Derek Walcott, OBE
Derek Walcott, OBE, is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the Nobel
March 17, 2015
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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
The overall winner of the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is The Snag: A Mother, a Forest, and Wild Grief, by Tessa McWatt.
May 5, 2026
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Rawle Gibbons
Born in Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago, Rawle Gibbons is a playwright, director and educator. He has taught at the School of Drama, Jamaica, with Mr.
March 24, 2026
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Latest News
NGC’s exit and the Bocas Lit Fest
It is time for the state and the private sector, together, to establish an arts-funding agency that will not be a political football and is properly constituted with strict funding rules to avoid nepotism and other forms of corruption.
September 20, 2025
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Bocas Bulletin
Bocas Book Bulletin: August 2025
Welcome to the latest instalment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and
August 1, 2025
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Latest News
Jamaican Safiya Sinclair wins OCM Bocas Prize
A memoir by Jamaican author Safiya Sinclair has won the award for outstanding Caribbean book of the past year. How to Say Babylon is the
September 10, 2024
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OCM Bocas Prize
OCM BOCAS Prize Opens For 2024
The latest round of the region’s most coveted literary award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, is now open for entries. Sponsored by One
September 14, 2023
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OCM Bocas Prize
T&T’s Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins OCM Bocas Prize
For the second time in a row, a debut writer from Trinidad and Tobago has won the award for outstanding Caribbean book of the past
April 29, 2023
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OCM Bocas Prize
Announcing the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize category winners
Books by authors from Trinidad and Tobago have swept the three genre categories of the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Writers Anthony Joseph,
April 2, 2023
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Bocas Henry Swanzy Award
Bocas Swanzy Award honours Trinidad-born scholar
The influence of Trinidad-born, US-based Caribbeanist scholar Sandra Pouchet Paquet in shaping decades of intellectual and critical thought is impossible to understate. This year, the
March 15, 2023
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Port of Spain: “A Writer’s Heaven”; “We Going Pan”; King David
A lineup of three films exploring T&T’s literary and musical heritage: Port of Spain: “A Writer’s Heaven”, dir. Dion Boucaud, produced by the Bocas Lit
March 14, 2023
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OCM Bocas Prize
Announcing the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize Longlist
Ranging from debut authors to already celebrated prizewinners, nine writers have been longlisted for the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One
March 8, 2023
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2023 Festival Coverage
2023 OCM BOCAS PRIZE OPENS FOR submissions
The region’s most coveted literary award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, is now open for entries. Sponsored by One Caribbean Media in Trinidad
August 22, 2022
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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022
Latest news: Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed is the overall winner of the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. The winners in the three genre
August 17, 2022
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Canisia Lubrin wins the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize
A book-length poem that the Prize judges consider “postcolonial poetry at its best” has triumphed in the stakes for best book by a Caribbean writer
April 24, 2021
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The Launch of Always Coming Home: Caribbean Writers and Their Journeys Through The World
Our commemorative 10th anniversary anthology! Where is “home”? Is it the island of your birth? The distant ancestral lands you imagine as much as remember?
April 14, 2021
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308 Recommended Reads: The Caribbean Books That Have Made You
It was a joy for us to collate your recommendations for the 100 Caribbean Books that Made Us on social media during our five-week campaign
March 22, 2021
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Gene Lawrence
Gene is a musician (finger style acoustic guitarist), a composer and arranger who has performed throughout the Caribbean and abroad, and has several albums to
March 16, 2021
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Past OCM Winners
Since the inaugural award was presented in 2011, The OCM Bocas Prize has longlisted over 90 books by Caribbean writers, raising their international profile, and
March 11, 2021
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2017 Edition CineLit
The Latin American and Caribbean Literary Film Festival, an integral part of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival that offers
March 9, 2021
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New Poetry from Today’s Black Britain
Always The Mix and Blend, Malika Booker Read Poem Malika Booker is a poetry Lecturer at Manchester University, a British poet of Guyanese and Grenadian
March 7, 2021
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The 2021 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award Recipients
The 2021 recipients of the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters. are Jamaicans Edward Baugh and Mervyn Morris — both professors
March 4, 2021
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OCM Bocas Prize Winners
Since the inaugural award was presented in 2011, The OCM Bocas Prize has longlisted over 90 books by Caribbean writers, raising their international profile, and
February 28, 2021
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2020 Edition
The 10th annual literary festival was an unimagined reality. As the Bocas Lit Fest team approached 2020, our excitement grew, imagining how we could make
February 22, 2021
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2015 Edition
In 2015, the NGC Bocas Lit Fest reached a small milestone —the fifth year of Trinidad and Tobago’s annual Festival of words, stories, and ideas.
February 22, 2021
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Bocas Henry Swanzy Award
The recipient of the 2026 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award is Guyana-born, Canada-based Frank Birbalsingh, Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto, for his groundbreaking work
February 15, 2021
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Bocas in the Press
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
February 15, 2021
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2020 Festival Coverage
Our 10-year Commemorative Poster by the artist Jackie Hinkson
100 numbered, signed copies of this collectible 2020 festival poster are available! Marking 10 years of the Bocas Lit Fest, our anniversary poster depicts Jackie
September 20, 2020
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Conrad Parris
Conrad Parris is an actor, voice talent and media personality with over 20 years experience. He started his career on stage with the Trinidad Theatre
August 26, 2020
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Awards
Richard Georges wins the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize
A poetry collection that presents us with the aftermath of 2017’s catastrophic Hurricane Irma, taking us way beyond the ruins left by the storm, has
May 2, 2020
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