Host of BBC World Have Your Say, Ros Atkins special guest speaker at LiTTribute to LondonTTown.
LiTTribute to LondonTTown is the fourth in a series of Literary Tributes produced and staged with global partners by Dr Kris Rampersad. LiTTributes are inspired by LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction by Dr Kris Rampersad. They connect societies and people to the creative economy and sustainable development themes.
The ecology, literature, culture, sustainable development and their convergence in Caribbean fiction will feature at LiTTribute to LondonTTown scheduled for London on Monday (July 15).
The symbolic and actual representations of nature in fiction from the section NaTTurescapes in LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction from Trinidad and Tobago by Kris Rampersad will be among the highlights of the literary tribute that aims at exploring new approaches to culture-centred development.
Among those to participate in the LiTTribute will be Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, Vijay Krishnarayan, the Trinidad-born former head of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute who has worked with civil society to devise actions for sustainable development through land-use planning.
BBC World Have Your Say Host, Ros Atkins and London-based Caribbean author, Lakshmi Persaud will also present perspectives on cultural linkages across the Atlantic.
Global LiTTributes, inspired by LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction have been staged in Trinidad and Tobago (2012),