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T
he Arima Zone has
established a relationship
with the Arima Library
after having the Librarian,
Ms V.N.C. Phillip, do a
presentation at one of our
meetings last year. In May
2012 we took part in the NALIS ‘One
Book One Community’ project which focused
on the recently published novel ‘The Stolen Cascadura’
written by Beverly Scott.
Beverley-Ann Scott was born and raised on the island
of Trinidad and Tobago. She grew up in Marabella and
attended St. Joseph’s Convent San Fernando and St.
Stephen’s College in Princes Town. She obtained her BSc in
Information Systems and Management and has worked in
the banking and business sector before deciding to pursue
a career in medicine. For over five years, she worked as
a part-time and later full-time journalist with the Catholic
News. This is her first work of fiction, which has made an
appealing and refreshing entry into the world of Caribbean
fiction with her novel “The Stolen Cascadura”.
As one internet blogger commented on the book :
“Definitely a must read for all Trinbagonians who are
thirsting for a more current day representation of island life
in West Indian fiction. This novel is truly refreshing and
appropriately timed. It would make an excellent literature
book for secondary school students doing Advanced Level
exams. Finally, something local that we can be proud of at
both the local and international level.”
TTARP Arima Zone salute and congratulate Beverly on her
literary achievement!
Arima members with author Beverly Scott at NALIS event in Santa Cruz.
L to R Annette John, Alvin La Croix, Beverly-Ann Scott, Lynda Huggins,
Sylvia Shallowe).
Stolen
Cascadura
