#bocas2018 Youth Blog: Uncovering Race
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... Read More
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#bocas2018 Youth Blog: How to Leave the NGC Bocas Lit Fest Uninspired
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... Read More
#bocas2018 Youth Blog: One-on-One with Alex Wheatle
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... Read More
2018 Grand Slam Winner
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.... Read More
#bocas2018 Youth Vlog: Interview with Imam Baksh
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... Read More
T&T’s Jennifer Rahim wins OCM Bocas Prize
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... Read More
Culture at the festival!
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.... Read More
Drama at the festival
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... Read More