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!
Former lecturer Dr Rahim’s first novel to be launched at UWI. Loop News.
05 January 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/former-uwi-lecturer-dr-rahims-final-novel-be-launched-uwi
Jennifer Rahim’s final novel ‘Goodbye Bay’ to be launched at NGC Bocas Lit Fest. BNN. 06 January 2024.
Jennifer Rahim’s final novel to be launched at UWI. Newsday. 08 January 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/01/08/jennifer-rahims-final-novel-to-be-launched-at-uwi/
Jennifer Rahim’s final novel to be launched at the UWI. XVibes. 09 January 2024.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/jennifer-rahims-final-novel-to-be-launched-at-the-uwi/
Bocas picks 5. Trinidad Express. 09 January 2024.
Bocas picks 5 for the Bocas Breakthrough Fellows. XVibes. 09 January 2024.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/bocas-picks-5-the-bocas-breakthrough-fellows-2024/
Family reading circle kickstarts 2024 NGC Bocas children’s lit. events. Loop News. 11 January 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/family-reading-circle-kickstarts-2024-ngc-bocas-childrens-lit-events
Make something at Bocas Carnival 2024 workshop. XVibes Express. 20 January 2024.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/make-something-at-bocas-carnival-2024-workshop/
Enter the Dragon’s Mouth in 2024. XVibes Express. 22 January 2024.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/enter-the-dragons-mouth-in-2024/
Registration opens for Slam Championships. Newsday. 23 January 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/01/22/registration-opens-for-slam-championship/
Make something at Bocas Carnival workshop. Newsday. 23 January 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/01/22/make-something-at-bocas-carnival-workshop/
Registration opens for Slam auditions. CNC3 Facebook. 23 January 2024.
Bocas Lit Fest opens auditions for first citizens national poetry slam competition 2024. CNC3. 23 January 2024.
Auditions open for 2024 First Citizens National Poetry Slam. Loop News. 23 January 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/auditions-open-2024-first-citizens-national-poetry-slam
Public invited to Make Something Bocas Carnival workshop. Loop News. 23 January 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/public-invited-make-something-bocas-carnival-workshop
Bocas Lit Fest opens auditions for First Citizens national poetry Slam competition. Guardian. 24 January 2024.
Feature on Bocas and 2024 Festival. Ins & Outs. 24 January 2024.
OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean literature closed for submissions. Caribbean Writers and Poets. 27 January 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2nrRHQIBl1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Trinidad and Tobago’s biggest annual celebration of books, writers, words, stories and ideas is just three months away!. XVibes. 31 January 2024.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/save-the-date-for-a-delightful-festival-of-words-stories-ideas/
3 shine in Ways of Sunlight competition. Newsday. 21 February 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/02/21/3-shine-in-ways-of-sunlight-competition/
Writers retreat to be held in Tobago. Loop News. 22 February 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/writers-retreat-be-held-tobago
Scotiabank Write Away! 2023 Non-Fiction Series comes to a close. Newsday. 01 March 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/02/29/scotiabank-write-away-2023-non-fiction-series-comes-to-a-close/
NGC Bocas Storytelling Caravan Ignites Young Imaginations Across Trinidad and Tobago. BNN Breaking. 02 March 2024.
NGC Bocas children’s storytelling caravan is back!. Express. 03 March 2024.
Bocas Book Bulletin – March (‘Code Noir’ fiction debut by Lubin). Express. 03 March 2024.
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest Children’s Storytelling Caravan is back!. Xvibes. 03 March 2024.
Bocas children’s storytelling caravan hits the road. Newsday. 06 March 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/03/06/bocas-childrens-storytelling-caravan-hits-road/
34 move on to First Citizens National Poetry Slam. Newsday. 07 March 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/03/07/34-move-on-to-first-citizens-national-poetry-slam-semifinals/
34 poets advance to semifinals of 2024 First Citizens National Poetry Slam amid fierce competition. BNN Breaking. 07 March 2024.
9 authors vie for region’s biggest prize. Express. 10 March 2024.
9 authors vie for Bocas prize. Newsday. 10 March 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/03/09/nine-authors-vie-for-bocas-prize/
2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Velvet Classic. 10 March 2024.
https://www.velvetclassic.net/2024-ocm-bocas-prize-for-caribbean-literature-longlist/
2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature longlist. Carib Chronicles SKN. 10 March 2024.
