The 2027 #OCMBocasPrize for Caribbean Literature is open for submissions! 🏆Now in its 17th year, the OCM Bocas Prize celebrates books of fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction by writers of Caribbean birth or citizenship. 🔗Full guidelines: bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/ #bocas2026

🙌Join us to celebrate ‘Masqueraders’, a collection of powerful, unpredictable essays by Anthony V. Capildeo! 🗓Wed 05 Aug, 2026 🕠6.00 pm 📍National Library, POS 🆓️FREE & open to all 📚‘Masqueraders’ will be available for purchase from @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social #bocas2026 @carcanet.bsky.social

📣August’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, upcoming events and July’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social trinidadexpress.com/features/loc... #bocas2026 @mrmack88.bsky.social @yesyesbooks.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

August at #TheWritersCentre! 👪 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social Read Caribbean Kids Challenge 🛍‘Saturday Sale’ at the Sleepy Cat Cafe 🗣 Books & Brews, Faraaz Abdool 📚Shelf to Shelf: a fundraising book sale 📖 Sleepy Cat Book Club ✍️‘Voices on the Verandah’ community board 📍14 Alcazar St #bocas2026

1/2 As we mark African Emancipation Day, we invite you to view the 2019 launch of ‘New Daughters of Africa’, introduced by editor Margaret Busby with readings by Lisa Allen-Agostini, Alake Pilgrim, Atillah Springer, Diana Evans, Ifeona Fulani & Nalo Hopkinson. .../2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPhX...

New Daughters of Africa

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Join us at #BocasArima2026 for a virtual literary tour of East Trinidad, with readings from C.L.R. James’ 'Beyond a Boundary', Michael Anthony’s 'Green Days by the River', Lawrence Scott’s 'Aelred’s Sin', and the poems of Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné 🗓Sat 22 Aug 🕛4-5 pm📍East Yard #alltogetherbow

You are invited to a quiet, cosy community reading experience at Bocas Arima. Bring your own books, or pick one up from The Bacano Bookshop or @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social on the day and settle in for The Reading Lime. 🗓Sat 22 Aug 🕛3-4 pm 📍East Yard #bocasarima2026 #alltogethernow

🗣The Bocas Arima Spoken Word Competition + Workshop is open for registration! forms.gle/NjewZ9yL56pn... 🙌Sign up for a FREE, 3-part writing & performance workshop and hands-on mentorship with Deneka Thomas, National Poetry Slam winner, 2018! #bocasarima2026 #alltogethernow @dennyspeaks.bsky.social

Parents and guardians, Bocas Arima’s Zine Workshop for Children is open for registration! Let’s get crafty with Tracy Assing! 🗓️Sat 22 Aug 11.15 am–12:15 pm📍East Yard🆓Free 🔗Register your child today: forms.gle/Z5eEjGE7LaZZ... #bocasarima2026 #alltogethernow

Step up to the mic at Bocas Arima's Stand and Deliver! Writers of all genres, skill levels & ages can share their work before an encouraging audience. 🗓Sat 22 Aug 🕛2-3 pm📍East Yard 🎤Hosted by @kevonfoderingham.bsky.social Register at: forms.gle/eVS1E52EUbbV... #bocasarima2026 #alltogethernow

Readings, discussions, spoken word, storytelling, music & art! Free and open to readers and writers of all ages, here’s a look at Bocas Couva 2026, presented by Methanex Trinidad, on Sat 18 July. More photos at www.facebook.com/media/set?va... #bocascouva2026 #alltogethernow

"Antiguan by ancestry, Trinidadian by birth, Guyanese by adoption, and West Indian by conviction": Ian McDonald's own summary of his biography makes clear his regional consciousness and commitment. His death at age 93 is an immense loss for Caribbean literature and culture. .../2

1/3 We are thrilled to announce the date of Bocas Arima 2026, the second in a series of four one-day community literary and cultural festivals across T&T, presented by Methanex Trinidad, and open to all! .../2 #bocasarima2026 #alltogethernow

