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Jennifer Rahim, wearing glasses and a purple top, holds an OCM Bocas Prize trophy in front of a Bocas Lit Fest event backdrop.

Remembering Jennifer Rahim (1963–2023)

March 14, 2023

Young writer Isaac Price in a school uniform, holding a book titled “My Fun Pet: Hamlet the Hamster”.

Isaac Price, youngest Bocas Youth Writer nominee

March 12, 2023

Longlist announcement for the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize, displaying book covers by Michael Fraser, Anthony Joseph, Pamela Mordecai, Marlon James, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, Jasmine Sealy, Ira Mathur, and others.

Announcing the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize Longlist

March 8, 2023

List of First Citizens National Poetry Slam semi-finalists and wild cards, with event logos at the bottom.

30 Poets Advance To Slam Semis

March 2, 2023

Book cover art for the March 2023 Bocas Book Bulletin featuring an illustration of a Black woman with plaited hair and text reading “Lesley-Ann Brown” and “Blackgirl on Mars.”

Bocas Book Bulletin: March 2023

March 1, 2023

Book cover for the T. S. Eliot Prize-winning Sonnets for Albert by Anthony Joseph, featuring a beach scene from the February 2023 Bocas Book Bulletin.

Bocas Book Bulletin: February 2023

February 28, 2023

Event poster for the 2023 Slam Auditions, held 24-26 February at The Writers’ Centre, Port of Spain, including a registration QR code and link.

2023 Slam Auditions Begin After Carnival

February 17, 2023

Luis Almagro, engaged in diplomatic relations, wears a suit and patterned blue tie while standing in front of the French flag and the Organisation of American States flag.

Outgoing Chilean ambassador says goodbye to Trinidad and Tobago

February 12, 2023

Three men, including Gordon Rohlehr, sit in chairs on a stage in front of a Lit Fest backdrop, holding microphones and engaged in a conversation about Caribbean literature.

Remembering Gordon Rohlehr (1942–2023)

January 30, 2023

Book cover for “Dragonzilla’s Short Story Challenge: My Covid Stories,” showing a child in a cape using hand sanitiser to fight a giant, spiky coronavirus character in this collection of Covid-19 stories.

My Covid Stories Available Now

January 24, 2023