The annual April children’s literature festival starts Saturday 6 April with storytelling events in Tobago and Eldorado. Every Saturday during the month of April the KFC Bocas Children’s Storytelling caravan goes around the country treating children to some of the best, most anticipated storytelling events for 6-15 year olds. Star storytellers Auntie Thea, Lylah Persad,
Dear Bocas enthusiasts, it’s that time again: time to virtually shake hands with the members of our judging panel! We don’t envy these folks — formidable writers, academics and scholars in their own right — their mammoth task of having selected this year’s longlist and shortlist: not to mention the looming honour of the 2013
Dear Bocas enthusiasts, Chances are that you’ve seen the official programme we rolled out yesterday, as part of our media launch: and if you’re as excited as we are, we recommend that you begin prepping your schedule well in advance for maximum literary goodness! This year’s NGC Bocas Lit Fest promises to be chock-full of
Writers from St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana have made the shortlist for the 2013 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. From a longlist of ten impressive titles in the poetry, fiction, and non-fiction categories, the prize judges have chosen a shortlist of three books, written by one of
Spoken word enthusiasts, the Verses Bocas Poetry Slam, presented by the 2 Cents Movement, rolls into the spotlight in just a few days! Be sure to mark the following dates down in your pre-festival calendar: Round 1 kicks off on Saturday 16th at the Univeristy of Southern Caribbean, New Building 1, Maracas Valley at 7-8.30pm
Fourteen writers from seven countries have been named as finalists for the inaugural Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize. Announced by the judges on 10 March, 2013, the finalists include emerging writers from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. The winner of the Prize will be announced
Ten writers from six Caribbean countries are on the longlist for the 2013 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. The Prize longlist, announced by the judges on 28 February, 2013, covers poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction. The winners in the three genre categories will be announced on 17 March, and
What is the EWWC? The Edinburgh World Writers Conference, like so many other literary events of note, had its beginnings in conversation: in discussions shared amongst writers, on what literature could signify, and do, and be. It started in Edinburgh in August 2012, and since then, the lit-chat has gone global, hopping from literary festival
Spoken word and performance poetry will feature big at the 2013 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, and it starts on Saturday 23 February with auditions. For the first time, a poetry slam with over TT$5,000 worth of prizes, courtesy First Citizens, will be on offer at the lit fest, as Bocas and the 2 Cents Movement
Hay Cartagena, now in its eighth year, is one of Colombia’s most important cultural events, and one of the Caribbean region’s biggest and best literary festivals. The 2013 festival ran from 24 to 27 January. Trinidadian writer Earl Lovelace, winner of the 2012 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, was on the programme at Cartagena
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