omeros, Collected Poems 1948–1984 | |
Ralph de Boissière | Crown Jewel, Rum and Coca-Cola | |
Merle Hodge | Crick Crack, Monkey, For the Life of Laetitia | |
Ingrid Persaud | Love After Love, The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh | |
Neil Bissoondath | A Casual Brutality, The Soul of All Great Designs | |
Dionne Brand | Dionne Brand | |
M. NourbeSe Philip | She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks, Zong! | |
Vahni Capildeo | Measures of Expatriation, Skin Can Hold | |
Anthony Joseph | The Frequency of Magic, Kitch: A Fictional Biography of a Calypso Icon | |
Lawrence Scott | Aelred’s Sin, Witchbroom | |
Marion Patrick Jones | Pan Beat, The Sun and the Earth | |
Rosa Guy | My Love, My Love, or The Peasant Girl, The Friends | |
Errol John | Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, The Hard Road | |
Errol Hill | The Trinidad Carnival, The Jamaican Stage, 1655–1900 | |
Gordon Rohlehr | Calypso and Society in Pre-Independence Trinidad, A Scuffling of Islands | |
Ian McDonald | The Hummingbird Tree, Between Silence and Silence | Amazon.ca |
Shivanee Ramlochan | Everyone Knows I Am Here, Kissing the Scorpio Girl | |
Kevin Baldeosingh | The Autobiography of a Book, The Ten Incarnations of Adam Avatar | |
Lauren K. Alleyne | Honeyfish, Difficult Fruit | |
Christian Campbell | Running the Dusk, The Ark of Oë | |
Michèle Pearson Clarke | The Last Goldfish, Dear Shirley | |
Frances-Anne Solomon | The Memory of Water, I Am Not a Witch | |
Lakshmi Persaud | Butterfly in the Wind, Sasikar | |
Mustapha Matura | Playboy of the West Indies, Three Sisters Aftermath | Amazon.ca |
Angelique V. Nixon | The Art of Resistance, Who Is She? | |
Ira Mathur | The Lashmi Letters, Love the Dark Days | |
John La Rose | Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone, The Nail and the Cross | |
Nathalie Taghaboni | Across from Lapeyrouse, Santimanitay, Side by Side We Stand | |
Nazru Deen | The Merickens: Inspiring Stories from Trinidad and Tobago, No Better Life | |
Eric Williams | History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago | |
Bridget Brereton | A History of Modern Trinidad, 1783–1962An Introduction to the History of Trinidad and Tobago | |
Errol Hill | The Trinidad Carnival: Mandate for a National Theatre | |
C. R. Ottley | The Complete History of the Island of Tobago in the West Indies | |
Brinsley Samaroo | The Indian Connection: A Study of the Indian Contribution to Trinidad and Tobago | |
Lloyd E. Searwar | The Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean |