📣Our early-bird special ends soon! Sign up for workshops designed for budding, emerging and established writers led by some of the best facilitators and celebrated authors. 🎟️TT$100 up to Sun 12 April 🎟️TT$200 from Mon 13 April bocaslitfest.com/programme/wo... #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

The past is another country, and for the protagonists of debut novels by Karen Barrow (Palmyra) and @christinajcooke.bsky.social (Broughtupsy), a return to a place that was once home excavates secrets & possible other lives. At #bocas2026 they'll be in conversation with Michael A. Bucknor.

For novelist Cristina Bendek (Salt Crystals) and poet Adalber Salas Hernández (Isolario/Islarium), islands are complicated places of memory, desire, identity & loss. At #bocas2026 they'll be in conversation with Nicholas Laughlin. In partnership with the Embassies of Spain & Colombia. #alltogthernow

Bringing together elements of humour, suspense, and romance, T&T authors Lance Dowrich (Long Rope for Magga Goat) and Scarlet Ibis James (Scarlet Birthright) tell stories of family, friendship, and what makes a place home. At #bocas2026, they'll be in conversation with RyanBachoo. #alltogethernow

Margaret Busby's new collection of writings, Part of the Story, ranges over the astonishing sweep of her career, an autobiography assembled from her essays on people, places & political thought. At #bocas2026 Margaret will be One on One with Bocas founder Marina Salandy-Brown. #alltogethernow

In ‘The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound’, acclaimed poet Raymond Antrobus tells the story of growing up “at the intersection of race and disability” & how deafness — and its community — have shaped his life & sensibility. One on One with @abagoo.bsky.social at #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

The biggest questions about life and death, grief and solace are at the heart of ‘The Snag: A Mother, a Forest, and Wild Grief’, a meditative and deeply affecting memoir by Tessa McWatt. In this One on One, Tessa will be in conversation with @dboodoofortune.bsky.social. #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

In The World After Rain, a book-length elegy for her mother, Canisia Lubrin explores the powerful dynamic between love and loss. In this One on One panel, Canisia will be in conversation with Shivanee Ramlochan @novelniche.bsky.social #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

Set in a small coastal village but ranging across centuries, Ibis, the debut novel by @justinhayneswriter.com, explores the power and peril of intimate bonds in the face of great social forces. In this One on One, Justin will be in conversation with Breanne Mc Ivor. #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

Beloved Trinidad-born, New York-based writer @cboycetaylor.bsky.social talks to BCLF founder Marsha Massiah about motherhood and migration, grief and pleasure, and her book The Limitless Heart: New and Selected Poems (1997–2022). #bocas2026 #alltogethernow @bklyncbeanlitfest.bsky.social

In ‘Salt, Sweat and Steam’, Trini food writer Brigid Washington recounts her time at one of the world’s top culinary schools & spills secrets about what it really takes to become a top-tier chef, and will be in conversation with Franka Philip. #bocas2026 #alltogethernow @stmartinspress.bsky.social

📣 Once again, we have a packed schedule of events for our annual festival with all the elements our audience expects: readings & discussions, workshops and performances, music, drama, Ole Mas, open mics, activities for teens & children, & more! ✨️https://bocaslitfest.com/programme

✍️Cannibal Translations, with Adalber Salas Hernández, is open for registration! 🗓Thurs 30 April, 10 am–2 pm 📍1st Floor Seminar Room. NALIS POS 🎟 TT$100 🔗 bocaslitfest.com/cannibal-translations Presented in partnership with the Embassy of Spain in T&T. #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

✍️Registration is open for ‘The Fictional Antagonist: Your Main Character’s Best Friend’, with @justinhayneswriter.com, winner of the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction! 🗓Sat 2 May🕙10 am–12 pm 📍1st Flr Seminar Rm, NALIS POS 🎟 TT$100 🔗 bocaslitfest.com/the-fictional-antagonist #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

