Each time our festival is mentioned within the press, we document it here. If you find an article that you think should be added, please let us know!
TT writers lead weekend workshops, Newsday, January 7, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/01/07/tt-writers-lead-weekend-workshops/
2020 First Citizens National Poetry Slam is on, Newsday, January 19, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/01/19/slamaggedon-2020-national-poetry-slam-is-on/
Bocas turns 10, TV6 news, January 22, 2020 https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/7pmnews/bocas-lit-fest-marks-years/article_13f54698-3d71-11ea-9946-6bec49c06eb2.html
Literally 10 years, Trinidad Express, January 28, 2020
Bocas kicks off 10th anniversary with year-long schedule, Newsday, January 28, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/01/28/year-long-schedule-as-bocas-lit-fest-celebrates-tenth-anniversary/
Newsday journalist in line for Bocas Lit Fest regional award, Newsday, January 30, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/01/30/newsday-journalist-in-line-for-bocas-lit-regional-award/
Bocas Lit Fest to honour Kamau Brathwaite, Trinidad Guardian, February 5, 2020
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/bocas-lit-fest-to-honour-literary-icon-6.2.1048442.421baedd49
Bocas celebrates 10 years, Repeating Islands, February 16, 2020
https://repeatingislands.com/2020/02/16/bocas-lit-fest-celebrating-10-years/
2020 OCM Bocas Prize longlist announced, Newsday, March 16, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/03/16/bocas-prize-longlist-announced/
TT writers sweep regional prize shortlist, Trinidad Express, March 21, 2020
Ten years on the Bocas Lit Fest, (Part 1 of 3 articles commemorating milestone 10th year), Newsday, March 25, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/03/25/ten-years-on-the-bocas-lit-fest/
Bocas President: Festival keeps on growing (Part 2 of 3), Newsday, April 1, 2020 https://newsday.co.tt/2020/04/01/bocas-president-festival-keeps-on-growing/
Three writers vie for top Bocas prize, Looptt, April 3, 2020
https://www.looptt.com/content/3-shortlisted-2020-ocm-bocas-prize-caribbean-literature
Bocas Lit Fest launches “100 Caribbean Books That Made Us”, Trinidad Express, April 4, 2020
Bocas Lit Fest winners, (Part 3 of 3), Newsday, April 7, 2020
Bocas Lit Fest winners pay tribute, Newsday, April 8, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/04/08/bocas-lit-fest-winners-pay-tributeliterary-work-an-art-of-love/
Bocas Lit Fest launches new series – Bios & Bookmarks, Trinidad Express, April 11, 2020
NGC Bocas Lit Fest presents a survival kit or lit and music, Looptt, April 27, 2020
https://www.looptt.com/content/ngc-bocas-lit-fests-presents-survival-kit-lit-and-music
Amanda Choo Quan wins 2020 Johnson & Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize, Newsday, May 2, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/05/02/trini-writer-wins-emerging-caribbean-writers-prize/
“Epiphaneia” storms through to the top, Trinidad Express, May 2, 2020
Roger Robinson’s “A Portable Paradise” wins RSL Ondaatje Prize, Looptt, May 6, 2020
https://www.looptt.com/content/british-trinidadian-poet-wins-ps10000-literature-prize
Bocas Lit Fest crowdsources “100 Caribbean Books That Made Us”, Global Voices, May 11, 2020
https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/11/bocas-lit-fest-crowdsources-100-caribbean-books-that-made-us/
Kamau Brathwaite remembered, Trinidad Guardian, May 14, 2020
https://www.guardian.co.tt/article/kamau-brathwaite-remembered-6.2.1116168.cee4169f9c
New online opportunities for writers, Newsday, May 29, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/05/29/new-online-opportunities-for-writers/
“The Little Axe” cuts in, Bocas Book Bulletin, Trinidad Express, June 6, 2020
Conversation Day collaboration with Trini Good Media, Newsday, June 12, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/06/12/sharing-what-were-learning-on-conversation-day/
Another meaning of home, Bocas Book Bulletin, Trinidad Express, July 5, 2020
2021 Johnson & Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize opens, Newsday, July 24, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/24/caribbean-writers-poetry-prize-opens/
Interview with 2020 JAACWP winner Amanda Choo Quan, Trinidad Express, July 25, 2020
NGC Bocas Lit Fest remembers 1990, Trinidad Express, July 26, 2020
Pain of attempted coup lingers on, Newsday, July 31, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/31/pain-of-attempted-coup-lingers-on/
Bios & Bookmarks enters Season 2, Trinidad Express, August 8, 2020
4-year-old is the face of Dragonzilla Short Story Writing Challenge, Looptt, September 9, 2020
https://www.looptt.com/content/4-year-old-face-childrens-bocas-lit-fest-short-story-challenge
2021 OCM Bocas Prize opens, Newsday, September 9, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/09/ocm-bocas-prize-opens-for-2021/
Fun writing challenge for children, Newsday, September 25, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/25/covid-fun-writing-challenge-for-children/
Dragonzilla Short Story Writing Challenge, Newsday, September 27, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/27/write-a-short-story-for-dragonzilla-challenge/
Polar Vortex, Bocas Book Bulletin, Trinidad Express, October 3, 2020
Bocas talks reparations for slavery, Newsday, October 9, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/10/09/bocas-talks-reparations-for-slavery/
Sir Hilary Beckles on reparations, TV6 news, October 11, 2020
The Caribbean’s case for reparations, Parts1-3, Global Voices October 2020
https://globalvoices.org/2020/10/12/the-caribbeans-case-for-reparations-part-i/
https://globalvoices.org/2020/10/15/the-caribbeans-case-for-reparations-part-ii/
https://globalvoices.org/2020/10/19/the-caribbeans-case-for-reparations-part-iii/
Call for African to join lobby for reparations, Newsday, October 12, 2020
New content for new laptops, Newsday, October 30, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/10/30/new-content-for-new-laptops/
Bocas Lit Fest donates 325 books to schools, Newsday, October 31, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/10/31/bocas-lit-fest-donates-325-books-to-schools/
Stick No Bills, Bocas Book Bulletin, Trinidad Express, October 31, 2020
Bocas Lit Fest launches Lit’s Be Real, Trinidad Express, November 1, 2020
Bocas hosts writing workshops, Newsday, November 11, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/11/10/bocas-hosts-writing-workshops/
Celebrating Jean Rhys, Newsday, November 15, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/11/15/celebrating-jean-rhys-hero-of-caribbean-writers/
Finalists named for Dragonzilla’s Short Story Writing Challenge, Newsday, November 15, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/11/15/22-writers-in-dragonzilla-short-story-finals/
The greatness of Caribbean writer Jean Rhys, Global Voices, November 22, 2020
https://globalvoices.org/2020/11/22/the-greatness-of-caribbean-writer-jean-rhys/
Bocas Lit Fest founder receives Chilean award, Newsday, December 4, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/04/bocas-lit-fest-founder-receives-chilean-award/
Bocas Book Bulletin, Trinidad Express, December 5, 2020
TT writers vie for Costa Awards, Newsday, December 5, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/05/trinidad-and-tobago-writers-vie-for-costa-awards/
Godmother of Caribbean literature made honorary RSL fellow, Global Voices, December 5, 2020
Dragonzilla Short Story Writing Challenge winners announced, Newsday, December 13, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/13/josse-franco-josh-hansrajwin-dragonzilla-short-story-challenge/
Spotlight on Short Story winner Josh Hansraj, Newsday, December 20, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/20/spotlight-on-dragonzilla-short-story-winner-josh-hansraj/
Colonising literature in reverse, Newsday, December 20, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/20/colonising-literature-in-reverse/
Caribbean literature making global strides, Trinidad Express, December 23, 2020
Spotlight on Short Story winner Josse Franco, Newsday, December 27, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/27/11-year-old-josse-franco-pens-story-of-victory-over-covid19/
NGC Bocas Lit Fest goes online, Trinidad Express, August 29, 2020
NGC Bocas Lit Fest moves online, Looptt, September 10, 2020
https://www.looptt.com/content/ngc-bocas-lit-fest-celebrates-10-years-festival-moves-online
NGC Bocas Lit Fest opens with Future Friday, Newsday, September 11, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/11/bocas-lit-fest-opens-with-future-friday/
