We are a year-round writing and literary arts development organisation, with numerous initiatives forging links and opportunities between writers, readers, publishers and others.
Main Festival: 28 – 30 April 2023
Trinidad & Tobago
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.
WRITE AWAY 2022
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 NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2022
Look back at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2022, download the programme, festival guide - and reflect on some of our best highlights of the 2022 festival!
new and noteworthy
Featured Authors, Speakers and Performers
Bocas Storytime is a dedicated home for children’s videos showcasing Caribbean words, stories and ideas, including book read-alouds, local storytelling, author interviews and more — growing new readers in our region with every fun video.
