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The annual Bocas Lit Fest (30 April - 03 May 2026) and a year-round calendar of events and programmes for readers and writers of all ages. 🔗 linktr.ee/bocaslitfest
📣 Join us on Sat 28 Feb for the ‘First Words’ Young Writers Showcase!
🎉Let's celebrate the completed and in-progress original works of fiction by Jorel Ferguson, Caiden Francis, Andre Lucio, and Isabel McCollin.
📍The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St Clair
#bocas2026
February 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
✍️Are you a writer living in the geographic Caribbean, who has not yet published a full-length work of fiction? Join Celeste Mohammed for The Bocas-Jacaranda Short Story Intensive!
Application and submission guidelines: academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-bo...
#bocas2026 @jacarandabooks.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
✍️Designed for fiction and nonfiction writers at any level, ”’The Funny Thing Is…’ - Writing humour and satire” virtual workshop with novelist Caroline Mackenzie is open for registration!
academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-fu...

#bocas2026 #bocasacademy
February 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Happening this month at #TheWritersCentre!
📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club, Sat 21, 3-5 pm
🗣 Lillian Allen, Toronto Poet Laureate, Sat 21, 5.30 - 7.00 pm
👪 First Words Young Writers Showcase, Sat 28, 3-4 pm
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2026
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
📣February’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, upcoming events and workshops, awards/prizes, and January’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social!
Read the Bulletin at: trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
#bocas2026
February 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
🙌We're thrilled to welcome Jamaican-Canadian poet Lillian Allen, Poet Laureate of Toronto, to The Writers Centre!
📖Join us on Sat 21 Feb for readings and a conversation with Shivanee Ramlochan.
🕠5.30 pm
📍14 Alcazar St.
🆓️FREE and open to all
#bocas2026 @lillianallen.ca @novelniche.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 10:06 PM
1/2 🎉We’re bringing Carnival energy to BYOBB, featuring artist & creative entrepreneur Che Lovelace!
RSVP at bit.ly/BYOBBjan2026
Let’s talk Carnival, art, writing, and the Caribbean voices that have shaped Che’s work.
🗓️29 Jan, 5.30 pm
📍The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar St.
#bocas2026 #byobb2026
January 24, 2026 at 3:18 PM
1/4 We join the regional and wider community in mourning the passing of Eric Huntley, Guyanese-born publisher, educator, community organiser and a pioneering figure in Black British publishing and political life. .../2
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Eric Huntley, Pioneer of Black British Publishing and Community Activism, Dies at 95
Eric Huntley, Pioneer of Black British Publishing and Community Activism, Dies at 95 By TracyAnn Dunkley Celebrity & Entertainment Reporter Eric Huntley — the...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
1/4 Grateful for an unforgettable evening of words, wisdom, and music history!
A BIG THANK YOU to the legendary David Rudder for so generously sharing his legacy and insights at Kaiso Conversations, hosted by the Bocas Lit Fest at Kafe Blue on Tuesday 20 January. .../2
January 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
❗️TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT❗️
Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket, or shared news of our fundraiser to support Bocas Lit Fest's year-round with writers and readers of all ages.🙏 See you at Kaiso Conversations! We recommend arriving early to secure your seat.
#bocas2026
January 20, 2026 at 1:17 PM
2026’s first Family Reading Circle was such fun! Thank you to everyone who showed up at The Writers Centre for fun and interactive reading with Let’s Read and children’s book author Katrina Khan-Roberts.
More photos: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
#bocas2026
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Entrepreneur & business leader Arthur Lok Jack was warmly received at The Writers Centre on 10 Jan, where he discussed his memoir, ‘Beyond Borders’, in an engaging and reflective conversation with veteran journalist Franka Philip.
More photos: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
#bocas2026
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 AM
1/2 🧵 Tickets available at Kafe Blue, @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social & islandetickets.com/event/kaisoc...
Join us for a special Bocas fundraiser & launch of a new series of “Kaiso Conversations” focused on the art of calypso songwriting, with a special event featuring musical icon David Rudder. …/2
January 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Join us at the Family Reading Circle for a morning of fun and interactive reading with Katrina Khan-Roberts, author of Mertrina!
📚 Sat 17 Jan, 2026
🕙 10 am - 12 noon
📍14 Alcazar St.
🆓Ideal for children 12 years old and younger, with a parent or guardian
#bocas2026
@paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
🎉We’re bringing Carnival energy to BYOBB, featuring artist & creative entrepreneur Che Lovelace!
RSVP at bit.ly/BYOBBjan2026
Let’s talk Carnival, art, writing, and the Caribbean voices that have shaped Che’s work.
🗓️29 Jan, 5.30 pm
📍The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar St.
#bocas2026 #byobb2026
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
📖 Join us as Arthur Lok Jack, one of T&T’s most successful entrepreneurs, shares insights from his memoir ‘Beyond Borders’ — in conversation with Franka Philip.

🗓 Sat 10 Jan 🕠 5.30 pm
📍14 Alcazar St., St Clair
🆓 FREE | open to all!

#bocas2026 #ArthurLokJack @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Join us for a special Bocas Lit Fest fundraiser featuring a wide-ranging conversation between David Rudder, one of T&T’s most celebrated calypso artists, and Nigel Campbell, music critic and writer.
🗓️Tues 20 Jan
🕠Doors open: 5.30 pm
📍Kafe Blue, PoS
🎟️$100 islandetickets.com/event/kaisoc...
#bocas2026
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Happening this month at #TheWritersCentre!
🗣 Arthur Lok Jack, Beyond Borders
👪Family Reading Circle
🍽Spice Pals Cookbook Club
☕Books & Brews, Sarah Beckett, @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club
📚BYOBB Social: Che Lovelace
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2026
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
📣The first Bocas Book Bulletin of 2026 is here! Featuring a preview of this year’s Caribbean titles, upcoming events, opportunities for writers, and 2025’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
#bocas2026
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
✂️Join us on Sat 17 January for ‘Write It for the Eye: an intro to visual poetry'
Writer Nicholas Laughlin leads this highly interactive, hands-on studio session, taking inspiration from classic and contemporary works of visual and concrete poetry. academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/write-...
#bocas2026
December 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
✨️Feeling stuck with an in-progress writing project? Want to explore creative writing but don’t know where to begin? A new year means a new start.
✍️Join us (from anywhere) for a month of writing prompts & access to the BA Writers Room!
Sign up at: academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/jumpst...
#bocas2026
December 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🧵1/2 ✨️Happy Holidays from the Bocas Lit Fest Team! ✨️

🙌We've had an incredibly busy and equally amazing 2025, full of words, stories, and ideas. 🙏Thank you for being an integral part of our story.

#bocas2025
December 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🔔Two weeks left to submit!🔔
🏆The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature celebrates books of fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction by writers of Caribbean birth/citizenship.
📚Full submission guidelines at this link: bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/
#OCMBocasPrize2026
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trying to find the perfect gift for the aspiring writer in your life? How about a Bocas Academy offering:
✍Jumpstart January - a month of writing prompts
📝‘Write It for the Eye: an intro to visual poetry
✍‘The Funny Thing Is…’ - Writing humour and satire
Info at academy.bocaslitfest.com
#bocas2025
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
1/3 From encouraging parents to read to children and the correlation between reading for pleasure and performing well at school, understanding the world and their place in it, and becoming critical thinkers, better citizens, working professionals, and leaders, to the value of Caribbean stories.../2
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM