We’re recruiting for our 2017 Festival! We’re looking for volunteers to help at our main festival from 26 – 30 April at the National Library and Old Fire Station in Port of Spain, and to assist at our children’s storytelling caravan venues all around the country on Saturdays in April. Volunteers help with set-up and ensure
The British Council worked in partnership with the Bocas Lit Fest and the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica, to host a comprehensive workshop in reviewing books/literature and visual arts aimed at Anglophone Caribbean arts writers and culture journalists. From January 9 to 13, and based
Bishop’s High School, Tobago, topped the 2016 Courts Bocas Spoken Word Intercol! In a hotly-contested final between five victorious secondary schools in the Tobago, East, West, Central, and South regions, the Bishop’s quartet of Camryn Bruno; Oshun Trim; Cindy Andrews, and Soyini Greig impressed the judging panel, headed by Penelope Spencer. The event took place on
One of the mistakes outsiders make is thinking of Trinidad and Tobago as a homogenous cultural vat. T&T’s own people – the team of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest included – know better. On November 12th and 13th, the NGC Bocas Lit Fest South returned to the San Fernando Hill for its third South festival,
Olive Senior, winner of the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, is set to read from her impressive body of work at a gala event, co-hosted by Paper Based Bookshop and the NGC Bocas Lit Fest. An Evening of Wine and Readings with Olive Senior will take place on Saturday, November 26th, at Medulla
The British Council, working in partnership with the Bocas Lit Fest, based in Trinidad and Tobago, and the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, is pleased to announce and invite applications for a workshop aimed at Anglophone Caribbean arts writers and culture journalists. Running from 9 to
November, the cue for heightened anticipation of the imminent Christmas season, gets a creative boost this year with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest‘s full slate of free November events. Two local festivals, one international festival, the finale of a national Spoken Word competition, a T&T tour by celebrated Jamaican writer Olive Senior, the end of
The 4th annual Courts Bocas Speak Out Secondary School Tour is underway! “I am Trinbago” was conceptualised as the theme of the 2016 Courts Bocas Speak Out School Tour by the 2 Cents Movement (tour designers, coordinators and hosts) to stimulate youth’s imagination around ideas of national identity and nation building. The theme is interpreted
Trinidadian Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Poetry, the only Caribbean writer in the lineup for the coveted award. Founded in 1984 and based in the United Kingdom, Wasafiri is a quarterly magazine of international contemporary writing, widely recognised for its role in showcasing writers
Registration is now open for Bocas South writing workshops! Both workshops will take place at the OWTU Hall in San Fernando, from 10am-12noon on Saturday 12 November. To register, complete our online booking form or email [email protected] with your name, the workshop name, and your telephone number.
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