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Poster for a Bocas Lit Fest carnival mask-making and writing workshop with Robert Young and Wayne Lee-Sing on 27 January at the Granderson Lab, including event details and hashtags.

“Make Something” at Bocas Carnival workshop

January 19, 2024

Bocas Lit Fest family reading circle on Saturday, 13 January, 10 am to 12 noon at 14 Alcazar St, St. Clair. The event is free, open to the public, and for children 7 and under.

The Writers Centre hosts another Family Reading Circle

January 11, 2024

Event poster for the book launch of Jennifer Rahim’s final novel, “Goodbye Bay”, held 13 January 2024 at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

Jennifer Rahim’s final novel to be launched at UWI

January 11, 2024

Book cover for The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud, featured in the January 2024 Book Bulletin, showing a person hanging upside down from a yellow rope shaped like an anchor on red.

Bocas Book Bulletin: January 2024

January 7, 2024

Five people stand in a row, with the central woman holding the children's book Anansi and the Fire Ants.

Anansi and the Fire Ants Wins Bocas Children’s Book Prize

January 6, 2024

Announcement of the 2024 Bocas Breakthrough Fellowships recipients: June Aming, Heather Barker, Stephanie Koathes, Rhea Manley, and Amílcar Peter Sanatan, with Bocas Lit Fest, UNESCO, CARICOM, and UWI logos.

Announcing the 2024 Bocas Breakthrough Fellows!

January 5, 2024

Promotional graphic for 2024 poetry slam auditions, featuring event logos and the text “2024 Auditions coming soon” over an illustration of the sea and distant islands.

The 2024 First Citizens National Poetry Slam call for auditions is coming soon!

December 29, 2023

Event flyer for an interview with Eskor David Johnson, author of “Pay As You Go,” in conversation with Amílcar Sanatan on 6 January 2024 at The Writers' Centre.

An Afternoon with Eskor David Johnson

December 27, 2023

Holiday announcement for Focas Lit Fes, Paper Based Bookshop, and Full Bloom Coffee Roasters, detailing closures and festive season hours from 22 December through 2 January. Cheers to the holidays.

Cheers to the Festive Season!

December 21, 2023

Submissions for the 2024 OCM Bocas Prize are open for poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction until 8 January 2024. Visit bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm for details on these literary awards.

The 2024 OCM Bocas Priz.e Submissions deadline is 8 January, 2024

December 19, 2023