Today is the final round of the 2024 Literary Festival of the Guyana Prize for Literature. It concludes four days of activities in literature, culture and performance in celebration of Guyanese literature. This literature was acknowledged in its various forms, including oral traditions in story-telling, spoken word, the strong scribal tradition, drama and performance, and rewarded for the best of its writing.
This fourth day is as rich as those gone by and will feature exhibitions, training in the craft of writing, the opening up of new work and the recognition of old publications of scholarship, public readings by some of the world’s highly acclaimed, and dramatic performance on stage.
Exhibition by the UG Library
The University of Guyana makes one of the most important inputs into the festival with the contribution of the Guyana Prize Exhibition of Guyanese Literature. It is an extraordinarily impressive and historic collection of books, manuscripts, publications, large photographs, bio sketches and citations covering the Guyana Prize, established and newly emerging Guyanese writers and their works. It is spectacular and outstanding, occupying the entire ground floor display area of the national gallery at Castellani House, not only visually breathtaking but also valuable archival material.
