The overall winner of the 2018 People’s Choice T&T Book of the Year, as chosen by the voting public, is Soulspection: A Collection of Poetry, by Michelle Borel. The other books in the final voting round were (in alphabetical order by title): 21 Powerful P’s to Success, by Nichola Harvey Don’t Go Mango Picking, by D.H. Gibbs Everyone
Do you have a great novel, creative non-fiction, or graphic novel for youth ages 12 to 18? The CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature is now open for submissions! 2019 is the sixth year for this YA Lit award. To date, over 37,000 copies of award-winning YA novels have been distributed throughout the
by Ashlee Burnett, #bocas2018 Youth Blogger Facts are often hard-hitting. They make swallowing the truth bruise your throat because of how harsh they are. We still welcome them, even though pain exists. Knowing the facts feels like a cool and soothing breeze on the wound. At the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, you will know truth.
by Apphia Barton, #bocas2018 Youth Blogger You do not. You cannot. Abort mission. “You’re home, you’re in the right place, these are your people, this is your tribe” The festival’s energy is palpable. As you enter the festival village from the entrance at Hart Street, pass the security guards, through the metal detectors and automatic
by Joziann Lewis, #bocas2018 Youth Blogger When you hear the name Alex Wheatle, what comes to mind? Prior to the one-on-one seminar which I was fortunate to have attended, I would have said, and only said, “An award winning, Jamaican, black author.” Now, while that statement is definitely true, it’s lacking something. Something that defines
Deneka Thomas is the new champion of the First Citizens National Poetry Slam and the winner of fifty thousand dollars, courtesy title sponsor First Citizens. The big-ticket event of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, the Slam finals brought down the curtains on the national annual literary festival on Sunday evening at the National Academy for
Welcome to our #bocas2018 post-festival coverage! Here’s a vlog from one of our 2018 NGC Bocas Lit Fest Youth Bloggers, Saajid Hosein. He’s interviewing Guyanese writer Imam Baskh, winner of the 2018 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature. Here’s what Saajid said about this interview: “When I was asked to interview Guyanese author
Curfew Chronicles, a collection of linked short stories by writer Jennifer Rahim of Trinidad and Tobago, has been named the winner of the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the most prestigious international award for Caribbean writing. Evelyn O’Callaghan, chair of the fiction judges of the prize, made the announcement at a ceremony on
Trinidad and Tobago’s traditional art forms are centre stage at the 5-day 2018 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, registering an intensified investment in local cultural arts. Key partnerships with the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, and the Port of Spain City Corporation Downtown Carnival Committee, as well as the National Carnival Commission, have
The Suffrage of Elvira and The Black Jacobins get dramatic treatment at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest! VS Naipaul’s classic political satire Suffrage of Elvira was published 60 years ago this year. The famous author’s second novel is set in colonial Trinidad as the people of Elvira get ready to vote. It’s a wonderful comedy that
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