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The art and craft of Lyrics Writing, with Llewellyn “Short Pants” Mac Intosh

By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger Carnival 2014 is but a few weeks away, as even a cursory glance over this season’s sea of fêtes will demonstrate. Happily, one of Carnival’s longest standing traditions, the musical business of penning calypso lyrics, was the focus of our February NGC Bocas Lit Fest workshop, presented

Call for submissions: Caribbean children’s anthology

CaribbeanReads is seeking email submissions of art, poetry, and short stories from Caribbean citizens for a Caribbean Christmas anthology. CaribbeanReads, in partnership with Jaxon Photography, is producing an anthology of Caribbean Christmas stories for children. The book will feature stories, crafts, and artwork from various parts of the Caribbean produced by Caribbean artists. The book is intended to delight readers

The 2014 spoken word season starts!

THE BOCAS LIT FEST heralds the start of its 2014 Spoken Word season that will come to a close on the final night of the annual NGC Bocas Lit Fest on 27 April. The three-part season of workshops, performance, and competitions is underway with The COURTS BOCAS Speak Out Secondary Schools Tour across 5 regions:

The NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s South+Central Weekend: Part One

By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2014 Bocas Lit fest blogger T’is the season for literary merriment once more, friends! In truth, for stalwart book lovers, it’s always that time, but we’re referring to the 2014 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, which is now just over three months away. This year’s festival dates are April 23rd to 27th, on

Thank you for the overwhelming response to our November workshops!

We’re pleased to report that all of the NGC Bocas South + Central writing workshops held on Sunday 17 November 2013 were sold out. Thank you to all of you dedicated writers who turned out for these workshops. We’re looking forward to our next workshop series during the 2014 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, 23-27 April

Courts Bocas Speak Out Secondary School Tour

Over 10,000 secondary school students were introduced to Spoken Word poetry over the last 6 weeks in the Courts Bocas Speak Out Secondary Schools Tour. Travelling to 30 schools from Tobago to Mayaro, Toco to Port of Spain and many places in between, members of the 2 Cents Movement, that includes some of the nation’s

The CRB is back, with help from Bocas

The Caribbean Review of Books, the Trinidad-based quarterly magazine of Caribbean literature and arts, resumes publication this month, after a hiatus of nearly two years — with new support from the Bocas Lit Fest. Published online at www.caribbeanreviewofbooks.com, the CRB reviews new and recent Caribbean books alongside interviews with writers, original poems and fiction, and

Register for Writing Workshops

As part of the NGC Bocas South+Central programme, budding writers can sign up for a series of writing workshops to be held on Sunday 17 November at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts in San Fernando.  The three workshops for emerging writing talent cover fiction, life writing/ non-fiction, and a fiction-writing workshop specifically for young aspiring

Bocas heads to South + Central Trinidad

Every April, the NGC Bocas Lit Fest transforms Port of Spain into the temporary capital of Caribbean literature, buzzing with writers both famous and soon-to-be, plus spoken word artistes, booksellers, publishers, and thousands of readers gathering to celebrate the power of words, stories, and ideas. Until now, Port of Spain has been the festival’s only

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