All events are listed in TT time (AST).
Tune in below with our livestream links!
| Friday 1st May 2026 | ||
| Event | Live Link | |
| 2026 Festival Welcome | 10:00 am – 10:30 am | https://youtube.com/live/1Fy8s40wnlc?feature=share |
| WE LIT Drama Showcase | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | https://youtube.com/live/TGmraMLIyvY?feature=share |
| Bocas Youth Debate | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | https://youtube.com/live/KXcQBtRREO8?feature=share |
| Take Two: Lance Dowrich and Scarlet Ibis James | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | https://youtube.com/live/g45WNVIssBU?feature=share |
| Big Ideas: What does “Caribbean” still mean? | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | https://youtube.com/live/Aq9hVI8ivGw?feature=share |
| Saturday 2nd May 2026 | ||
| Event | Live Link | |
| Big Ideas: Heritage Matters | 10:00 am – 11:30 am | https://youtube.com/live/LWlIc_euwKM?feature=share |
| Objects of Memory | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | https://youtube.com/live/7UhcNs19jEc?feature=share |
| Take Two: Cristina Bendek and Adalber Salas Hernández | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | https://youtube.com/live/tArEDBLOMXg?feature=share |
| Lost and Found: An A-Z of Neglected Writers of the Anglophone Caribbean | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | https://youtube.com/live/j91CCQGGlpI?feature=share |
| One-on-One: Cheryl Boyce-Taylor | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | https://youtube.com/live/3_Ir19EwRjo?feature=share |
| OCM Bocas Prize + Bocas Henry Swanzy Award Ceremony | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm | https://youtube.com/live/0TCyFyzeVhg?feature=share |
| Sunday 3rd May 2026 | ||
| Event | Live Link | |
| One-on-One: Justin Haynes | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | https://youtube.com/live/oc9zX0by-nw?feature=share |
| One-on-One: Canisia Lubrin | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | https://youtube.com/live/BBGgeAMhYFo?feature=share |
| One-on-One: Tessa McWatt | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | https://youtube.com/live/3mMNScaZo24?feature=share |
| Take Two: Karen Barrow and Christina Cooke | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | https://youtube.com/live/BmhHoNBThok?feature=share |
| One-on-One: Raymond Antrobus | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | https://youtube.com/live/OFdz5hp19AU?feature=share |
| One-on-One: Margaret Busby | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | https://youtube.com/live/jfuGmNKSmqw?feature=share |
The Bocas Lit Fest is a non-profit organisation that is entirely funded by private sector and public sector sponsorship, and without them there would be no Festival. Thanks to all of you.