2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature longlist. Repeating Islands. 10 March 2024.
https://repeatingislands.com/2024/03/10/2024-ocm-bocas-prize-for-caribbean-literature-longlist/
2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature longlist. The Common Ground Network. 10 March 2024.
2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature longlist. Belle Jamaica. 10 March 2024.
OCM Bocas longlist author Jason Allen-Paisant is mentioned. Carcanet Press. 12 March 2024.
https://www.carcanet.co.uk/np38.shtml
Merle Collins to speak at UWI’s Literature week. Newsday. 12 March 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/03/12/merle-collins-to-speak-at-uwis-literature-week/
First Citizens National Poetry Slam semifinals this weekend. Loop News. 18 March 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/first-citizens-national-poetry-slam-semifinals-weekend
NGC Bocas Lit Fest media launch. TV6. 20 March 2024.
Bocas Lit Fest celebrates 14 years. Newsday. 21 March 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/03/21/bocas-lit-fest-celebrates-14-years/
Bocas Lit Fest returns: four-day run beginning 25 April. Express. 21 March 2024.
The 2024 NGC Bocas Lit Fest. All Events. 29 March 2024.
https://allevents.in/port%20of%20spain/the-2024-ngc-childrens-bocas-lit-fest/200026313069138
2024 Bocas Swanzy Award honours Guyana-born publisher. Carib Direct. 30 March 2024.
https://caribdirect.com/2024-bocas-swanzy-award-honours-guyana-born-publisher/
Tobago-based workshop invites local writers. Newsday. 31 March 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/03/31/tobago-based-workshop-invites-local-writers/
Ingrid Persaud to launch new novel. Newsday. 01 April 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/04/02/ingrid-persaud-to-launch-new-novel-at-lit-fest/
Poets pay tribute to Bunji,Ache at Slam semis. Loop News. 02 April 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/poets-pay-tribute-bunji-ache-slam-semis
Ingrid Persaud to launch new novel at NGC Bocas Lit Fest. Carib Chronicles SKN. 04 April 2024.
NGC Bocas Lit Fest celebrates Caribbean voices. Carib Chronicles SKN. 04 April 2024.
https://caribchroniclesskn.com/ngc-bocas-lit-fest-celebrates-caribbean-voices-repeating-islands/
Ingrid Persaud to launch new novel at NGC Bocas Lit Fest. Repeating Islands. 04 April 2024.
https://repeatingislands.com/2024/04/04/ingrid-persaud-to-launch-new-novel-at-ngc-bocas-lit-fest/
NGC Bocas Lit Fest celebrates Caribbean voices. Repeating Islands. 04 April 2024.
https://repeatingislands.com/2024/04/04/ngc-bocas-lit-fest-celebrates-caribbean-voices/
Three authors via for biggest literary prize in Caribbean. Express. 07 April 2024.
Bocas Book Bulletin for April. Express. 07 April 2024.
Shree makes Caribbean debut. Express. 10 April 2024.
NGC Bocas Lit Fest celebrates ‘Fantastic Friday’. Express. 13 April 2024.
Bocas Lit Fest’s Fantastic Friday. Newsday. 14 April 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/04/14/bocas-lit-fests-fantastic-friday/
Haiti Next Chapters by Marina Salandy Brown. Newsday. 15 April 2024.
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/04/14/haiti-next-chapters/
Rohlehr, Naipaul books to debut. Express. 16 April 2024.
Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree to read at Bocas Lit Fest. Newsday. 16 April 2024.
Bocas Top 10. Express. 21 April 2024.
Alexandra Stewart: Touching hearts, pushing boundaries with the spoken word. Guardian Feature. 21 April 2024.
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh: Ingrid Persaud. Guardian. 21 April 2024.
‘The Bookshelf’ – Geetanjali Shree’s debut of Tomb of Sand at Bocas Lit Fest. Guardian. 21 April 2024.
Literary Star Dionne Brand returns to Bocas Lit Fest. Guardian. 21 April 2024.
NGC Bocas Lit Fest celebrates Caribbean voices. Guardian. 21 April 2024.
