As 2011 draws to a close, the countdown is on to Christmas, New Year’s — and also to the 2012 Bocas Lit Fest, which runs from 26 to 29 April. That’s just four months and six days from today! The Bocas team has been hard at work planning and preparing for next year’s festival, and […]
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By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2011 Bocas Lit fest blogger Lord Invader, The Growler, Attila the Hun (dressed as Eve) and Roaring Lion, 1943 ‘Think of this as more of an open conversation than a formal presentation,’ Colin Robinson tells us, as we recline in the deep-backed seats of the frosty AV room in the National Library’s
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By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2011 Bocas Lit fest blogger Has book reviewing been reduced (or distilled, if you like) to a simple ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’? What’s the difference between a tenured book critic and a budding review blogger — whose opinion is more valid? What is a book review, anyway, and how do you go about
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By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2011 Bocas Lit fest blogger You may not know it yet, but there could be poetry slumbering within you, waiting to emerge. Maybe you’ve always had a creative yen towards songwriting, but been unsure of what to do with it. “Writing songs is an industry I could never hope to crack,” you
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Finally, the moment we’ve been waiting for (and we hope you have been too): the announcement of the programme of events and list of participating authors for the inaugural Bocas Lit Fest! This morning, at a press conference at the National Library in downtown Port of Spain, the festival organisers released the full 2011 programme of readings, performances, panels and
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Arnold Rampersad receives his National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Photo by Jeff Malet Arnold Rampersad, chair of the judges of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, has been awarded one of the highest national awards in the United States, the National Humanities Medal, by President Barack Obama. In a ceremony in the East Room
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Ten writers representing six different countries are in the running for the 2011 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. The Prize longlist, announced by the judges on 28 February, 2011, includes three books of poetry, four of fiction, and three of non-fiction. The writers range from Nobel laureates to debut authors.In
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The typical image of the Caribbean, in the minds of many, is a beach lined with palm trees. It’s true that this part of the world has its share of spectacular coastline, but Caribbean landscapes are much more diverse than that: lofty mountains, rolling savannahs, teeming forests — and of course bustling cities. During the
Since the Bocas Lit Fest and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature were announced last November, the organising team has been hard at work. Now, with just under three months to go until the festival opens, developments are speeding up — we’ll be posting more regular updates here at the Bocas Lit Fest blog and via Twitter and Facebook. Here’s
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