Happy birthday, Kamau Brathwaite
11 May, 2020, is the 90th birthday of Kamau Brathwaite, the iconic Barbadian poet and scholar who died last February, and was the recipient of... Read More
Main Festival: 18 – 20 September 2020
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
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Recent News
Richard Georges wins the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize
A poetry collection that presents us with the aftermath of 2017’s catastrophic Hurricane Irma, taking us way beyond the ruins left by the storm, has... Read More
Amanda Choo Quan wins the 2020 JAAWP Prize
Congratulations to Trinidad and Tobago writer Amanda Choo Quan on winning the 2020 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP)! Choo Quan was shortlisted... Read More
Featured 2019 writers
Danez Smith
Winner of the Forward PrizeClaire Adam
Author of Golden ChildNicole Sealey
Author of Ordinary BeastMarina Warner
Writer of fiction, cultural history, and criticismMarlon James
Winner of the 2015 Man Booker PrizeNalo Hopkinson
Author of Falling in Love With Hominids
Festival Overview
Home of the Bocas Lit Fest
The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
Bocas Office Number: +1 (868) 222-7099