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First Citizens National Poetry Slam 2023 winners: Kyle Hernandez in 1st place, Derron Sandy in 2nd, and Alexandra Stewart in 3rd.

Kyle Hernandez Orchestrates Poetry Slam win

May 1, 2023

Promotional graphic for Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for her novel, When We Were Birds.

T&T’s Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins OCM Bocas Prize

April 29, 2023

Portrait of Elizabeth “Lady” Montano with text overlay advertising the NGC Bocas Lit Fest and her life-writing book, King of Soca.

NGC Bocas Lit Fest explores life-writing

April 18, 2023

The 2023 OCM Bocas Prize winners are Sonnets for Albert by Anthony Joseph, When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, and Love the Dark Days by Ira Mathur.

Announcing the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize category winners

April 2, 2023

Book cover for Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks, featuring a woman against a bright yellow background with praise from Caleb Azumah Nelson and Bernardine Evaristo, highlighted in the April 2023 bulletin.

Bocas Book Bulletin: April 2023

April 1, 2023

Announcement for NGC Bocas Lit Fest workshop registration, detailing topics, fees, and enrolment website, with sponsor logos at the bottom.

Our festival workshops are open for registration!

March 31, 2023

Event poster for the First Citizens National Poetry Slam 2023 Grand Slam on 30 April at 6 pm at the Central Bank Auditorium. Tickets are £200.

15 Poets To Face Off At Slam Finals

March 29, 2023

A group of children holding Children’s Storytelling Caravan books, posed with a blue mascot character at the Bocas Lit Fest.

NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest Storytelling Caravan Returns

March 21, 2023

Graphic for the NGC Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad and Tobago, 28 to 30 April, inviting visitors to view the 2023 festival programme launch at bocaslitfest.com.

2023 NGC Bocas Lit Fest asks “What’s your story?”

March 15, 2023

Portrait of an older woman with white hair and rimless glasses, wearing a pearl necklace, a recipient of the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award.

Bocas Swanzy Award honours Trinidad-born scholar

March 15, 2023