VOLUNTEER WITH US!
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest is Wednesday 1 – Sunday 5 May 2019, and we’re looking for volunteers to help manage our festival events. There... Read More
Main Festival: 01 – 05 May 2019
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
68Days
9Hours
53Mins
16Secs
Recent News
2019 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize longlist announced
The Bocas Lit Fest has announced the 2019 longlist for the Caribbean’s only prize for emerging writers. Nine writers have been longlisted for the 2019... Read More
A new creative space for writing
The Writers Centre is the new home of the Bocas Lit Fest and the 2 Cents Movement. It is a unique space for writers offering... Read More
Featured 2018 writers
Tracey Baptiste
Young adult and children's authorAlex Wheatle
Multi award-winning British novelistAfua Hirsch
Writer | Broadcaster | BarristerRomesh Gunesekera
Sri Lanka-born, British writer | Short-listed for the Booker Prize and the Guardian Fiction PrizeDavid Chariandy
2017 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize WinnerEleanor Catton
2013 Man Booker Prize WinnerAndré Alexis
2017 Windham-Campbell Prize WinnerVahni Capildeo
Winner of the 2016 Forward Prize | Chair of the poetry judges for the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize.
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Festival Overview
Main Festival Venues
Old Fire Station and National Library (NALIS)
NALIS, Hart & Abercromby Streets, Port of Spain
Venue Contact Number: +1(868) 623-6962/ 7278/ 9673
Our Sponsors
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Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Artssupporting Trinidad and Tobago culture and arts -
First Citizenssponsor of the national poetry slam
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One Caribbean Limitedmain sponsor
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Massy FoundationSponsor
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FlowSponsors In Kind
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Movie TowneSponsors In Kind
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UWISponsors In Kind
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MEPSponsors In Kind
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House of AngosturaSponsors In Kind
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Holiday SnacksSponsors In Kind
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Pinguinosponsor in kind
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Nestle
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Airports Authority
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Volunteer Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
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NALIS
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CODEBurt Award for Caribbean YA Literature partner
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British Council
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2Cents
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Commonwealth Writers
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CAISO
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Windham-Campbell Prizes
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Caribbean Literary Heritage
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International Literature Showcase
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Peekash Press
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Wasafiri
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Leverhulme Trust
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Green Screen
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Man Booker
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Peepal Tree Press
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Savant
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The Writers Union
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North Eleven
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Newsday
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i95.5-FM
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CCN-TV6
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UWI
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Lonsdale Saatchi _ Saatchi
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Hott 93.5
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Express
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CRB
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Caribbean Beat
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Rituals
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Kapok
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L-orchidee