Moray House Trust

Moray House Trust Moray House Trust is a private, non-partisan, not-for-profit initiative to promote Guyana's diverse culture and to share ideas in the public sphere.

Moray House is a traditional, wooden "heritage" house located in the heart of Georgetown. The beautifully appointed ground floor includes a reception room, a bar area, an open plan dining and living area, a remarkable art collection and a well-kept garden. The ambience is spacious yet intimate, traditional yet modern, and, truly Guyanese. The primary goal of the Moray House Trust is to provide a s

anctuary for cultural and artistic expressions and the exchange of knowledge and ideas. The Trust is also pleased to make these lovely surroundings available for a range of events and small gatherings, including:

Lunches and Dinners
Business Meetings
Book Club Meetings and Book Launches
Young Writers & Youth & Students
Culture Groups
Workshops & Training Sessions
Round Table Meetings
Small Conferences
Presentations
Lectures
Tea Parties
Cocktail Receptions

You are warmly invited to another live reading at Moray House Trust. Imam Baksh is a Guyanese writer, the author of two ...
07/04/2026

You are warmly invited to another live reading at Moray House Trust. Imam Baksh is a Guyanese writer, the author of two award-winning novels, Children of the Spider and The Dark of the Sea.
Tickets available: tel 2260724

Moray House Trust mourns the passing of Jaqueline de Weever, poet, professor and niece of the late AJ Seymour. Here is a...
30/03/2026

Moray House Trust mourns the passing of Jaqueline de Weever, poet, professor and niece of the late AJ Seymour. Here is a selection of pieces from Kyk-over-al, curated by Prof. de Weever and with her commentary included.

A selection of poems from the Guyanese literary journal, Kyk-over-al, curated by Jacqueline de Weever (poet, Professor of English and contributor). The selec...

https://youtu.be/yHXVqfd297Q?si=Pl3E9q1Ou_rGuwN500:16 Phenomenal Woman (Maya ANGELOU)03:58 No, Not I (Joan COLLINS)04:23...
21/03/2026

https://youtu.be/yHXVqfd297Q?si=Pl3E9q1Ou_rGuwN5

00:16 Phenomenal Woman (Maya ANGELOU)
03:58 No, Not I (Joan COLLINS)
04:23 Trans Coda (Fred D'AGUIAR)
09:39 Five Unfinished Poems (Denis FOSTER)
11:18 Bougainvillea (Delores GAUNTLETT)
13:19 Gross Domestic Products (Earl B. JOHN)
15:36 Exile (Raymond MAIR)
17:15 Visions (Lloyd MARSHALL)
19:21 Sometimes (Mary OLIVER)
23:22 It Could Have Been Us - Palestine '23 (Nicholas PETERS)
25:24 City of love, city of lost love, I return to you chastise (B. SEMPLE)
27:07 Ozymandias (Percy Bysshe SHELLEY)
28:35 Coming of Age (Italy TON CHUNG)
30:55 Escape (Yvonne WEEKES)

You are warmly invited to attend a live reading by Gaiutra Bahadur at Moray House Trust. Please note that this is a tick...
05/03/2026

You are warmly invited to attend a live reading by Gaiutra Bahadur at Moray House Trust.
Please note that this is a ticketed event. Please obtain your tickets prior to the event. Tel: 2260724

Every year Moray House Trust celebrates World Poetry Day with a recital. You are warmly invited to submit a poem (or a r...
05/03/2026

Every year Moray House Trust celebrates World Poetry Day with a recital. You are warmly invited to submit a poem (or a reading) for possible inclusion in the recital. It can either be a poem that you like or a poem you have composed.
We welcome submissions from aspiring, occasional and established poets.

The recital is pre-recorded and will be published on Moray House Trust’s YouTube Channel on World Poetry Day.

If you would like to participate, please send a copy of the poem that you would like to read to us by Monday 9th March. Our email address is [email protected].

Extending condolences to the friends and family of Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine. Here is a short extract from a conversation w...
23/02/2026

Extending condolences to the friends and family of Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine. Here is a short extract from a conversation with Rupert at Moray House Trust a dozen years ago.

Martin Carter described a poet as 'a man who is able to make a judgement'. In the closing stages of 'A Conversation', Brendan asked what Guyana had lost in l...

https://youtu.be/dVGuUSO6Q7Y
13/02/2026

https://youtu.be/dVGuUSO6Q7Y

This is our sixth annual recital of poems on the theme of love. Readers include Jasper Adams, Jennifer Branche, Lloyd Marshall and Eliana Sampson. PROGRAMME[...

Remembering Martin Carter.
12/12/2025

Remembering Martin Carter.

This is a recital of The Hidden Man, a sequence of seven poems by Martin Carter, first published as a pamphlet. A commentary by Dr. Gemma Robinson contextua...

For those who missed the screening, the film is now up on our YouTube Channel.
12/12/2025

For those who missed the screening, the film is now up on our YouTube Channel.

The late Ken Corsbie was the guiding spirit behind Me One, Dem Two (with Marc Matthews) and All Ah We (with Marc, Henry Muttoo and others). These groups pio...

Join us at Moray House for a live screening of a short film about Ken Corsbie based on interviews with him and his perfo...
03/12/2025

Join us at Moray House for a live screening of a short film about Ken Corsbie based on interviews with him and his performances.
All are welcome. Suggested donation $2000.

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239 Camp And Quamina Streets
Georgetown

Telephone

+5922260724

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