Three writers join the shortlist for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize
Two writers from Jamaica and one writer from Trinidad and Tobago have made the shortlist for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. From a longlist of ten titles in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, the prize judges have chosen a winning book in each genre category. Kei Miller’s Writing Down the Vision was chosen […]
A Bocas Evening at Alice Yard: Five by Night – New Fiction from T & T
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger A chilly Woodbrook evening beneath the stars, in Alice Yard’s plein air art and culture space: this was the setting for a special literary event showcasing Trinidad and Tobago’s writing talent, on March 25th. This year’s NGC Bocas Lit Fest is a mere four weeks away, as […]
Looking at the Bocas 2014 Longlist: The Butterfly Hotel
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Published by Peepal Tree Press in 2013. “I am from Choppers, chicken coops and cuatros. I am from the flickering flame of a deya, blue at the wick, luminous, smelling of kerosene. I am from the tiny engine of a hummingbird revving its wings in front of […]
Five by Night: new fiction from T&T
Tuesday 25 March, 2014, 8 pm Alice Yard, 80 Roberts Street, Woodbrook, Port of Spain The NGC Bocas Lit Fest presents an evening of new and recent fiction from five Trinidadian writers, as part of the programme for the Diasporic Literary Archives workshop in Port of Spain. 2013 OCM Bocas Prizewinner Monique Roffey will join […]
Looking at the Bocas 2014 Longlist: As Flies to Whatless Boys
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Published by Akashic Books in 2013. “All-in-a-sudden a rocket – launched from the ship’s foredeck – shot screaming into the air. Leaving behind its smoky corkscrew trail. Bursting with a loud pap! above the ship. It scattered a hundred bright blue sparks cross the sky, descending through […]
NGC Bocas Lit Fest Tobago, 28 – 29 March 2014
Tobago gets a new festival of literary and oral traditions! The first annual NGC Bocas Lit Fest Tobago is to take place on 28th and 29th March. Organizers of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, in collaboration with the Tobago Word Festival Committee and the Tobago Writers Guild, have created a 2-day event of readings, performance, […]
Looking at the Bocas 2014 Longlist: Coolie Woman
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Published by the University of Chicago Press, 2013. “From 1838 to 1917, half a million Indians travelled to the Caribbean to grow and cut sugarcane. That migration had put thousands of kilometres and an even greater psychological distance between me and the village women whose tears at […]
Finalists announced for 2014 Hollick Arvon Prize
Two emerging Jamaican writers, one from Grenada, one from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and four from Trinidad and Tobago are the eight finalists for the much-coveted 2014 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize, now in its second year. They are: Turn Around, Judy Antoine, Grenada Let It Fly, Melissa Balgobin, Trinidad and Tobago Split Level, […]
Looking at the Bocas 2014 Longlist: Pepper Seed
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Published by Peepal Tree Press, 2013. “You can drive around the entire island in one day. A place where lush fauna and young girls flourish, sticks beat steel pan and a woman’s waters break each minute, sunshine sprawls heat onto curvy cliff roads till rainy season slings […]
Finalists for the Inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature
Finalists for Inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature Announced Unique initiative aims to develop the love of reading amongst Caribbean youth We are proud to announce the finalists of the inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. The shortlisted titles are: Island Princess in Brooklyn by Diane Browne, Jamaica (published by Carlong) All Over Again by A-dZiko Gegele, […]
2014 VERSES Bocas Poetry Slam Audition Results
2014 VERSES Bocas Poetry Slam Semi Finals
A record-breaking ninety artists auditioned to be part of the VERSES Bocas Poetry Slam, a national spoken word competition sponsored by First Citizens. After only 3 years, this competition has changed the spoken word landscape by rejuvenating the artform and exposing new talents, like that of 2013 Poetry Slam winner Crystal Skeete whose performance of her piece […]