In a world of digital overload, escaping into fiction provides can enhance personal and professional life. ✍️‘Reading for Mental Health’, with @ellaberthoud.bsky.social 🗓 Sat 2 May 🕑2–4 pm 📍1st Floor Seminar Rm, NALIS 🎟 TT$100 🔗 bocaslitfest.com/reading-for-mental-health #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

✍️Registration is open for 'There’s No Place Like...', with Tessa McWatt, winner of the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Nonfiction! 🗓 Sun 3 May 🕑 10 am–12 pm 📍1st Floor Seminar Room, NALIS POS 🎟 TT$100 🔗 bocaslitfest.com/theres-no-place-like #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

✍️Registration is open for ‘Poetry as Vessel’, with Canisia Lubrin, winner of the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry. 🗓Sun 3 May 🕑 2–4 pm 📍1st Floor Seminar Room, National Library, POS 🎟TT $100 🔗 bocaslitfest.com/poetry-as-vessel #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

📣April’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, Bocas Lit Fest news, awards/prizes, and March bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social! trinidadexpress.com/features/loc... #bocas2026 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social @jacarandabooks.bsky.social

📣Registration is open! Designed for budding, emerging & established writers, workshops focused on craft have been staples of our annual literary festival; this year we have workshops with some of the best facilitators & celebrated authors: bocaslitfest.com/programme/wo... #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

Join us for a special Bocas fundraiser featuring rapso legends 3canal, in conversation with music critic and writer Nigel Campbell about the art of writing lyrics. 🗓️Fri 1 May 🕠7 pm 📍Big Black Box 🎟️$150 islandetickets.com/event/279290 #bocas2026 #alltogethernow #kaisoconversations

1/2 🙌The 16th edition of the Bocas Lit Fest (30 April to 3 May, 2026), featuring close to 150 authors, speakers, and performers, was formally launched on Wednesday 25 March, at the National Library, POS. #bocas2026 Photos: facebook.com/media/set?va... ...2

📣The Bocas Lit Fest — T&T’s annual festival of books & writers, and the Anglophone Caribbean’s biggest annual literary event — presents four packed days of programming. 👉Click the link, save the dates, and share with readers and writers of all ages: bocaslitfest.com/festival-pro... #bocas2026

🏆We're thrilled to announce the recipient of the 2026 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award is Guyana-born, Canada-based Frank Birbalsingh, Professor Emeritus at York University, for his groundbreaking work as a scholar, critic & teacher of Caribbean literature. bocaslitfest.com/awards/henry... #bocas2026

1/2 With great excitement we announce the winners of the poetry, fiction, and nonfiction categories of the 2026 #OCMBocasPrize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. Details at bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/

1 stage. 1 mic. 18 performances that will move, challenge, and electrify the room. 🎤 NPS 2026 Semi-Finals 🗓 Sun 29 Mar ⏰ 6 pm 📍 Central Bank Auditorium 🎟 $150 islandetickets.com/event/NPS202... and @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social #NPS2026 #bocas2026 #14YearsStrong

🙌Thanks to everyone who joined us at The Writers Centre to celebrate David Lambert's debut novel, ‘The House in Bacolet’. More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dmu... #bocas2026 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

Such a wonderful time at Saturday's Family Reading Circle with Nicha Cockburn-Mendez, author of the Cassandra book series! More at: www.facebook.com/share/p/1ZsA... 🙏The Writers Centre's children's & youth programming is supported by The Massy Foundation #bocas2026 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social

❗️Today's the day! Submit your work for consideration to The Bocas-Jacaranda Short Story Intensive! Applications close tonight at 11.59 pm AST.❗️Open to unagented writers from & living in the geographic Caribbean: academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-bo... #bocas2026 @jacarandabooks.bsky.social

❗️3 days left to submit your work for consideration to The Bocas-Jacaranda Short Story Intensive! Applications have been coming in from across the Caribbean: is yours one of them? Open to unagented writers from & living in the geographic Caribbean: academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-bo... #bocas2026

