Bocas Lit Fest
@bocaslitfest.bsky.social
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
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
📚 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
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
📚 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’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
Read the Bulletin at: trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
#bocas2026
February 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
📣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
Read the Bulletin at: trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
#bocas2026
🙌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
📖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
🙌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
📖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
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
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
1/2 🎉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
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
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 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
jamradio.uk/news/eric-hu...
jamradio.uk/news/eric-hu...
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
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
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
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
❗️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
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
❗️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
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
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
More photos: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
#bocas2026
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 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
More photos: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
#bocas2026
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
More photos: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
#bocas2026
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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
More photos: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
#bocas2026
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
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
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
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
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
📚 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
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
📚 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
🎉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
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
🎉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
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
📖 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
🗓 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 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
🗓 Sat 10 Jan 🕠 5.30 pm
📍14 Alcazar St., St Clair
🆓 FREE | open to all!
#bocas2026 #ArthurLokJack @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
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
🗓️Tues 20 Jan
🕠Doors open: 5.30 pm
📍Kafe Blue, PoS
🎟️$100 islandetickets.com/event/kaisoc...
#bocas2026
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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
🗓️Tues 20 Jan
🕠Doors open: 5.30 pm
📍Kafe Blue, PoS
🎟️$100 islandetickets.com/event/kaisoc...
#bocas2026
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
🗣 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
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
🗣 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
📣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
#bocas2026
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
📣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
#bocas2026
✂️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
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
✂️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
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
✨️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
✍️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
✨️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
✍️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
🧵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
🙌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
🧵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
🙌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
🔔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
🏆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
🔔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
🏆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
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
✍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
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
✍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
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
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
1/5 In Nov, the Bocas Academy hosted two masterclasses for authors actively writing for the "tween" age group (9-12 years old).
‘Hooking & Holding on to Your Tween Audience’ and ‘Launching your Tween Novel’, facilitated by Danielle Y.C. McClean & Carol Mitchell respectively…/2
‘Hooking & Holding on to Your Tween Audience’ and ‘Launching your Tween Novel’, facilitated by Danielle Y.C. McClean & Carol Mitchell respectively…/2
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
1/5 In Nov, the Bocas Academy hosted two masterclasses for authors actively writing for the "tween" age group (9-12 years old).
‘Hooking & Holding on to Your Tween Audience’ and ‘Launching your Tween Novel’, facilitated by Danielle Y.C. McClean & Carol Mitchell respectively…/2
‘Hooking & Holding on to Your Tween Audience’ and ‘Launching your Tween Novel’, facilitated by Danielle Y.C. McClean & Carol Mitchell respectively…/2
1/5 Strengthening Voices Through Creativity! We were honoured to partner with Chosen Hands, an art and wellness initiative founded by Anika Plowden-Corentin, for a powerful and deeply inspiring awareness session with the girls of St. Jude’s School for Girls. .../2
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
1/5 Strengthening Voices Through Creativity! We were honoured to partner with Chosen Hands, an art and wellness initiative founded by Anika Plowden-Corentin, for a powerful and deeply inspiring awareness session with the girls of St. Jude’s School for Girls. .../2
🔥Over 600 students from 13 secondary schools across Trinidad and Tobago were exposed to the power of reading, writing and sharing their stories through the We Lit School Tour 2025. .../2
December 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🔥Over 600 students from 13 secondary schools across Trinidad and Tobago were exposed to the power of reading, writing and sharing their stories through the We Lit School Tour 2025. .../2