Forsooth! Make haste! As part of our programme of events celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare, we’re hosting a very special open mic event at Bocas 2016 — and we want you to join in, on Sunday 1 May, 12 to 1 pm. 14 lines is the length of a sonnet, the lyrical
As we gear up for the 2016 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, we turn to the importance of a good innings: on life and on the field. Commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Queen’s Park Cricket Club, Bocas is pleased to introduce an April 27th discussion panel, Cricket then, now, and when, devoted to the ins
Worried about parking on weekdays in downtown Port of Spain? Park for free in the secure Queen’s Park Savannah Grand Stand, and hop in our Festival shuttle to the National Library. Our free shuttle service will drop/ pick up from right outside the Abercromby Street entrance to the National Library. This shuttle is only available from Wednesday 27 April
Next weekend, part of the 2016 NGC Bocas Lit Fest pre-festival programme: Douen Islands: Kiskadee Saturday 9 April, 2016, 7 to 9 pm, at Alice Yard (80 Roberts Street, Woodbrook, Port of Spain) A performance event including words, images, movement, and music. Free and open to all! Douen Islands is an ongoing, open collaborative project
For the first time in the six-year history of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, books by women authors have been named as winners of all three genre categories of the Caribbean’s top writers’ award, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. From the longlist of nine books, the Prize judges have chosen Wife, by US
Thirteen poets have qualified for the big final of the 2016 First Citizens National Poetry Slam. It is the Caribbean’s biggest Spoken Word event and the final will take place on Sunday 1 May at The Globe cinema – the closing event of the 2016 NGC Bocas Lit Fest. This is the second year of the National
Exclusive Publishing Deals Offered to Caribbean Publishers through the Burt Award Programme CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature is an annual literary award and readership initiative that aims to provide engaging and culturally-relevant books for young people across the Caribbean. Up to $22,000 CAD in prize money will be awarded to up to three winners, who will be announced on
When the Trinidadian poet Victor Questel died in 1982, at the tragically young age of 33, it was a major loss not only to his family and friends, but to Caribbean poetry. He left behind a small but acclaimed body of work, and a sense of enormous literary potential only partly fulfilled. With his three
The winners of the 2016 Courts Bocas Speak Out Intercol pose with with Nicole Loney-Mills of Courts and Marina Salandy-Brown, founder of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest After an exciting final round, where 17 schools had their best poets giving their all, three girls emerged as T&T’s top youth spoken word performers: 1st Place: Shineque
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest has announced that the 2016 recipient of the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award is publisher and editor Jeremy Poynting of UK-based Peepal Tree Press, the leading publishing house focused on contemporary Caribbean writing. The announcement came on 16 March, at the media launch for the 2016 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad
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