More than a festival of literature, Trinidad Express, September 17, 2020
UWI @ NGC Bocas Lit Fest, UWI St Augustine Campus News, September 18, 2020
https://sta.uwi.edu/news/notices/notice.asp?id=25857
NGC Bocas Virtual Lit Fest, The Caribbean Commons, CUNY
https://caribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2020/09/17/ngc-bocas-virtual-lit-fest/
NGC Bocas Lit Fest to look at Black Power Movement, CNC3, September 17, 2020
https://www.cnc3.co.tt/bocas-lit-fest-streams-online-will-look-at-black-power-movement/
Challenges & benefits of a virtual literary festival, Newsday, September 18, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/18/bocas-2020-challenges-benefits-of-a-virtual-literary-festival/
NGC Bocas Lit Fest begins today, Looptt, September 18, 2020
https://www.looptt.com/content/ngc-bocas-lit-fest-begins-today
Jackie Hinkson’s Lit Fest gift, Trinidad Express, September 19, 2020
2020 Bocas prize winners crowned, Trinidad Express, September 20, 2020
Post-festival coverage: Print & Digital
Merle Hodge’s Crick Crack Monkey celebrates 50
https://sta.uwi.edu/uwitoday/article16.asp
Caribbean must act, Newsday, September 21, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/21/cbean-must-act-on-covid19-climate-change/
Local regional history should be taught, Newsday, September 21, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/21/local-regional-history-should-be-taught/
Finding the leaders, Trinidad Guardian, September 23, 2020
https://www.guardian.co.tt/opinion/finding-the-leaders-6.2.1218084.23053a720c
Former Jamaican PM at Lit Fest, Trinidad Guardian, September 20, 2020
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/former-jamaican-pm-at-bocas-lit-fest-6.2.1215579.e5bedc50f1
PJ urges CARICOM to be united, Jamaica Observer, September 22, 2020
Writers talk Black Power at NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Newsday, September 25, 2020
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/25/writers-talk-tt-black-power-at-bocas-lit-fest/
Bocas pre-festival coverage
http://www.guardian.co.tt/article/the-2019-ocm-bocas-prize-shortlist-6.2.817676.b571af0432
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/03/27/what-about-literature/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/03/31/admired-but-unsupported/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/03/poets-in-the-spotlight/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/12/bocas-festival-celebrates-new-writing/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/16/bocas-teaches-the-business-of-books/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/20/finding-an-equal-place/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/26/poetry-slam-final-got-style/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/28/a-rich-blend-of-literary-talent/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/29/lit-fest-for-children-too/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/04/15-to-vie-for-microphone-throne-in-poetry-slam/
TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWY_UXYW-9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI3axLQFngc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwU4mYyZ_RQ
Looptt
http://www.looptt.com/content/tt-writers-dominate-award-ocm-bocas-prize-longlist
http://www.looptt.com/content/high-scores-tt-women-writers-lit-prize
http://www.looptt.com/content/bocas-lit-fest-creates-space-celebrate-caribbean-talent
http://www.looptt.com/content/watch-book-launches-debates-storytelling-galore-bocas-lit-fest
http://www.looptt.com/content/finalists-announced-burt-code-award
http://www.looptt.com/content/check-out-these-cool-things-do-bocas-lit-fest
http://www.looptt.com/content/first-citizens-national-poetry-slam-semis-are-coming
http://www.looptt.com/content/15-poets-advance-finals-first-citizens-national-poetry-slam
http://www.looptt.com/content/ngc-bocas-childrens-caravan-hits-road-again
http://www.looptt.com/content/thrill-new-voices
http://www.looptt.com/content/qa-code-burt-award-finalists-jeanelle-frontin
http://www.looptt.com/content/qa-code-burt-award-finalists-tamika-gibson
http://www.looptt.com/content/qa-code-burt-award-finalists-diana-mccaulay
Festival and post-festival coverage
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=335715310394741