Debut finalists dominate Grand Slam lineup. Loop. 22 April 2024.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/debut-finalists-dominate-grand-slam-line
The Morning Brew. Interview on CNC3. 08 January 2023.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nlco0CUX9NG_7SOXUYReE6mtGUgB-lh7?usp=share_link
Morning Edition. Interview on TV6. 10 January 2023.
Bocas Book Bulletin. Trinidad Express. 16 January 2023.
Pupils launch chapbook. Trinidad Express. 23 January 2023.
Tributes pour in for Prof Gordon Rohlehr. Newsday. 30 January 2023.
Tributes pour in for Prof Gordon Rohlehr. Newsday. 31 January 2023.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wOXfWu1JJWTCf9C1jev0QDZ9eQWES4rU/view?usp=share_link
War with Prof Rohlehr. Newsday. 31 January 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/01/31/war-with-prof-rohlehr/
Outgoing Chilean ambassador says goodbye to Trinidad and Tobago. Newsday. 12 February 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/02/12/outgoing-chilean-ambassador-says-goodbye-to-trinidad-and-tobago/
Chile, despedida del embajador en Trinidad y Tobago. La Voz DE CHILE 12 February 2023.
https://lavozdechile.com/chile-despedida-del-embajador-en-trinidad-y-tobago/
Slam auditions begin after Carnival. Express Vibes. 18 February 2023.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/2023-slam-auditions-begin-after-carnival/
Interview on the TTT Now Morning Show. YouTube. 22 February 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpzxTvyleL4
Poetry Slam 2023 auditions to begin tomorrow. Newsday. 22 February 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/02/23/poetry-slam-2023-auditions-to-begin-after-carnival/
30 poets advance to Slam semis. Trinidad Express. 04 March 2023.
Bocas Book Bulletin. Trinidad Express. 04 March 2023.
Celebrated and debut authors vie for 2023 OCM Bocas Prize. Newsday. 04 March 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/03/07/celebrated-and-debut-authors-vie-for-2023-ocm-bocas-prize/
THE DAY-BREAKERS longlisted for the 2023 OCM BOCAS PRIZE!. Biblioasis. 08 March 2023.
Celebrated and debut authors vie for prestigious prize. Express Vibes. 10 March 2023.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/celebrated-and-debut-authors-vie-for-prestigious-prize/
Longlist for 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Announced and a taste of Eurovision come to Hay. Global Association Of Literary Festivals. 10 March 2023.
Poison confirmed as cause of poet Neruda’s death. The Free Press. 11 March 2023.
Isaac Price, youngest Bocas Youth Writer nominee. Newsday. 12 March 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/03/11/isaac-price-youngest-bocas-youth-writer-nominee/
30 poets head to National Poetry Slam semis. Newsday. 14 March 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/03/14/30-poets-head-to-national-poetry-slam-semis/
NGC Bocas Lit Fest Media Launch. TV6 evening news feature. 15 March 2023.
Bocas Lit Fest 2023 returns in person with 80 events. Newsday. 15 March 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/03/15/bocas-lit-fest-2023-returns-in-person-with-80-events/
30 poets make it to semis of First Citizens National Poetry Slam. Loop News. 17 March 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/30-poets-make-it-semis-first-citizens-national-poetry-slam
A Brilliant List of BIPOC Book Festivals in 2023. Read, Write, & Create. 17 March 2023.
https://www.readwriteandcreate.com/blog/best-bipoc-book-festivals-in-2023
BOCAS SWANZY AWARD HONOURS TRINIDAD-BORN SANDRA POUCHET PAQUET. Repeating Islands. 18 March 2023.
Margaret Busby facts for kids, Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Kids Kiddle. 28 March 2023.
https://kids.kiddle.co/Margaret_Busby
Chaguanas South Secondary School Library Media Centre. School & College Listing. 28 April 2023.
