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The 2018 CODE Burt Award Finalists

CODE and NGC Bocas Lit Fest are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 5th annual CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature. This year’s finalists were selected from over 30 submissions of both published books and unpublished manuscripts from around the Caribbean. In alphabetical order by title, the 2018 finalists are: A Dark

Announcing the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize longlist

Six books by writers from five Caribbean countries have been announced on the longlist for the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. Considered the leading literary award for Caribbean writers, the Prize recognises books in three genre categories — poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction — published by Caribbean authors

Poets Battle for Big Prize

Two former champions, multiple former finalists and a range of new voices all have their sights on over $80,000 in prizes to be won in the 2018 First Citizens National Poetry Slam.   Tickets are on sale at Francis Fashions outlets nationwide, $100 OR call the Committee at 319-4749 for details and ticket info. Out

Call for applications: join our team as a youth blogger!

Calling all youth bloggers 25 and under – we’d love to have you in the front row for the 2018 NGC Bocas Lit Fest. Join our team this year for behind-the-scenes access to festival events; VIP blogger badges; official merchandise and more! To apply, send us a 500 word or less letter of interest, to

Raise the Bar

Students of St George’s College emerged as the first winners of Raise the Bar, the newly launched 2018 secondary schools spoken word competition. Seven secondary school teams from across Trinidad and Tobago competed in the championship, with San Fernando Central Secondary coming in a close second place and Bishop Anstey High, Port of Spain in

Call for applications: Essentials of Book-to-film Adaptations Workshop

From books to film:   Calling all writers, screenwriters,  playwrights, producers and directors! The British Council, working in partnership with the Bocas Lit Fest and the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS), is pleased to announce and invite applications for a book-to-film adaptation workshop aimed at writers, screenwriters, playwrights, directors, producers seriously interested in the

Reading with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest

​ Now in its third year, the Reading with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest project kicked off simultaneously with the Bocas Lit Fest and CODE Burt Awards #readwithme campaign. So it seemed fitting that both the adult and youth book clubs read two of the 2016 winners of CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, Dreams

Youth Speak

Both U.WE Speak and U.SC Speak are produced by the 2 Cents Movement as a Bocas Lit Fest youth project. They are free and open to the public. This semester there were several university open mic sessions related to World Mental Health Day (album) and the International Day of The Girl (album). Special editions included discussions about

People’s Choice T&T Book of the Year

Critics, prizes and publishers all have their say on what qualifies as the “best” book, but now it’s time for readers to choose their best book of the year! For the first time Trinidad and Tobago is to have an annual literary award for local writers, and the winner is to be chosen by the

Writing a Book Review: Five Tips to Keep in Mind, and Put in Practice

You’ve just raced through a page turning thriller, or groaned in relief as you finally finished a burdensome romance with far too much filler. Now, you’re bursting to tell someone your thoughts, good, bad, or in-between. You turn to the page or computer screen, then freeze: how to begin to say what you really mean?

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