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/boca-lit-festival-6.2.835630.cbef9b2903
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/free-books-at-ngc-bocas-lit-fest-6.2.837140.a35c0fe432
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/03/tell-your-stories-now/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/03/british-journalist-talks-teen-shootings-in-us-tt/
http://www.looptt.com/content/first-time-author-jeanelle-frontin-tops-final-3-code-burt-award
http://www.guardian.co.tt/article/an-equal-place-6.2.837854.240eed5aff
http://trinidadexpress.tto.newsmemory.com/?publink=03c19c638
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/meeting-jamaican-novelist-marlon-james-6.2.838420.926bb0d1dd
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/browne-cops-top-literary-prize-with-high-mas-6.2.838940.249346da30
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/capitalism-and-slavery-at-75-6.2.837989.e9a7214ba9
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/05/stewart-wins-poetry-slam/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/06/what-you-missed-if-you-didnt-attend-the-national-poetry-slam/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/06/trinis-sweep-bocas-lit-fest-awards/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/05/tts-kevin-adonis-browne-wins-ocm-bocas-prize/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/06/around-the-world-in-five-days/
https://newsday.co.tt/2018/05/06/jacob-ross-master-of-his-craft/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/08/an-equal-place-2/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/08/poetry-alive-and-hopeful/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/12/the-individual-and-the-nation/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/11/another-week-in-paradise/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/12/giving-non-fiction-rightful-place/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/14/books-will-never-die/
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/05/19/an-unlikely-champion/
TV
http://www.cnc3.co.tt/news/bocas-literature-festival-writing-world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M12FDvkypQo&t=43s
TV coverage:
http://ctvtt.com/ctv/index.php/c-news/news/item/54946-2018-bocas-lit-festival-from-april-25th-29th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=d1tnadLXgxA
https://www.cnc3.co.tt/morning-brew/bocas-lit-fest-explosion-talent
Online & print coverage:
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/03/23/bocas-lit-fest-launched/
http://guyanachronicle.com/2018/03/24/being-happy-about-trinidads-2018-ngc-bocas-lit-fest
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2018-03-24/biggest-literary-event-anglophone-caribbean-tt
http://www4.guardian.co.tt/columnist/2018-04-01/inspiration%E2%80%94bocas-lit-fest
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/04/13/still-time-to-joinbocas-lit-fest-storytelling-caravan-for-children/
http://www4.guardian.co.tt/news/2018-04-21/bocas-lit-fest-more-writing
http://reccaribbean.com/2018/04/21/the-power-of-poetry-qa-with-derron-sandy/
https://buzz.tt/event/view/the-2018-ngc-childrens-bocas-lit-fest
http://www.looptt.com/content/over-100-events-carded-bocas-lit-fest-kicks
http://www.looptt.com/content/bocas-celebrates-20th-anniversary-lgbt-literary-readings
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/04/27/passionate-backchat/
http://www.looptt.com/content/drama-takes-over-bocas-lit-fest-weekend
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/04/26/talk-yuh-talk-at-bocas-lit-fest/
http://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog/?p=11068-SelwynCudjoe
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/05/01/no-closets-here/
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/05/03/a-walk-through-time/
https://www.facebook.com/reccaribbean/posts/1979966672332658
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/05/05/oh-my-word/
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/05/05/capitalising-on-our-oral-traditions/
http://www.tobagotoday.co.tt/columnist/2018-05-06/memories-bocas-lit-fest-2018
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/05/06/a-dazzling-bocas-lit-fest/
https://barbadosunderground.net/2018/05/03/is-the-bocas-literary-festival-biased/
Trinidad Diary: Jonathan Ford,Financial Times, May 26, 2017.