BOOK FESTIVALS. Mahogany Books. 31 March 2023.
https://www.mahoganybooks.com/book-festivals/
Bocas Book Bulletin. Trinidad Express. 01 April 2023
Bernews Bermuda Books. Bernews. 02 April 2023
https://bernews.com/tag/bermuda-books/page/21/
T&T authors sweep 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Loopnews. 03 April 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/tt-authors-sweep-2023-ocm-bocas-prize-caribbean-literature
Who’s Who in T&T UPCOMING EVENTS. Who’s Who. 03 April 2023.
https://www.whoswhotnt.com/press-releases/upcoming-events/
MusicTT Events. Music TT. 04 April 2023.
https://musictt.co.tt/events/tag/event/
Peepal Tree Press. Peepal Tree Press. 02 April 2023.
https://www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/whappen/ira-mathur-wins-2023-ocm-bocas-prize-non-fiction
Newsday – 15 Poets to face off at Slam finals. Newsday. 11 April 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/04/11/15-poets-to-face-off-at-slam-finals/
Article correction – Page 4. Express Newspapers. 11 April 2023.
Global Voices. Global Voices. 11 April 2023.
BLF Feature – Bocas Lit Fest focuses on writing. Guardian. 16 April 2023.
https://www.guardian.co.tt/article/bocas-lit-fest-focuses-on-life-writing-6.2.1683288.da58deac4a
New writing talent in focus at Bocas Lit Fest. Newsday. 18 April 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/04/17/new-writing-talent-in-focus-at-bocas-festival/
New writing talent in focus at Bocas Lit Fest. Newsday. 18 April 2023.
Bocas Lit Festival explores real life stories. LoopTT. 19 April 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/bocas-lit-festival-explores-real-life-stories
News Release – NGC Bocas Lit Fest don’t miss list. Express. 24 April 2023.
Children’s Bocas Lit Fest preparations. CCN TV6 evening news feature. 24 April 2023.
NGC Bocas Lit Fest highlights. Catholictt. 24 April 2023.
https://catholictt.org/2023/04/24/ngc-bocas-lit-fest/
T&T’s Bocas Lit Fest Returns. St Vincent Times. 25 April 2023.
https://www.stvincenttimes.com/tts-ngc-bocas-lit-fest-returns-this-weekend/
7pm news feature – NGC Bocas Lit Fest adult preparations. TV6. 26 April 2023.
Bocas Children’s Storytelling Caravan. Newsday. 27 April 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/04/26/bocas-childrens-bocas-lit-fest-storytelling-caravan-rolls-on/
First Citizens National Poetry Grand Slam 2023. First Citizens. 27 April 2023.
https://www.firstcitizensgroup.com/tt/news-insights/first-citizens-national-poetry-gram-slam-2023/
The 2023 NGC Bocas Lit Fest. Music TT. 28 April 2023.
https://musictt.co.tt/event/the-2023-ngc-bocas-lit-fest/
2023 BOCAS LIT FEST. UWI Press. 28 April 2023.
https://www.uwipress.com/events/2023-bocas-lit-fest/
NGC Bocas Lit Fest returns. Guardian. 29 April 2023.
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ngc-bocas-lit-fest-returns-6.2.1694012.aeaa184fb9
King of Soca at Bocas Lit Fest: Mom says sons success due to upbringing. Guardian. 30 April 2023.
Memories as Stories. Newsday. 30 April 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/04/30/memories-as-stories/
T&T’s Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins Bocas Prize for Caribbean literature. Loop News. 30 April 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/tts-ayanna-lloyd-banwo-wins-bocas-prize-caribbean-literature
T&T’s Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins Bocas prize for Caribbean Literature. Repeating Islands. 30 April 2023.
First time author wins top prize. Express. 01 May 2023.
Ambassador visits Festival. Embassy to Venezuela. 01 May 2023.
https://twitter.com/embavetrinidad/status/1653008496684593156?s=46&t=EvV8xoE6iZ-EBBIjN8mvpA
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrszOeuaP3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y
Well done, Bocas Lit Fest winners. Express. 01 May 2023.
Kyle Hernandez wins 2023 First Citizens National Poetry Slam. LoopTT. 03 May 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/kyle-hernandez-wins-2023-first-citizens-national-poetry-slam
Kyle Hernandez wins 2023 First Citizens National Poetry Slam. Newsday. 03 May 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/05/03/kyle-hernandez-wins-first-citizens-national-poetry-slam/
Kyle Hernandez wins First Citizens National Poetry Slam. Flipboard. 03 May 2023.
