The St. Lucia Writers’ Forum (SLWF) will this Thursday, February 18, host its first free public reading for 2010 at the Castries Central Library.
The reading, dubbed “30 Plus 1: Independence with a twist of Love,” will consist of thirty individual poems with the themes of independence and love, while one group poem will focus on the historical context of St. Lucia.
Forum members slated to perform include Ras Isley, Marcelle Lewis-Johnson, Marie Louise Benjamin, Ashanti Prescott, Gemma Blasse, Stan Bishop, Valentino, Gower Aimable, Liz Faisal, Garner Raymond, and others.
The reading starts from 7 p.m. and members of the public is invited to come and be refreshed by the word
will sure leave a lasting creative impression.
The St. Lucia Writers’ Forum was formed in 1998 with an aim to provide a platform for young, aspiring writers to share their work and writing techniques. Exercises in analyzing and performance form the core of the Forum’s Tuesday night meetings.
Many of the Forum’s members have gone on to win several awards at the M&C Fine Arts Awards in different fields of the arts. Although poetry forms the wider base of the writers’ interests, prose, music and other art forms are encouraged. Renowned St. Lucian writer/educator/poet Kendel Hippolyte has also from time to time conducted several workshops geared towards honing the writers’ skills.
The Forum has chosen the above mentioned theme taking into account that the reading falls smack in the middle of St. Lucia’s thirty-first anniversary of independence.
