Reading with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest
Now in its third year, the Reading with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest project kicked off simultaneously with the Bocas Lit Fest and CODE Burt Awards #readwithme campaign. So it seemed fitting that both the adult and youth book clubs read two of the 2016 winners of CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, Dreams […]
Youth Speak
Both U.WE Speak and U.SC Speak are produced by the 2 Cents Movement as a Bocas Lit Fest youth project. They are free and open to the public. This semester there were several university open mic sessions related to World Mental Health Day (album) and the International Day of The Girl (album). Special editions included discussions about […]
People’s Choice T&T Book of the Year
Critics, prizes and publishers all have their say on what qualifies as the “best” book, but now it’s time for readers to choose their best book of the year! For the first time Trinidad and Tobago is to have an annual literary award for local writers, and the winner is to be chosen by the […]
Writing a Book Review: Five Tips to Keep in Mind, and Put in Practice
You’ve just raced through a page turning thriller, or groaned in relief as you finally finished a burdensome romance with far too much filler. Now, you’re bursting to tell someone your thoughts, good, bad, or in-between. You turn to the page or computer screen, then freeze: how to begin to say what you really mean? […]