Better Known

Kevin Jared Hosein


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Kevin Jared Hosein discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Kevin Jared Hosein is a Caribbean novelist. He has also worked as a secondary school Biology teacher for over a decade. He was named overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2018, and was the Caribbean regional winner in 2015. He has published two books: The Repenters and The Beast of Kukuyo. The latter received a CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, and both had been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His writings, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, have been published in numerous anthologies and outlets including Granta.com, Lightspeed Magazine, Moko, Wasafiri and adda. He lives in Trinidad and Tobago. His new novel is Hungry Ghosts, which is available at https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hungry-ghosts-kevin-jared-hosein/7073687?ean=9781526644480.

  1. The origin story of the inflatable tube man http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/12/03/roman_mars_99_invisible_the_origin_story_of_the_inflatable_man.html

  2. The man who built a temple in the sea https://www.guardian.co.tt/article/sewdass-sadhu-the-man-who-built-the-temple-in-the-sea-6.2.1129526.60ba2c4ac5

  3. Alternate reality games (ARGs) and transmedia storytelling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

  4. The Scenic Simpsons Instagram gallery https://metro.co.uk/2017/01/25/any-self-respecting-simpsons-fan-needs-to-follow-this-beautiful-instagram-feed-scenic-simpsons-6405954/

  5. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and videogames as a storytelling medium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b35MVzhr7K8

  6. Doubles https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210526-doubles-trinidads-favourite-street-food

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