Bocas Book Bulletin: April 2025
A monthly roundup of news about Caribbean books and writers, presented by the Bocas Lit Fest. Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express. New Releases The Possibility […]
Three authors compete for 2025 OCM Bocas Prize
Books by already celebrated authors from Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti have won the poetry, fiction, and non-fiction categories of the 2025 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. Writers Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Myriam J.A. Chancy, and […]
15th Bocas Lit Fest Is “Always Coming Home”
The Bocas Lit Fest returns this May with a packed programme of events for its 15th edition, with the theme “Always Coming Home.” Trinidad and Tobago’s annual festival of books, writers, and ideas is also the Anglophone Caribbean’s biggest annual literary event. Details of the 2025 programme — running from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 […]
2025 Bocas Swanzy Award honours Journal of West Indian Literature
The pioneering Journal of West Indian Literature, the leading periodical dedicated to Anglophone Caribbean literary scholarship, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters. The announcement was made on 26 March, during a media conference to launch the programme for the 2025 Bocas Lit Fest. […]
Fifteen authors compete for Caribbean’s biggest book prize
Books by fifteen authors with roots in eight countries have been shortlisted for the 2025 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 Presented annually since 2011, the OCM Bocas Prize is the most coveted award for Caribbean […]
Bocas Book Bulletin: March 2025
A monthly roundup of news about Caribbean books and writers, presented by the Bocas Lit Fest. Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express. New Releases Unstitching Silence […]
Bocas Book Bulletin: February 2025
A monthly roundup of news about Caribbean books and writers, presented by the Bocas Lit Fest Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express. New Releases Kipling Plass […]
Bocas Book Bulletin: January 2025
A monthly roundup of news about Caribbean books and writers, presented by the Bocas Lit Fest Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express. 2025 publishing preview Caribbean […]
Jamaican Safiya Sinclair wins OCM Bocas Prize
A memoir by Jamaican author Safiya Sinclair has won the award for outstanding Caribbean book of the past year. How to Say Babylon is the winner of the overall 2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, which comes with a cash award of US$10,000, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. Published in the UK by Fourth […]
Scotiabank Write Away! Launches Free Workshop Series
The free workshop series for the third annual Scotiabank Write Away! Young Adult Literature Project is open for student registration. Funded by the Scotiabank Foundation, this year’s project edition, run by the Bocas Lit Fest in collaboration with the College of Science, Technology, and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT), aims to equip young […]