More Than A Literary Festival

We are a year-round writing and literary arts development organisation, with numerous initiatives forging links and opportunities between writers, readers, publishers and others.

Sponsored by NGC, the yearly NGC Bocas Lit Fest is Trinidad and Tobago’s premier annual literary festival: a lively celebration of books, writers, writing, and ideas, with a Caribbean focus and international scope.

Series, Projects and Youth

BIOS AND BOOKMARKS

Bios & Bookmarks is an online reading series with popular authors, featuring readings and discussions with both familiar and new Caribbean writers across the region and diaspora. Season 8 of Bios & Bookmarks explored “The Complexity of Caribbean Love”.

WRITE AWAY!

The Write Away! offers engaging digital content to support online English classes, available to all secondary schools via the Ministry of Education’s School Learning Management System. The Non-Fiction Series is now open for registration.

THE NGC BOCAS LIT FEST 2023

What's Your Story? Look back at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2023, download the programme, festival guide - and reflect on some of our best highlights of the 2023 festival!

new and noteworthy

OCM BOCAS Prize Opens For 2024

Scotiabank Write Away! Launches Free Workshop Series

Empowering Youth Through Literature

NGC Bocas Youth Fest 2023 At UWI

Youth essay competition celebrates Selvon centenary

Sign up for author Kevin Jared Hosein’s fiction-writing workshop!

2023 Featured Participants

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Anthony Joseph
Trinidad & Tobago, UK
Author
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Trinidad & Tobago
Author
Bernardine-Evaristo-Hayley-Madden
Bernardine Evaristo
UK
Author
Breanne-Mcivor
Breanne McIvor
Trinidad & Tobago
Author
Celeste Mohammed
Celeste Mohammed
Trinidad & Tobago
Author
Cherie Jones
Cherie Jones
Barbados
Author
Jason Allen-Paisant
Jason Allen-Paisant
Jamaica
Author
Image by Amleya Clarke Photography
Sharma Taylor
Jamaica, Barbados
Author
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