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Monique Roffey

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Monique Roffey (born 1965) is an award-winning Trinidadian-born British writer and memoirist. [1]

25 relations: Andrew Miller (novelist), Arvon Foundation, Commonwealth Writers, Costa Book Awards, Encore Award, Grande Riviere, Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt, Kei Miller, Lancaster University, Magic realism, Manchester Metropolitan University, Maraval, NGC Bocas Lit Fest, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Olive Senior, Orion (magazine), Port of Spain, Royal Literary Fund, St George's College, Weybridge, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad Express Newspapers, Triratna Buddhist Community, University of East Anglia, Wasafiri, Women's Prize for Fiction.

Andrew Miller (novelist)

Andrew Brooke Miller FRSL (born 29 April 1960) is an English novelist.

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Arvon Foundation

The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom that promotes creative writing.

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Commonwealth Writers

Commonwealth Writers (established in 2011) is the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation.

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Costa Book Awards

The Costa Book Awards are a set of annual literary awards recognizing English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland.

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Encore Award

The £10,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990.

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Grande Riviere

Grande Riviere is a village on the north coast of Trinidad located between Toco and Matelot.

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Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt

The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago, instigated on Friday, 27 July 1990.

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Kei Miller

Kei Miller (born 24 October 1978) is an award-winning Jamaican poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger.

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Lancaster University

Lancaster University, also officially known as the University of Lancaster, is a public research university in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

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Magic realism

Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a genre of narrative fiction and, more broadly, art (literature, painting, film, theatre, etc.) that, while encompassing a range of subtly different concepts, expresses a primarily realistic view of the real world while also adding or revealing magical elements.

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Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University (often referred to as Manchester Met, Man Met, or MMU) is a new, public university located in Manchester, England.

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Maraval

Maraval is one of the northern suburbs of Trinidad's capital, Port of Spain, a valley in northern Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago.

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NGC Bocas Lit Fest

The NGC Bocas Lit Fest is the Trinidad and Tobago literary festival that takes place annually during the last weekend of April in Port of Spain.

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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, inaugurated in 2011, is an annual literary award for books by Caribbean writers published in the previous year.

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Olive Senior

Olive Marjorie Senior (born 23 December 1941) is a Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Orion (magazine)

Orion is a bimonthly, advertisement-free, magazine focused on nature, culture, and place addressing environmental and societal issues.

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Port of Spain

Port of Spain (also spelled Port-of-Spain) is the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest city, after Chaguanas and San Fernando.

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Royal Literary Fund

The Royal Literary Fund (RLF) is a benevolent fund set up to help published British writers in financial difficulties.

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St George's College, Weybridge

St George's Weybridge are independent mixed Roman Catholic co-educational day schools in Surrey, England taking pupils from 3-18.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island sovereign state that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean.

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Trinidad Express Newspapers

The Trinidad and Tobago Express (and the Sunday Express) is one of three daily newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Triratna Buddhist Community

The Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO)) is an international fellowship of Buddhists, and others who aspire to its path of mindfulness, under the leadership of the Triratna Buddhist Order (formerly the Western Buddhist Order).

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University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia (abbreviated as UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England.

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Wasafiri

Wasafiri is a quarterly British literary magazine covering international contemporary writing.

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Women's Prize for Fiction

The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014-2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Roffey

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