Workshops
All 2013 workshops are now full and closed to further registrations. Please use the form below to send your contact information if you’d like us to update you on future workshop opportunities.
The 2013 NGC Bocas Lit Fest includes a series of lively, informative, practical sessions for budding writers.
Note: pre-registration is required, and there is a modest participation fee of TT$60 per workshop, payable in advance. Book via our online form below, or call (868) 625 8328. See details of the pre-registration procedure at the bottom of this page.
Workshop schedule
Thursday 25 April
Getting started
For new writers: how to find your subject and voice, and break through the barrier of the opening line
With Marlon James
10 am–12.30 pm • 1st Floor Seminar Room
Length matters
There are stories that need a few dozen pages, and some that need a few dozen words. An introduction to short-short fiction.
With Cyril Dabydeen
1.30–4 pm • 1st Floor Seminar Room
Friday 26 April
History as fiction
How do you turn real stories of the past into fictions in the present?
With Lawrence Scott and Kerry Young
10 am–12.30 pm • 1st Floor Seminar Room
Where does “inspiration” come from?
As a beginning poet, where do you look for ideas, images, themes? Does “inspiration” exist, and how can you provoke it?
With Vahni Capildeo
1.30–4 pm • 1st Floor Seminar Room
Saturday 27 April
How to pitch your story
With Ibrahim Ahmad, senior editor at Akashic Books, and Elise Dillsworth, literary agent
1–3 pm • 1st Floor Seminar Room
Registration Instructions
If you are interested in attending one of our workshops, please contact us via our online form below, or by phone at (868) 625 8328 to verify that there is still space available. Upon verification, you will be required to pre-pay the registration fee (TT$60 per workshop). This can be done at any branch of Republic Bank Limited (RBL). A total of $60 per workshop must be deposited to the following account:
Account Name: Bocas Lit Fest
Account Number: 180 484 065.001
Account Location: 9–17 Park Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Please complete your deposit slip in duplicate, indicating your name and the workshop(s) for which you are paying. Your copy of the deposit slip should be retained and brought with you to the workshop. Once you have made the payment, please send us a follow-up email or contact us via phone at (868) 625 8328 to provide details of the date and the specific branch of RBL where the payment was made. Once this has been verified, your attendance will be confirmed via email/phone.
Please note that we will accommodate participation on a first-come, first-served basis, and registration without payment will not guarantee your space at the workshop.
Register Online
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