We’re hosting the first-ever in-person NGC BOCAS YOUTH FESTIVAL on Saturday 19th November and we’re so pumped! JOIN OUR VOLUNTEER TEAM! Gain experience in festival + event management and lots more! To sign up email us at [email protected]. Deadline date: November 15, 2022 Powered by @ngc_tt ️ #ngcbocasyouthfest2022 #bocas2022
Are you a Spoken Word Poet, Singer, Musician, Dancer, or Artist? Come through! Our signature open mic event is back! Saturday 19th, November 2022 5:00 p.m. Sign up via the form below. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE. Powered by @ngc_tt ️ #ngcbocasyouthfest2022 #bocas2022
Three local and one Jamaican writer are now vying for the 2022 Children’s Book Prize. The winner will be named at the end of November and is set to receive a cash prize of US$1,000, courtesy the Wainwright family. The shortlisted authors’ books are the ones that most inspire young readers to love reading and
Six Caribbean writers have been longlisted for the annual Bocas Children’s Book Prize with stories of Caribbean mythology and adventures and confrontation of contemporary issues facing today’s young people. Now in its second year and sponsored by the Wainwright family, five of the books for the 2022 prize are by writers from Trinidad and Tobago,
Anthony Joseph brings his novel The Frequency of Magic to life online through musical performance, with a series of 100 daily podcast episodes premiering on Tuesday 25 October.
The latest episode of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s 100 Caribbean Books That Made Us podcast shines a spotlight on the late, beloved writer Samuel Selvon and his popular book Ways of Sunlight. T&T writer Vashti Bowlah — the author of Under the Peepal Tree and Sugarcane Valley — considers Selvon’s beloved short story collection,
Proving she has the winning formula, Stewart again made history copping the Grand Slam title for a third time after successfully defending her 2019 title in 2020. She is the only poet to win the Slam three times. Performing before the defending 2021 Slam Champion, Derron Sandy, dressed as the Little Red Riding Hood, Stewart executed
Two dozen Caribbean and diaspora writers will be in the spotlight as the NGC Bocas Lit Fest launches its first ever British tour. Visiting five cities across the UK between 26 October and 3 November, the Bocas UK Tour 2022 will feature outstanding authors of all genres, including a slew of recent prizewinners. Since its
You’ve been asking! You’ve been waiting! And here it is! #plottwist WE HEAD TO THE SOUTHLAND! Date: October 9 Time: 7pm — Doors open at 6 pm Cost: $200 PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE Go to ticket page IN PERSON Paper Based Bookshop (cash only) The Hotel Normandie, St. Ann’s & The Naparima Bowl Office (cash only)
The region’s most coveted literary award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, is now open for entries. Sponsored by One Caribbean Media in Trinidad and Tobago, the prize has been awarded annually since 2011. It includes a cash award of US$10,000 for the overall winner, and US$3,000 each for two genre category winners. The
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