Firing the canon at Bocas 2017, by Caryina SharplesTrinidad Express, May 4, 2017.
So you want to write a book?,Trinidad Express, May, 2017.
NGC Bocas Lit Fest at Seven, by Philip Nanton, Trinidad Guardian, May, 2017.
Building up young adult lit, by Erline Andrews, Trinidad Guardian, May 20, 2017.
If youth is wasted on the young, what about words?, by Shivanee RamlochanTrinidad Guardian, May 6, 2017.
Bruno is new slam champion,Newsday, May 4, 2017.
God had a Bajan accent: Bocas winner on novel inspiration,Trinidad Express, April 30, 2017.
CJ at the Bocas Lit Fest,Trinidad Express, April 30, 2017.
PM Keith Rowley at the Bocas Lit Fest,Trinidad Express, April 29, 2017.
Prisoners show their poetic talent at Bocas 2017,Loop TT, April 27, 2017.
Politics meets poetry in Bocas 2017 line-up,Trinidad Express, April 22, 2017.
Bocas CineLit opens with Panama Canal stories,Trinidad Guardian, April 20, 2017.
CineLit honours Derek Walcott,Trinidad Newsday, April 14, 2017.
Children tell the best stories: a new collection from the Bocas caravan,Trinidad Newsday, April 13, 2017.
Witchbroom’s magic rises again,Trinidad Guardian, March 27, 2017.
Poetry slam prize goes to $50,000,Trinidad Newsday, March 24, 2017.
Books can change lives,Trinidad Express, March 22, 2017.
Younger writers dominate OCM bocas prize,Trinidad Express, March 22, 2017.
Top UK critic for film reviewing workshop,Trinidad Guardian, March 6, 2017.
20 best literary festivals around the world,PenguinRandomHouse Writers Academy, Feb 10, 2017.
Growing a culture of criticism,Trinidad Guardian, Jan 19, 2017.
A very good year for T&T writers,Trinidad Guardian, Jan 1, 2017.
Another TT Poet wins UK Award, Trinidad Express, Nov 2, 2016.
From Prison to Poetry, by Andre Bagoo, Newsday, Monday May 30, 2016.
From ode to Desha to unexpected crown, by Julien Neaves, Newsday, Sunday, May 8 2016.
Setting for Trinidad and Tobago Immigration, by Carolyn Cooper, Jamaica Gleaner, Sunday 8 May, 2016.
Marlon James makes hero’s return to Caribbean at Bocas Festival, by Claire Armistead, UK Guardian, 5 May 2016
Jamaican author cops Bocas top prize, by Anna Ramdass, Daily Express, 5 May 2016
Bermudian author wins literary prize, Royal Gazette, 3 May 2016
Trini-born author wins CODE Burt Award, by Camille Hunte, Daily Express, 30 April 2016
Barking up Bocas, by Raymond Ramcharitar, Trinidad Guardian, 27 April 2016
Leaping between the lines, by Shereen Ali, Trinidad Guardian, 27 April 2016
Poetry Stars at Bocas, by Andre Bagoo, Newsday, 26 April 2016
Cine Lit Fest to bridge TT & Latin America, Newsday, Monday, April 25 2016
How I became a “Hard Head” Poet, Trinidad Guardian, 24 April 2016
Capildeo bares all in new book, Newsday, 18 April 2016
Raymond launches The Colour of Shadows, Trinidad Guardian, Thursday April 14, 2016
Children inspire Protector’s Pledge, Newsday, Sunday, April 10 2016
Cricket T20: Fun and woes by Marina Salandy-Brown, Newsday, Thursday April 7, 2016
Hiroona – an early literary landmark, by Bridget Brereton, Trinidad Express, Thursday April 7, 2016
Burt Award finalist Tamika Gibson: Caribbean full of fresh stories, Newsday, Sunday, April 3 2016
13 square off in finals of Poetry Slam, Trinidad Express, March 27, 2016
Saunders tops them all, by Sateesh Maharaj, Trinidad Express, March 22, 2016
Nine-day Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad Express, March 22, 2016
Literary festival has longer run, more features, Trinidad Guardian, March 22, 2016
Three T&T writers among CODE’s Burt Award finalists, Trinidad Guardian, Thursday March 17, 2016
Finalists for CODE’s 2016 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature Announced, Tropical Fete Inc, March 12, 2016
Guyanese writer shortlisted again for Burt Award, Stabroek News, March 12, 2016
Students battle in 2016 Spoken Word Intercol, Trinidad Guardian, Thursday, March 3, 2016