Happening this month at #TheWritersCentre! 👪Family Reading Circle 🗣David Lambert 🗣Books & Brews: Lawrence Scott 🍽Spice Pals Cookbook Club 📚Sleepy Cat Book Club 🛍‘Read and Return’ = 15% off, and 🙏’Support the Prison Library’ initiative at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social 📍14 Alcazar St. #bocas2026

📣 Books by fifteen authors with roots in eight territories have been shortlisted for the 2026 #OCMBocasPrize for Caribbean Literature in three categories: www.bocaslitfest.com/2026/02/28/f... 🙏Sponsored by One Caribbean Media and administered by the Bocas Lit Fest. #bocas2026

💬“We are so proud and inspired by the progress of these young writers, and impressed by their commitment and creativity.” - Melvina Hazard, Children’s Programme Manager, Bocas Lit Fest. …/2 #bocas2026 #FirstWords

📣March’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, upcoming events, awards/prizes and workshops, and February’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social! trinidadexpress.com/features/loc... #bocas2026

1/4 Books by fifteen authors with roots in eight territories have been shortlisted for the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in three categories. Full details at bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/ Sponsored by One Caribbean Media Limited #bocas2026 .../2

📣 Applying to The Bocas-Jacaranda Short Story Intensive? Here’s what facilitator Celeste Mohammed wants to see: 🔹️promise & potential, not perfection; 🔹️stories that show a certain amount of emotional precision & confidence in voice; 🔹️signs that you are prepared to take risks to tell your story. .../2

1/4 📌 Writers and aspiring writers! 'Voices on the Verandah' invites you to pin something to our pin-up board at The Writers Centre! Drafts welcome, perfection optional: ✍️ a one-page poem ✍️ flash or micro-fiction ✍️ a short essay ✍️ a letter ✍️ a response to a pinned piece … /2

1/4 The Bocas Lit Fest team are saddened by news of the death on 23 February of Rupert Roopnaraine, Guyanese writer, editor, filmmaker, political activist, former cricketer, university lecturer, former Minister of Education, and winner of the 2013 OCM Bocas Prize for Nonfiction. …/2

“The more you engage in creating beauty, the more we can crowd out ugly and injustice.” ~ Lillian Allen, Poet Laureate of Toronto, at The Writers Centre on Saturday. 🙏Thank you for joining us for such an enjoyable and memorable evening. More: facebook.com/media/set/?s... #bocas2026 @lillianallen.ca

✍️Are you a writer living in the geographic Caribbean, who has not yet published a full-length work of fiction? Join award-winning author Celeste Mohammed for The Bocas-Jacaranda Short Story Intensive! Application guide: academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-bo... #bocas2026 @jacarandabooks.bsky.social

1/2 📣Meet the judges of 2026's OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature!📣 ⭐Chief Judge: Margaret Busby ⭐Poetry: Raymond Antrobus (Chair), Lauren K. Alleyne, & Tanya Shirley The 2026 #OCMBocasPrize is sponsored by One Caribbean Media #OneCaribbeanMedia #bocas2026 .../2

🙌Join us as we welcome David Lambert to The Writers Centre! 📖On Saturday 7th March, David will read from his debut novel ‘The House in Bacolet’, and discuss the book with author Ira Mathur. 🕠5.30 pm 📍14 Alcazar St. 🆓️FREE & open to all #bocas2026 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social @iramathur19.bsky.social

📣Literature-lovers! Bocas Lit Fest 2026 — T&T's biggest annual festival of books, writers, words, stories, and ideas — takes place 30 April to 03 May, 2026! 🤓Watch this space or sign up for our newsletter to be the first to receive updates: newsletter.bocaslitfest.com #bocas2026

📣 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

✍️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

✍️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

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’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

🙌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

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

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...