Nicholas Laughlin is a poet and writer from Trinidad and Tobago. He is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection the Strange Years of My Life, and has been editor of the Caribbean Review of Books since 2004. He also edits the arts and travel magazine Caribbean Beat. Laughlin is the current festival and programme director of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, having worked alongside founder and managing director Marina Salandy-Brown since 2011.