‘An Unapologetic Independent Thinker’: A Conversation With St. Lucian Poet Vladimir Lucien, Global Voices, February 2015
André Alexis, Austin Clarke nominated for Caribbean Literature prize, CBC Books, March 2016
André Alexis, Austin Clarke, Olive Senior longlisted for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Quill and Quire, March, 2016
Why do people write stories? by Marina Salandy-Brown, Newsday, Thursday, March 3 2016
Teju Cole on A House for Mr Biswas by VS Naipaul – a novel of full-bore Trinidadian savvy, The Guardian, February 12 2016
Editors take the Spotlight in Georgetown, Trinidad Guardian, January 31, 2016
Language and Reinvention: featuring Trinidadian poet Vahni Capildeo, Start the Week, BBC Radio Podcast
Book, chapter and verse, Andre Bagoo, Newsday, January 24 2016
Forces of Nature Bound in Words, Trinidad Guardian, Sunday, January 17, 2016
Challenging the world to take stock of a new era of Caribbean writing
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20151114/features/challenging-the-world-to-take-stock-of-a-new-era-of-writing-caribbean-writing
Trini Novelist wins top Canadian Prize
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,219807.html
Acclaimed authors preview South Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad Guardian, Sunday, October 11, 2015
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2015-10-10/acclaimed-authors-preview-south-bocas-lit-fest
Waxing lyrical, the 2015 VERSES Bocas Poetry Slam winner
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2015-05-08/waxing-lyrical
“Poetry is a matter of bravery” Vladimir Lucien
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,210796.html
Caribbean literature’s favourite englishman
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2015-05-10/caribbean-literature’s-favourite-englishman
For the love of literature
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/For-love-of-literature-301774461.html
Trini among writers shortlisted for literary award
http://www.guardian.co.tt/arts/2015-04-08/trini-among-writers-shortlisted-literary-award
Bocas and CODE announce finalists for the 2015 Burt Award
http://www.guardian.co.tt/arts/2015-03-11/code-bocas-lit-fest-announce-finalists-literature-award
The Race for the Hollick Arvon Prize
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,208382.html
$20,000 for Top Poet
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/20000-for-top-poet-298993011.html
Three-way race for OCM Bocas Prize
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/3-writer-race-for-OCM-Bocas-Prize-298369801.html
Bocas Lit Fest Breaking New Ground
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2015-03-27/bocas-lit-fest-breaking-new-ground
Celebrating Raoul’s Work: 2015 NGC Bocas Lit Fest Launched
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Celebrating-Raouls-work-296821391.html
Auditions for the 2015 Verses Bocas Poetry Slam: The biggest slam in the Caribbean, Jan 2015
http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/2015/01/verses-bocas-poetry-slam-auditions-2015/
Bocas Lit Fest Heads South, Oct 29, 2014
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2014-10-29/bocas-lit-fest-heads-south
OCM Bocas Prize Winners at Babel Festival in Switzerland, Sept 2014
http://repeatingislands.com/2014/09/26/ocm-bocas-prize-winners-at-babel-switzerland/
Ready, Set, Read: The Burt Award for Caribbean Literature
http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-128/ready-set-read#axzz36na0OURo
Bocas goes to Harlem, Jul 4, 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sunday-mix/Bocas-goes-to-Harlem-265870661.html
Bocas feeds pride in Caribbean Lit, Monday, May 5, 2014
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2014-05-04/bocas-feeds-pride-caribbean-lit
Caribbean Poets Celebrate Mikey Smith, 30 Apr 2014
