4 May 2020
Roger Robinson's vision of Trinidad as a "portable paradise" of "white sands, green hills and fresh fish", has won the British-Trinidadian poet the Royal Society of LiteratureThis British site may seem rather formal (stated aim ‘to sustain and encourage all that is perceived as best whether traditional or experimental in English letters, and to strive for a Catholic appreciation of literature’), but has a lively series of lectures and discussions involving distinguished authors. Also administers literary prizes. http://www.rslit.org/index1.html's £10,000 Ondaatje prize, which goes to a work that best evokes "the spirit of a place".