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Sharing Caribbean stories with the world 📚🌎

Saint Lucia
Joined December 2020
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📢 Calling on all Saint Lucian filmmakers, documentarians, videographers, and creatives with a passion for storytelling. Applications for the Listwa Latè-a Documentary Filmmaking Residency are now open! 🔗Click the link in our bio to access the application form.
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Important Notes: - Applications close on September 20th. - Spaces are limited! - An application is not an automatic acceptance. Please allow the Listwa Team to respond to your application. Also, meet the facilitator of our residency, Michael Lees! 🇩🇲
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Pre-orders are open for the 'Tiwé Listwa: Emerging Voices from Saint Lucia' anthology. Each copy is EC$60.00 and the team will prefer if you pre-order if you’re in Saint Lucia. 🤗 Pre-order link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Storytelling is more than just putting pen to paper. In a feature presentation that explored our role as storytellers, technique, innovation, creativity, narratives, and Caribbean identity, Kei Miller led Listwa’s Writing Retreat on a journey unlike any other.
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Listwa Collective is deeply honored to have shared Kei Miller’s boundless wisdom with our participants and facilitators.
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A look back on Day 2 of the Tiwé Listwa Writing Retreat, a day that focused on who we are and how to represent our unique Saint Lucian identities in our writing. ✍🏾
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The big reveal! 🎉 Accomplished Jamaican author Kei Miller is the featured speaker on the final day of the Tiwe Listwa Writing Retreat!
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How do you craft a story? Mac Donald Dixon led the first session of Listwa's Writing Retreat: Story Crafting 101 ✍🏽
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Look out for an exciting update on our special featured speaker tomorrow 😉
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Meet the team of distinguished facilitators who’ll be leading Listwa’s Writing Retreat participants in an engaging & instructive weekend. Our facilitators are a diverse collective of writers, historians, researchers, cultural activitists, & creatives.
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They're just as excited as we are!
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Meet the dynamic team behind Listwa’s first ever writing retreat! We’re a small but mighty team dedicated to creating an engaging and collaborative learning environment for our first cohort of creatives. ✍🏾
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A huge thank you to everyone who applied, and to everyone who helped us spread the word! We're very pleased with the response and excited for October! Our selected applicants will be notified by September 7th.
We're excited to announce our inaugural writing retreat which gives Saint Lucian storytellers a unique, fully funded opportunity to build community & strengthen their craft. Open to writers at all stages! 🇱🇨✍🏽 Interested? Apply here: forms.gle/g8Pk9XAg5Zk12j8q6 Deadline: August 22
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Applications close tomorrow. Don't miss your chance to learn & write with us! ✨
We welcome applications from Saint Lucian writers at all experience levels 🇱🇨✍🏽 The weekend will include 4 workshops led by fantastic facilitators, engaging writing & storytelling activities, an interactive tour, & a special feature address! Apply here: forms.gle/popx33wk8VvQsMLj8
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We welcome applications from Saint Lucian writers at all experience levels 🇱🇨✍🏽 The weekend will include 4 workshops led by fantastic facilitators, engaging writing & storytelling activities, an interactive tour, & a special feature address! Apply here: forms.gle/popx33wk8VvQsMLj8
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Applications close in one week! Have you or your writer friends applied? 👀
We're excited to announce our inaugural writing retreat which gives Saint Lucian storytellers a unique, fully funded opportunity to build community & strengthen their craft. Open to writers at all stages! 🇱🇨✍🏽 Interested? Apply here: forms.gle/g8Pk9XAg5Zk12j8q6 Deadline: August 22
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A key focus of our work is helping to empower established writers, while also nurturing the next generation of storytellers. Our upcoming writing retreat is open to writers at all stages, and we're committed to the inclusion of young voices!
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Kwéyòl is a key aspect of our cultural identity as Saint Lucians. With heritage at the heart of our work at Listwa, it was important to capture that in the title of our upcoming writing retreat; 'Tiwé Listwa'.
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We're excited to announce our inaugural writing retreat which gives Saint Lucian storytellers a unique, fully funded opportunity to build community & strengthen their craft. Open to writers at all stages! 🇱🇨✍🏽 Interested? Apply here: forms.gle/g8Pk9XAg5Zk12j8q6 Deadline: August 22
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Through the generous support of @cwfcreatives this two and a half day retreat is completely free, with accommodation, meals, and materials provided. It gives writers a space to learn and share, with an added opportunity to be featured in our upcoming story collection in 2026.
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Guess who's #1 in Caribbean & Latin American Literature 🤭 Don't forget to leave a review on Amazon! 🥳
WE’RE FINALLY LIVE!! 🥳🥳🥳 Six Feet Apart is live on Amazon now! Click the link in our bio to secure your copy or ebook today. And join us tonight at 6pm on Instagram as we go live with some of our authors to mark the occasion 📚🥳
SIX FEET APART IS OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE FOR PRE - ORDER! 🥳 Click the link in our bio to secure your copy and share with a friend! 🥳
Listwa Publishing would like to give a heartfelt thanks to Amanie Mathurin & Tresha Lionel! Your support, advice and guidance in the initial stages of this first project was invaluable! And we are truly grateful to both you amazing ladies for your contributions ✨
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