Kevin Jared Hosein
@kevinjhosein
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Author and educator, Trinidad and Tobago. Hungry Ghosts (Bloomsbury, Ecco) - Feb '23. CSSP winner, 2018. Agent: @ChrisWellbelove
Trinidad and Tobago
Joined March 2017
Give this all of the awards. The youth, the dad, the mom, the sister, the detectives, the director, the camera operator, even the editor, who probably had the least work to do.
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RT @madridlitmag: The BOCAS Litfest is coming to Madrid on Tuesday - a FREE event at @casaamerica Get a taste of the Caribbean in Madrid! H….
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38-year-old Kevin Jared Hosein has won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, been longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and was the winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction for 2024. He is...
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Singh, though.
Author of Hungry Ghosts, Kevin Jared Singh speaks to Newsday about his latest book and the European tour with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest he will be starting soon. Read more in Sunday's Newsday.
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A driver had picked me from my hotel for the ceremony. He said that he had driven last year's winner and that it was a good sign that I got him as my driver. He's onto something, I think. If you're ever shortlisted for this prize. ask Stuart to drive you.
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Thank you to the judges for their generosity and for recognising Caribbean fiction, especially on #readcaribbean month. This truly is an honour. The longlist was a magnanimous one and each it was a privilege even to be considered among those authors.
The Caribbean writer @KevinJHosein has won the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction 2024 for his novel HUNGRY GHOSTS (@bloomsburybooks), which tells the story of marginalised Hindu communities in colonial 1940s Trinidad. #histfic #HungryGhosts
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Original art by me when I was 20 years old and in university, just after Naipaul visit and beat up every single person in SPEC auditorium. How much to sell for?
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Grand opening. Grand closing.
German backpacker, Tilo Kruse was allegedly attacked and a robbery attempted as he was carrying out his trek from Toco to Icacos on Wednesday.
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So happy that Trinidad got a spot for this incredible prize!.
Discover the six novels going forward for the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction. "The judging criteria - originality, innovation, ambition, durability and quality of writing - are beautifully showcased in our 2024 shortlist," judges said.
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Going into Baby Reindeer blind, thinking it would be a comedy. then thinking okay, maybe it's a very dark comedy. then getting hit with Episode 4.
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Jamaica is quicker to put up an article about how they have no shortlisted entrants, than Trinidad is to put up an article how they have 3 (the majority from the Caribbean).
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We reach.
Books by 9 authors, writing from 5 countries across a diverse range of subjects, styles, and approaches, have been longlisted for the 2024 #OCMBocasPrize for #CaribbeanLiterature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media @OCMgroup. Full details at #bocas2024
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Thank you so much for featuring this, @irasroom!.
Proud to see @kevinjhosein author from Chaguanas -#TrinidadAndTobago 🇹🇹 being longlisted for the @waltscottprize following in the tradition of #VSNaipaul . for prose that has made the world sit up, take notice. 🖋️ 📕 .Digital story here 👇 🌊 🌴 . Chaguanas author longlisted
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This is an incredible longlist from @waltscottprize -- the diversity of setting and nationality! Hungry Ghosts is with fantastic company here. Congratulations to all!.
The #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction has announced its 2024 longlist, alongside news of a change of management to @AbbotsfordScott. Discover the twelve books longlisted for the £25,000 prize: #histfic
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Hungry Ghosts is in such great company here. Ecstatic to see this! Much love from T&T!.
📚 THE 2024 LONGLIST 📚. We are thrilled to unveil the 12 titles that make up this year's @SwanseaUni Dylan Thomas Prize longlist. What a depth of incredible global talent! 😮.#SUDTP24. PRESS RELEASE 📰:
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All great fortunes begin with a crime.
We're halfway through 2023 so @mollsotov89 rounds up the year's best historical novels so far. Congrats to @colsonwhitehead, @Brendan_slocumb, @katharine_b, @AlexHayBooks, @victorlavalle, @cheaddc, @BretEastonEllis, @kevinjhosein.
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Looking forward to hosting this talk tomorrow with @arvonfoundation!.
Next week, we're joined by @kevinjhosein, author of The Beast of Kukuyo and, most recently, Hungry Ghosts (@BloomsburyBooks), for How I Write. Jared will reveal insights into his work and share the craft tips he swears by. Wednesday 26 July, 19:15-20:15.
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I'm turning #ReadCaribbean into the Indian Expo in Chaguanas. It's not ready to go yet; it's been extended to September.
It's the last week in June, this is your reminder that there's still time to Read Caribbean! . #ReadCaribbean
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Congratulations to @KwameMcpherson! Big up to all the other regional winners and shortlistees as well, and to all those thousands who had the guts to submit an entry this year!.
A huge congratulations to @KwameMcpherson, regional winner for the Caribbean, for winning the overall 2023 #CWprize! 🎉. You can read Kwame's prize-winning story 'Ocoee' on Granta ✨.
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