What’s so great about Jean Rhys?: Online Event
For one thing, there is the first line of the Dominican author’s seminal work Wide Sargasso Sea: “They say when trouble comes close ranks, and... Read More
Main Festival: 18 – 20 September 2020
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Recent News
Announcing the finalists of Dragonzilla’s Short Story Writing Challenge
Twenty-two youngsters have moved onto the second phase of Dragonzilla’s Short Story Writing Challenge, and now have a great chance at winning one of many... Read More
“How To” workshop series: Nov 12 + Nov 19
On Thursday 12 November, we’re hosting the first of two interactive online workshops with St Kitts & Nevis-born author Carol Mitchell, guiding participants through the... Read More
Featured 2020 writers
Tessa McWatt
Author of 'Shame on Me', 2020 OCM Bocas Prize Non-Fiction winnerCaroline Mackenzie
Author of 'One Year of Ugly'Canisia Lubrin
Author of 'The Dyzgraphxst'Ingrid Persaud
Author of 'Love after Love'Richard Georges
Author of 'Epiphaneia', 2020 OCM Bocas Prize Overall WinnerVahni Capildeo
Author of 'Skin Can Hold'Nalo Hopkinson
Jamaican-Canadian Speculative Fiction Writer
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