http://www.susumba.com/books/reviews/caribbean-poets-celebrate-mikey-smith
‘All Over Again’ Takes Top Award, Burt Award for Cairbbean Literature, 29 April 2014
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20140429/ent/ent2.html
Poetic Triumph for Idrees, Apr 28 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Poetic-triumph-for-Idrees-257086721.html
‘Whatless Boys’ wins it for writer Antoni…promises to share US$10,000 prize with fellow authors, 27 April 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Whatless-Boys-wins-it-for-writer-Antoni-256919101.html
Boyd Tonkin: NGC Bocas Lit Fest is in keeping with Port of Spain’s pedigree as a Caribbean writer’s heaven, Saturday 26 April 2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/boyd-tonkin-ngc-bocas-lit-fest-is-in-keeping-with-port-of-spains-pedigree-as-a-caribbean-writers-heaven-9290970.html
Sanding Room only for the Pepperpot launch, 25 April 2014
http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/standing-room-pepperpot-launch/
Bocas on Dub: Bocas Literary Fest Shines Light on Dub Poetry, 21 April 2014
http://www.susumba.com/books/news/bocas-dub-bocas-literary-fest-shines-light-dub-poetry
Lit Fest writers on UWI campus, Apr 18, 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Lit-Fest-writers-on-UWI-campus-255832921.html
Region’s top poets at Bohemia show, 18 Apr 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Regions-top-poets-at–Bohemia-show-255832891.html?m=y&smobile=y
Good news story: Bocas here to stay
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Good-news-story-Bocas-here-to-stay-257081001.html?m=y&smobile=y
Bocas Lit Fest tackles crime writing
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Bocas-Lit-Fest-tackles-crime-writing-255732431.html
Workshop to focus on Crime fiction
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,192354.html
NGC Bocas makes radio debut
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/NGC-Bocas-Lit-Fest-makes-radio-debut-256271031.html
Over 100 writers in 2014 Bocas line-up, Apr 21, 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Over-100-writers-in-2014-Bocas-line-up-255957481.html?m=y&smobile=y
TTW, Bocas Lit Fest host ‘HeLa’ production, March 28 2014
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,192577.html
Tobago kick-off on Friday, Mar 24, 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/Tobago-kick-off-on-Friday-252064481.html
Three T&T authors among OCM Bocas Prize finalists, 26 Feb 2014
https://guardian.co.tt/entertainment/2014-02-26/three-tt-authors-among-ocm%E2%80%88bocas-prize-finalists
Free Workshops for writers of fiction for children and young adults in Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad, 17 Feb 2014
http://www.cariblit.org/blog/free-workshops-for-writers-of-fiction-for-children-and-young-adults-in-jamaica-guyana-and-trinidadand-tobago
Spoken word in the spotlight, Feb 11 2014
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2014-02-10/spoken-word-spotlight
Short Pants to lead lyrics writing workshop, 17 Jan 2014
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Short-Pants-to-lead-lyrics-writing-workshop-240940961.html
“Writers must listen, read more”
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Writers-must-listen-read-more-232281311.html
“T&T needs to read more”
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/TT-needs-to-read-more-232215531.html
Renowned writers in South today
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Renowned-writers-in-South-Central-today-232144051.html?m=y&smobile=y
Bocas heads to South, Central
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,186318.html
Bocas Lit Fest Heads to South
http://guardian.co.tt/entertainment/2013-11-10/bocas-lit-fest-heads-south
Young Writers add their two cents
http://guardian.co.tt/arts/2013-07-21/young-writers-add-their-two-cents