Books, sweet books. Newsday. 03 May 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/05/03/books-sweet-books/
Why does Trinidad & Tobago tax books?. Global Voices. 04 May 2023.
https://globalvoices.org/2023/05/04/why-does-trinidad-tobago-tax-books/
Having a head for business. Express. 04 May 2023.
Carmelita Bissessarsingh preserves historical houses. Newsday Feature. 06 May 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/05/06/carmelita-bissessarsingh-preserves-historical-houses/
Gordon Rohlehr featured at Bocas Lit Fest. Newsday. 07 May 2023.
La extraordinaria historia de Brian Samuel sobre una familia caribeña nómada y el padre que la mantuvo unida. Global Voices Feature. 11 May 2023.
Well done, Bocas Lit Fest winners. Express Editorial. 12 May 2023.
T&T-UK links at NGC Bocas Lit Fest. Express feature. 13 May 2023.
Banwo Wins OCM Bocas Prize. Locus Mag. 15 May 2023.
https://locusmag.com/2023/05/banwo-wins-ocm-bocas-prize/
YOUNG ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMME. TV6 Evening News Feature. 15 May 2023.
Gadsby-Dolly: No disruption to schools in new term. Newsday. 17 May 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/05/17/gadsby-dolly-no-disruption-to-schools-in-new-term/
Why does Trinidad and Tobago have a book tax? “Books are expensive”. Global Voices. 17 May 2023.
https://es.globalvoices.org/2023/05/17/por-que-trinidad-y-tobago-tiene-un-impuesto-a-los-libros/
Literacy…Write Away! Ministry receives Bocas Lit Fest programme… Express. 22 May 2023.
Nalis celebrates 55 new authors. Newsday. 24 May 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/05/24/nalis-celebrates-55-new-authors/
Commissioner Cross hosts event to celebrate King’s birthday. LoopTT. 27 May 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/commissioner-cross-hosts-event-celebrate-kings-birthday-660380
Shehnaz Mohammed finds grief relief in mother’s odyssey. Newsday. 28 May 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/05/28/shehnaz-mohammed-finds-grief-relief-in-mothers-odyssey/
New novel gives the world a different view of Caribbean life
The God of Good Looks is the debut novel from Trinidadian author Breanne McIvor. LoopTT. 28 May 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/new-novel-gives-world-different-view-caribbean-life
EXCLUSIVE: Trinidad Fashion Festival set to return in May 2024. Associates Times. 29 May 2023.
https://associatestimes.com/exclusive-trinidad-fashion-festival-set-to-return-in-may-2024/
From the Roof to the Plate: Reading Andaiye in Brazil. Starbroek News. 31 May 2023.
Immersed in her true passion–
Novelist Breanne McIvor is bold and authentic. Trinidad Guardian. 04 June 2023.
https://www.guardian.co.tt/article/immersed-in-her-true-passion-6.2.1722519.236b9a344f
Heroes Foundation, BBC team treat students to youth engagement session. LoopTT. 06 June 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/heroes-foundation-bbc-team-treat-students-youth-engagement-session
Sun, Sea and Books Make This Festival an Enticing Destination Among the host of literary gatherings that have sprung up in the last 20 years, Calabash in Jamaica brings the party off the page. New York Times. 08 June 2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/books/literary-festivals-calabash-jamaica.html
Why Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo is mentoring Ghanaian writer Ayesha Harruna Attah. CNN, Inside Africa Editorial. 09 June 2023
Bernardine Evaristo supports Young African Voices and supports a writer from. 11 June 2023.
Heroes Foundation, BBC team treat students to youth engagement session. LoopTT. 11 June 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/heroes-foundation-bbc-team-treat-students-youth-engagement-session
Desirée Seebaran–Among the rising stars of writers & poets for 2023. Guardian Editorial. 11 June 2023.
Why Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo is mentoring Ghanaian writer Ayesha Harruna Attah. CNN. 13 June 2023.
People & Publishing Roundup, June 2023. Locus Magazine. 15 June 2023.
Poet represents Trinidad and Tobago in Paris Poetry Market. Newsday. 16 June 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/06/16/poet-represents-trinidad-and-tobago-in-paris-poetry-market/
In the kaleidoscopic heart of T&T Carnival
Bocas Book Bulletin. Express. 17 June 2023.
