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NGC Bocas Lit Fest Tobago, 28 – 29 March 2014

Tobago gets a new festival of literary and oral traditions! The first annual NGC Bocas Lit Fest Tobago is to take place on 28th and 29th March.  Organizers of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, in collaboration with the Tobago Word Festival Committee and the Tobago Writers Guild, have created a 2-day event of readings, performance,

Looking at the Bocas 2014 Longlist: Coolie Woman

By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Published by the University of Chicago Press, 2013. “From 1838 to 1917, half a million Indians travelled to the Caribbean to grow and cut sugarcane. That migration had put thousands of kilometres and an even greater psychological distance between me and the village women whose tears at

Finalists announced for 2014 Hollick Arvon Prize

Two emerging Jamaican writers, one from Grenada, one from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and four from Trinidad and Tobago are the eight finalists for the much-coveted 2014 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize, now in its second year. They are: Turn Around, Judy Antoine, Grenada Let It Fly, Melissa Balgobin, Trinidad and Tobago Split Level,

Looking at the Bocas 2014 Longlist: Pepper Seed

By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Published by Peepal Tree Press, 2013. “You can drive around the entire island in one day. A place where lush fauna and young girls flourish, sticks beat steel pan and a woman’s waters break each minute, sunshine sprawls heat onto curvy cliff roads till rainy season slings

Finalists for the Inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature

Finalists for Inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature Announced  Unique initiative aims to develop the love of reading amongst Caribbean youth We are proud to announce the finalists of the inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. The shortlisted titles are: Island Princess in Brooklyn by Diane Browne, Jamaica (published by Carlong) All Over Again by A-dZiko Gegele,

2014 VERSES Bocas Poetry Slam Semi Finals

A record-breaking ninety artists auditioned to be part of the VERSES Bocas Poetry Slam, a national spoken word competition sponsored by First Citizens. After only 3 years, this competition has changed the spoken word landscape by rejuvenating the artform and exposing new talents, like that of 2013 Poetry Slam winner Crystal Skeete whose performance of her piece

Judge Spotlight – Bernardine Evaristo

By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Dear Bocas enthusiasts, You’ve seen this year’s longlist – ten outstanding titles of fiction, poetry and non-fiction will be duking it out for shortlist honours. Before the shortlist is officially unveiled in late March, let’s get to know the eleven judges faced with such nailbiting selection tasks!

Ten writers vie for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize

  Writers from five countries are in the running for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. The Prize longlist, announced by the judges on 25 February, 2014, covers poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction. The winners in the three genre categories will be announced on 30 March, and the

Free workshops for writers of Children’s & Young Adult Fiction!

Free Workshops for Writers of Fiction for Children and Young Adults in Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago The first in a series of annual free workshops for writers of fiction for children and young adult will be held in several locations across the Caribbean this spring as part of CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean

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