We’re excited to launch The Book Network and a new monthly calendar event at The Writers Centre! Our Bring Your Own Book and Bottle event aims to connect readers of all genres in a relaxed environment. It’s about building community around books and book conversation, and creating an in-person extension of our virtual Book Network.
Auditions are underway for the 2020 edition of the region’s biggest platform for spoken word, the First Citizens National Poetry Slam (FCNPS). Slam season, which ends on May 3 as the closing event of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, began last Sunday at Stages on the Avenue in Port of Spain with the first of
The 2020 First Citizens National Poetry Slam presents Slamageddon! Don’t miss your shot to audition for a chance at the grand slam prize of TT$50,000. There are 5 audition venues, each with 40 audition slots. To register, fill in the form at https://2centsmovement.com/fcnps-2020/. There is a $30 registration fee for audition entrants. Admission at the
Prize-winning author Monique Roffey and critically acclaimed poet Shivanee Ramlochan kick off a milestone year for the Bocas Lit Fest at The Writers Centre in Port of Spain. On the weekend of January 18-19, the Bocas Lit Fest, now in its 10th year, will facilitate training for aspiring and emerging writers of fiction and poetry
On Universal Children’s Day, Wednesday 20 November 2019, over 200 children strutted the boards of the Central Bank Auditorium in the NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest’s Page to Stage event. Stars of TT theatre: Penelope Spencer, Cecelia Salazar and comedian Louris Lee Sing have been working over the last three months to bring young thespians
Join us on the cusp of December at The Writers Centre, for Not Another Christmas Market!, a Christmas market with a difference! On Saturday, November 30th, 2019, 10 am – 4 pm, 14 Alcazar Street will come alive to seasonal cheer, as we proudly feature our handpicked lineup of favourite local crafters, makers, and creatives!
Sharma Taylor was awarded the inaugural Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP) at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2019. Her submission was in the literary genre of Fiction. Upon receiving the award, Sharma expressed gratitude to the prize donor, Dr. Kongsheik Achong Low. Taylor noted how valuable such a partnership with the Bocas
The 2020 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the region’s most coveted literary award, is now open for entries. Sponsored by One Caribbean Media, the prize, now in its tenth year, also marks the tenth anniversary of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest! The cross-genre prize offers a cash award of US$10,000 for the overall winner
Amongst the various art forms taking centre stage at CARIFESTA XIV, the biggest celebration of Caribbean arts and culture, 16-24 August, will be a free, diverse literary programme curated and executed by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival. At the heart of the literary programme are daily open mic sessions
New and aspiring writers are invited to take advantage of ten free workshops led by award-winning and acclaimed Caribbean writers at CARIFESTA XIV. The sustenance of a strong literary tradition relies heavily on the ongoing investment in actual reader and writer development. As part of the literary programme curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest
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