“One Book, One Community” Reading and Discussion Programme 2011
 The National Library and Information System Authority is pleased to announce that Trinidad Noir, edited by Lisa Allen Agostini and Jeanne Mason, is NALIS’ selection for its One Book, One Community Nationwide Reading project for 2011.
Trinidad Noir is a collection of noir short stories written by eighteen authors, some well-known and some emerging. Among the authors are Kevin Baldeosingh, Shani Mootoo, Ramabai Espinet, Willi Chen, Lawrence Scott, Elizabeth Nunez, Robert Antoni, Vahni Capilldeo and Rian Marie Extavour.
All stories in Trinidad Noir are works of fiction set in Trinidad. The stories bring alive Trinidad’s topography and mirror its peoples and language.
Akashic Book’s noir series, originating with Brooklyn Noir in 2004, has since expanded to international titles such as Delhi Noir and Havana Noir. The core elements of noir fiction include crime, violence, sex, drugs, a protagonist with an ambiguous moral code, and a femme fatale.
The 6th edition of NALIS’ One Book, One Community Nationwide Reading Project was launched on April 26, 2011. Get into your library and join the discussions and other activities based on the book.
To learn more about NALIS One Book, One Community Nationwide Reading Project, contact a public library near you or call 624-4466 ext 2323.
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