Bocas winner’s cover goes underground
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/Bocas-winners-cover-goes–215606131.html
Not Just About Writers: Talking with Bocas Lit Fest Founder
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/13/trinidad-tobago-talking-with-ngc-bocas-lit-fest-founder-marina-salandy-brown/
World Writers at Bocas
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sunday-mix/WORLD_WRITERS_AT_BOCAS-196799601.html
Visitors Taken Back in Time at the Bocas Lit Fest
http://americas.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/icws-fellow-john-cowley-presents-bocas-lit-fest-trinidad-and-tobago
My Bocas Lit Fest by Lisa Allen-Agostini
http://www.guardian.co.tt/columnist/2013-04-29/my-bocas-lit-fest
EWWC Debates Stimulating but Too Short by Desiree Seebaran
http://www.guardian.co.tt/arts/2013-05-04/ewwc-debates-stimulating-too-short
A National Literature by Andre Bagoo
http://www.newsday.co.tt/commentary/0,177548.html
From Trinidad to Guyana by Jeremy Poynting
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/features/in-the-diaspora/05/06/from-trinidad-to-guyana/
Revaluing Caribbean Literature in the Stabroek News
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/opinion/editorial/05/18/revaluing-caribbean-literature/
Under the Saltire Flag by Kei Miller
http://keimiller.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/in-defense-of-maas-joe/
Barbara Jenkins – a Poui of a Writer by Tanya Batson Savage
http://www.susumba.com/books/interviews/barbara-jenkins-poui-writer
Our Bocas by Stephen Narain
http://groundationgrenada.com/2013/05/24/our-bocas/
The Sacred and the Propane by BC Pires
http://www.guardian.co.tt/columnist/2013-05-02/sacred-and-propane
Archipelago by Monique Roffey Cops Bocas Prize 2013
http://www.susumba.com/books/news/archipelago-monique-roffey-cops-bocas-prize-2013
Barbara Jenkins Cops Hollick Avron Emerging Writers Prize
http://www.susumba.com/books/news/barbara-jenkins-cops-hollick-arvon-emerging-writers-prize
Trinis lead Bocas shortlist
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/Trinis-lead-Bocas-Shortlist-202449091.html
Why Investigate the Question of a National Literature? Hannah Lowe Blogs from Trinidad
http://www.edinburghworldwritersconference.org/national-literature/why-investigate-the-question-of-a-national-literature-hannah-lowe-blogs-from-ewwc-trinidad/
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,176633.html
A Gift to the Country
http://ngc.co.tt/wp-content/uploads/pdf/advertisements/NGC_PostBocas_May_3.pdf
Bocas Storytelling caravan tomorrow
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Bocas-Storytelling-caravan-tomorrow–201550311.html
Lit Fest Heads to City Hall
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Lit-Fest-heads-to-City-Hall-tomorrow-202224651.html
OCM Bocas Prize winners on the Move http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/OCM_Bocas_winners_on_the_move-168416796.html
Lovelace Cops Bocas Prize
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Lovelace_cops_US_10_000_Bocas_prize-149394115.html
Bocas Lit Fest a hit in London
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Bocas_Lit_Fest_a_hit_in_London-124527658.html
New partnership formed to support Caribbean literary scene
http://guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2012-03-05/new-partnership-formed-support-caribbean-literary-scene
Bocas Lit Fest honours Keith Smith
https://guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2011/05/01/bocas-lit-fest-honours-keith-smith
Writers Give Kudos to Bocas Lit Fest
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sunday-mix/Writers_give_kudos_to_Bocas_Lit_Fest-121450629.html
Spoken Words at the Bocas Lit Fest
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/videos/Spoken-Words-at-Bocas-Lit-Fest-120936409.html