Bocas brings the youth perspective to the forefront in a series of events from 11 to 17 November 2017. In our ongoing secondary school spoken word tour we encourage students to SPEAK OUT on issues that affect them, and now we’re bringing their ideas to the world through a week of performance, readings, workshops and
Tamika Gibson (Dreams Beyond the Shore), Danielle Y.C. McClean (The Protector’s Pledge), Florenz Webbe Maxwell (Girlcott), and Imam Baksh (Children of the Spider) are all winners of the annual, much coveted Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, sponsored by the Canadian literary development agency CODE and managed by the Bocas Lit Fest. In a
This year several young Trinidadian poets took part in Talking Doorsteps, an international exchange programme that connects young poets and filmmakers across the world and shares their work with online audiences. TRINIDAD Happening in three stages, the first leg of the programme in January saw UK poet and facilitator Deborah ‘Debris’ Stevenson run a week-long workshop in
Tim Wilcox, well-known British authority on watercolour paintings has arrived in Trinidad to mark the 50-year career in watercolours of Jackie Hinkson, one of this country’s most celebrated artists. Having likened watercolour painting to an action sport in which the viewer “follows every stroke, every mark, every gesture of the brush with the tension and
by Marina Salandy-Brown Finding anyone in the audience at the Studio at the Festival Theatre at 1pm on a Tuesday at the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival is a miracle when there are at least a few hundred other events to attend. So, as I led my panellists into the theatre nearly full of smiling
Two masters of Extempo calypso are set to entertain international audiences at the famous Edinburgh International Festival today in a special programme to mark 70 years of the world’s first literary festival. Calypsonians Short Pants and Black Sage, both former Extempo champions, will be accompanied on guitar by another former Extempo master, Tobago Crusoe, when
The Burt Award programme addresses an ongoing shortage of relevant, quality books for young people (ages 12 to 18) in the Caribbean, and promotes the love of reading and learning at the secondary school level. In 2016, the first and second place winners were manuscripts and the third place winner was a self-published book. As part of the award
This long vacation, Bocas brings the camp fun to you! We’re offering tailored, interactive, hands-on sessions in performance poetry, book binding, storytelling and more. Call us to find out about sessions we can tailor to your camp, and remember: all participating camps and facilitators take 50% off select Bocas merchandise! We’re looking forward to learning, growing
Now in its fifth year, the Burt Award for Caribbean Literature recognizes up to three English-language literary works for young adults (aged 12 through 18) written by Caribbean authors. This year, the winning title will be awarded $10,000 CDN, and two finalists will be awarded $2,000 CDN each. Publishers of winning titles will be awarded
On Saturday 29th April at 11 a.m, I found myself engaged by a one on one session with Dr. Edward Baugh, Professor Emeritus of English at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies and renowned poet. He was immediately put on the spot with a question he dislikes: ‘What made you want to
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