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Garnet Lawrence’s Anansi and the Fire Ants, winner of the 2023 Bocas Children’s Book Prize.

Anansi and the Fire Ants Wins Bocas Children’s Book Prize

December 10, 2023

Six Trinidad and Tobago authors stand in a row in front of a Paper Based Bookshop sign, each holding a book.

Celebrating T&T authors

December 6, 2023

Event flyer for an intimate Bocas Lit Fest chat between Ira Mathur and Celeste Mohammed, Saturday, 16 December, at 3:30 pm at The Writers' Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair.

Join us for an intimate conversation with Ira Mathur and Celeste Mohammed on Saturday 16 December!

December 4, 2023

Abeni’s Song book cover, highlighted in the December 2023 Bocas Book Bulletin, features a young woman holding a staff before a giant, masked figure in a forest.

Bocas Book Bulletin: December 2023

December 3, 2023

Graphic announcing winners of the GCCA+ Bocas Ways of Sunlight writing competition: 1st place Samara Dolabaille, 2nd place Jada-Marie Giles, and 3rd place Rebekkah Murray.

St James teen wins youth essay competition

November 24, 2023

Three Bocas Children’s Book Prize 2023 shortlist covers: Tameisha’s Adventure, Anansi and the Fire Ants, and Save, Share, Spend: Basic Lessons in Managing Money.

Bocas Children’s Book Prize Shortlist Announced

November 22, 2023

Book cover for “How to Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair, featuring a black silhouette of a hand holding yellow scissors against a green background with locs, noted in the November 2023 book news.

Bocas Book Bulletin: November 2023

November 6, 2023

Images Meet Words: How To Put Together a Visual Book, with Melanie Archer

October 28, 2023

Writer to Writer: Breanne Mc Ivor and Kevin Jared Hosein

October 22, 2023

Portrait of Alexandra C. Stewart, winner of the 2023 NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award, displayed on an announcement graphic.

Congratulations to Alexandra C. Stewart, 2023 NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award winner!

October 22, 2023