Debut novel ‘The God of Good Looks’ adds to growing canon of Caribbean literature. npr. 17 June 2023.
Nivaan’s artistic euphoria. Newsday. 18 June 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/06/18/nivaans-artistic-euphoria/
A good story’s a good story. Newsday. 2 July 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/07/02/a-good-storys-a-good-story/
Poet highlights ‘marginalised’ people in chapbook. Newsday. 2 July 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/07/02/poet-highlights-marginalised-people-in-chapbook/
POET REPRESENTS T&T IN PARIS POETRY MARKET. Express. 15 July 2023.
Some authors are gone, others are still writing, but Caribbean literature endures. Global Voices. 15 July 2023.
Peepal Tree Press – online article by Janine Mendes-Franco. Global Voices. 15 July 2023.
Article featuring poet Ronaldo Mohammed representing T&T at the Paris Poetry Market. Express. 15 July 2023.
Scotiabank Write Away! set to begin. Newsday. 18 July 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/07/18/scotiabank-write-away-set-to-begin/
BOCAS CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS. Express. 22 July 2023.
Author explores T&T folklore in ‘Tales of Root, Silk & Bone’. Express. 23 July 2023.
Storytime with the President. Express. 24 July 2023.
Kevin Jared Hosein leads fiction workshop. Newsday. 26 July 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/07/25/kevin-jared-hosein-leads-bocas-fiction-workshop/
Youth essay competition celebrates Selvon centenary. Newsday. 27 July 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/07/27/youth-essay-competition-celebrates-selvon-centenary/
Bocas Children’s Book Prize open for submissions. Searchlight (SVG). 04 August 2023.
https://www.searchlight.vc/press-release/2023/08/04/bocas-childrens-book-prize-open-submissions/
Bocas Book Bulletin. Express. 06 August 2023.
Caribbean literature flourishes through the pens of talented writers. Caribbean National Weekly. 07 August 2023.
Bocas Children’s Book Prize open for submissions. Dominica News Online. 09 August 2023.
https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/bocas-childrens-book-prize-open-for-submissions/
WE LIT! Project gearing up for its second year. Express. 12 August 2023.
Wadadli Pen (Antigua). Wadadli Pen. 15 August 2023.
https://wadadlipen.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/opportunities-too/
Creating an ideal literary hub. YouTube. 25 August 2023.
https://youtu.be/E6FTM8_x6U0?si-_HMZ4mlkCT9AuiJG
New chapter for Paper Based Bookstore. Newsday. 27 August 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/08/27/new-chapter-for-paper-based-bookstore/
Bocas celebrates International Literacy Day. Newsday. 08 September 2023.
Bocas Children’s Book Prize open for submissions. Spiceislander. 08 September 2023.
https://spiceislander.com/bocas-childrens-book-prize-open-for-submissions/
Caribbean writers can win up to US$10,000 in Bocas Prize 2024. Guyana Newsroom. 13 September 2023.
https://newsroom.gy/2023/09/12/caribbean-writers-can-win-up-to-us10000-in-bocas-prize-2024/
OCM Bocas book prize opens for 2024. Dominica Newsroom. 13 September 2023.
https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/ocm-bocas-prize-opens-for-2024/
Bocas writing masterclass tackling ‘History in the Making’. Express. 23 September 2023.
Writers Centre celebrates Michael Anthony. Newsday. 24 September 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/09/24/writers-centre-celebrates-michael-anthony/
Bocas writing masterclass tackles history in the making. Newsday. 26 September 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/09/26/bocas-writing-masterclass-tackles-history-in-the-making/
NGC Bocas Lit Fest author joins Reading is Magic Festival lineup. Express Vibes. 30 September 2023.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/ngc-bocas-lit-fest-author-joins-reading-is-magic-festival-lineup/
New releases bring a taste of Lit Love. Express Kitcharee. 01 October 2023.
2023 NGC Bocas Youth Fest explores creative careers. Express Kitcharee. 01 October 2023.
McClean joins Reading is Magic festival lineup. Newsday. 02 October 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/10/02/mcclean-joins-reading-is-magic-festival-lineup/
Storytime at the President’s House. Facebook. 06 October 2023.
