Final Three for the CODE Burt Award
CODE and the Bocas Lit Fest have announced the finalists for the 6th CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature which recognizes excellent, engaging... Read More
Winning young adult books by Caribbean authors
by DEBBIE JACOB. If you did not have the opportunity or the inkling to attend the recently-concluded Bocas Lit Fest, then let me assure you that you... Read More
Papillote Press to publish Burt Award winner: Gone to Drift by Diana McCaulay
Papillote Press, the Bocas Lit Fest and CODE are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Gone to Drift by the award-winning Jamaican writer Diana McCaulay. This... Read More
Guyanese writer Imam Baksh wins CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature first prize
The second year of winners of a unique literary award that provides thousands of youth across the Caribbean region each year with access to exciting... Read More
Three regional writers vie for the 2015 Burt Award
The leading Caribbean literary award for young adult literature, CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature, will go to one of three shortlisted writers from Guyana,... Read More
Finalists for the 2015 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature Announced
Thousands of copies of the winning titles to be distributed to Caribbean youth to ignite love of reading CODE and the Bocas Lit Fest are... Read More