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Announcing the 2024 OCM Bocas Prize longlist

Books by nine authors, writing across a diverse range of subjects, styles, and approaches, have been longlisted for the 2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media, owner of the Trinidad and Tobago Express newspaper, TV6, and the OCM radio network.

The OCM Bocas Prize, now in its 14th consecutive year, is the most coveted award for Caribbean books — the prize all Caribbean writers hope to win. Annually, it recognises books in three genre categories — poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction — published by authors of Caribbean birth or citizenship in the preceding year. Five different countries and territories are represented among the authors of the nine books longlisted for the 2024 Prize.

Join us for Merle Collins’s “Oceanic Journeys”, 15 March at UWI, St. Augustine!

Celebrated Grenadian author Merle Collins, current writer in residence at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, will give a feature address at the closing gala of Campus Literature Week 2024 — presented by the Faculty of Humanities and Education, in partnership with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest. Drawing on the title and themes of Ocean Stirrings, and her wide-ranging readings of other Caribbean authors, in her address Collins will speak on “Oceanic Journeys in the Voices of Caribbean Literature”.

Bocas Book Bulletin: March 2024

Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express. New Releases Son of Grace: Frank Worrell (Fairfield Books) by Vaneisa Baksh presents the remarkable life, on and off

Write Away! – a student’s literary goldmine

The Scotiabank Write Away! 2023 Non-Fiction Series has drawn to a close, leaving behind a rich repository of resources for young writers across Trinidad and Tobago. Launched in May 2023, the project engaged participants with its innovative approach to enhancing critical skills in reading and writing non-fiction, setting a high standard for educational initiatives in

2024 Slam Semifinalists Announced

34 poets have advanced to the semifinal rounds of the 2024 First Citizens National Poetry Slam, following intense in-person auditions in San Fernando, Port of Spain, and Tobago. The selections were announced on Friday 1 March. Nearly 100 hopefuls delivered their verses before a distinguished judging panel. This year’s judges included Richard “Chromatics” Rajkumar, Patti-Anne

The NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest Storytelling Caravan is Back!

The NGC Bocas Lit Fest is Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival but it is Caribbean in scope. The festival season starts with a series of storytelling sessions with the NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest Storytelling Caravan at venues all around the country throughout March and April. This year is the 14th children’s festival taking

Bocas Lit Fest and COSTAATT sign Historic MOU

After months of intensive negotiation and collaboration, The Bocas Lit Fest (BLF), the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT), and the Ken Gordon School of Communication, Creative and Digital Media have officially formalized a ground-breaking partnership.

This MOU falls within the Bocas Lit Fest’s mission of helping to promote new voices. As a multi-faceted arts organisation, BLF is able to provide a platform for COSTAATT students to apply what they learn at our various festivals, workshops, etc.

Bocas Book Bulletin: February 2024

Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express.

Just three months till the 2024 NGC Bocas Lit Fest!

Trinidad and Tobago’s biggest annual celebration of books, writers, words, stories and ideas is just three months away!

Friends and lit-lovers, mark the dates in your calendars: the 2024 NGC Bocas Lit Fest will run from 25 to 28 April — with an action-packed programme of readings and discussions, performances and workshops, and more — for all ages.

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