Family Reading Circle returns to the Writer’s Centre. Loop News. 11 October 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/family-reading-circle-returns-writers-centre
Family Reading Circle returns to the Writer’s Centre. Newsday. 11 October 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/10/11/family-reading-circle-returns-to-the-writers-centre/
Bocas Breakthrough Fellowships now open for applications. Express Vibes. 11 October 2023.
Bocas Breakthrough Fellowships. Repeating Islands. 11 October 2023.
https://repeatingislands.com/2023/10/11/bocas-breakthrough-fellowships/
Bocas Breakthrough Fellowships applications open. Newsday. 13 October 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/10/13/bocas-breakthrough-fellowships-applications-open/
President hosts 2nd edition of Children’s Storytime. Newsday. 13 October 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/10/14/president-hosts-2nd-edition-of-childrens-storytime/
Opportunity for writers. Barbados Today. 15 October 2023.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2023/10/14/opportunity-for-writers/
Bocas school tour drops in at Manzanilla Secondary. Newsday. 20 October 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/10/20/bocas-school-tour-drops-in-at-manzanilla-secondary/
Spoken word poet wins NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award. Express. 22 October 2023.
Spoken word champ wins NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award. Guardian. 22 October 2023.
Spoken word poet cops NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award. Loop News. 23 October 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/spoken-word-poet-cops-ngc-bocas-youth-writer-award
Tributes continue for BC. Express. 24 October 2023.
Breanne Mc Ivor, Kevin Jared Hosein open Writer to Writer series. Newsday. 26 October 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/10/26/breanne-mc-ivor-kevin-jared-hosein-open-writer-to-writer-series/
Your guide to Lit Fest. The BVI Beacon. 02 November 2023.
https://www.bvibeacon.com/your-guide-to-lit-fest/
An airport for Dr Eric William. Express. 06 November 2023.
Bocas children’s book prize shortlist announced. Express. 19 November 2023.
Bocas Book Bulletin – October. Express. 19 November 2023.
Three Caribbean books for young readers have been shortlisted for the 2023 Bocas children’s book prize. Vibe Express. 23 November 2023.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/bocas-childrens-book-prize-2023-shortlist-announced/
Samara Dolabaille wins GCCA+ Bocas youth essay competition. Newsday. 24 November 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/11/24/samara-dolabaille-wins-gcca-bocas-youth-essay-competition/
St James teen wins youth essay competition. Loop News. 24 November 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/st-james-teen-wins-youth-essay-competition
Bocas Book Bulletin. Express. 03 December 2023.
Ira Mathur, Celeste Mohammed go Writer to Writer. Newsday. 04 December 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/12/03/ira-mathur-celeste-mohammed-go-writer-to-writer/
Ira Mathur & Celeste Mohammed go ‘Writer to Writer’. Vibes Express. 05 December 2023.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/ira-mathur-and-celeste-mohammed-go-writer-to-writer/
Celebrating T&T authors – Tea & Readings comes to a close. LoopTT. 06 December 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/celebrating-tt-authors-tea-readings-comes-close
Storytime at President’s House. Newsday. 08 December 2023.
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/12/08/storytime-at-presidents-house/
Anansi and the Fire Ants wins Bocas Children’s Book Prize. Express. 10 December 2023.
Anansi and the Fire Ants wins Bocas Children’s Book Prize. Stabroek News. 10 December 2023.
Garnet Lawrence’s Anansi and the Fire Ants wins Bocas Children’s Book prize. Newsday. 10 December 2023.
Writer to Writer. CNC3. 11 December 2023.
https://twitter.com/CNC3TV/status/1733820144550322541
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0rAVUWseQg/
Anansi and the Fire Ants wins Bocas Children’s Book Prize. Xpress Vibes. 11 December 2023.
https://vibes.trinidadexpress.com/anansi-and-the-fire-ants-wins-bocas-childrens-book-prize-2023/
Interview with Garnet Lawrence – Bocas Children’s Book Prize winner. TTT. 14 December 2023.
https://youtu.be/MuxNwRiypr8?si-lQmLBLj7x1Rc21zW
The Writer’s Centre to host T&T born author’s book ‘Pay as you go’. Loop News. 28 December 2023.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/writers-centre-host-tt-born-authors-book-reading
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