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What do Austin Clarke, Nalo Hopkinson, Cyril Dabydeen and Shani Mootoo have in common? They're all Caribbean/Canadian writers, telling stories that move back and forth between the two regions. Shani Mootoo is a hyphenated Trinidadian, whose first novel, Cereus Blooms at Night (1996), is set in the mythical island of Lantanacamara , closely resembling Trinidad . Art for Mootoo in whatever medium – as well as a writer, she is a painter, film and video-maker and photographer - has been a way of expressing things she could express in no other way, and her challenging stories deal with sexual abuse, repression and the pain of outsiderness. They are also magically evocative, sensual, funny and ultimately hopeful. Her first book, Out on Main Street , published in 1993, is a collection of short stories. Her second novel, He Drown She in the Sea (2005), explores a romantic relationship that stretches over time and space, taking us back to Guanagaspar/Trinidad of World War 2 and forward to present-day Vancouver .
Shani Mootoo is the latest literary visitor to the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature at Cave Hill. She will be conducting a Writing Master Class from 10 a.m. to1.00 p.m. on Tuesday November 18 to which writers are invited to apply: joyce.harris@cavehill.uwi.edu/417 4402/4/5 - numbers limited.
Shani Mootoo will launch her latest novel, Valmiki's Daughter with a reading at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday 19 November 2008 in the Arts Lecture Theatre at Cave Hill. All are invited.
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