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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

2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature open for entries

The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is a major award for literary books by Caribbean writers. Books may be entered in three categories: poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction. The prize includes an award of US$10,000, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. The submission deadline for books published between 1 January and 31 October, 2013, is 15

Last call for Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize entries

Only four days left to submit entries for the 2014 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize! The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2013. The 2014 Prize, worth £10,000, will allow an emerging writer living and working in the Caribbean to devote time to advancing or finishing a work of literary non-fiction. The inaugural Prize, which was for

Bocas at the Brooklyn Book Fest

Bocas is happy to team up with Akashic Books and the Caribbean Cultural Theatre to present a showcase of contemporary Caribbean fiction as a Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event. Thursday 19 September, 6 to 8 pm, at MoCADA in Fort Greene. NYC friends, see you there!

Bocas takes T&T writers to St. Lucia

Prize-winning authors feature at Commonwealth literature conference. Four writers from Trinidad and Tobago were the highlight of a special event at the 16th Triennial Conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS) in St. Lucia, August 2013. Their special readings were given pride of place in the programme in which hundreds of

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