🙌Join us to celebrate ‘Masqueraders’, a collection of powerful, unpredictable essays by Anthony V. Capildeo! 🗓Wed 05 Aug, 2026 🕠6.00 pm 📍Pamela Benson AV Room, National Library, POS 🆓️FREE & open to all 📚‘Masqueraders’ will be available for purchase #bocas2026

📚Join us for a Literary Tour of Central Trinidad, with readings from Derek Walcott’s “The Saddhu of Couva”, Kevin Jared Hosein’s ‘Hungry Ghosts’, Harold Sonny Ladoo’s ‘No Pain Like This Body’, and Justin Haynes’ ‘Ibis’. 🗓 Sat 18 July🕑2-3 pm 📍Lisas Gardens Community Centre #bocascouva2026

🗣 Vashti Bowlah, Tricia Chin, and Portia Subran will discuss the importance of place in their poetry and prose is Bocas Couva's Take Three panel, moderated by Kevin Adonis Browne. 🗓Sat 18 July, 🕐1-2 pm 📍Lisas Gardens Community Centre #bocascouva2026 #alltogethernow

Step up to the mic at Bocas Couva's Stand and Deliver! Writers of all genres, skill levels can share their work before an encouraging audience. 🗓Sat 18 July🕛12-1 pm 📍Lisas Gardens Community Centre 🎤with Jody White and Savitri Rampersad www.bocaslitfest.com/form/2026-bo... #bocascouva2026

Bocas Lit Fest's Georgia Popplewell and Marielle Forbes chat with TTT's Virmala Balkaran about Bocas Couva! 🗓 Sat 18 July 🕦10.30am-5.30pm 📍Lisas Gardens Community Centre, Couva 🆓️ FREE Presented by Methanex Trinidad #bocascouva2026 #alltogethernow www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jBe...

Bocas Couva Festival 2026 Celebrates Spoken Word And Community

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Stand and Deliver, Bocas’ signature open mic, is coming to Central! Writers of all genres, skill levels & ages can share their work before an encouraging audience. 🗓Sat 18 July🕛12-1 pm 📍Lisas Gardens Community Centre 🎤Host: Jody White www.bocaslitfest.com/form/2026-bo... #bocascouva2026

📣 Join our WhatsApp channel to receive updates on your phone! (link in bio) ✅️ You’ll receive news about Bocas Lit Fest festivals, events at The Writers Centre, and Bocas Academy offerings. 🔗Be among the first to receive updates on what’s happening at Bocas! #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

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

Readings, discussions, spoken word, storytelling, music, art, and more! Here’s what’s happening at Bocas Couva on Saturday 18 July! Free and open to all. Join us at the Lisas Gardens Community Centre, from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm. Presented by Methanex Trinidad. #bocascouva2026 #alltogethernow

In July at #TheWritersCentre! 🛍‘Saturday Sale’ at Sleepy Cat Cafe, Sat 11 👪 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social Read Caribbean Kids Challenge, 11 Jul - 27 Aug 🗣 Books & Brews, Aarti Gosine, Sat 11 📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club, Sat 25 ✍️‘Voices on the Verandah’ community board 📍14 Alcazar St #bocas2026

Come celebrate #CaribbeanLiteratureDay with a Reading Lime at the Botanic Gardens, hosted by The Bacano Bookshop, @bocaslitfest.bsky.social & @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social. 🗓 Sun 12 July 🕚 11am-1pm 📍Royal Botanic Gardens, POS 🆓️ Free, and are welcome; but please RSVP at: forms.gle/XounJZSHJxsk...

🗣The Bocas Couva Spoken Word Competition + Workshop is open for registration! 🙌Sign up for a FREE 3-part workshop that prepares you to take the stage on competition day! forms.gle/BSXorpxPchZc... ✨Facilitated by Javaughn Forde, National Poetry Slam finalist. #bocascouva2026

‘All Together Now’ remains the focus of this year’s Bocas Couva festival, the first in a series of four one-day community literary and cultural festivals across Trinidad and Tobago, presented by Methanex Trinidad. trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...

“My passion is to make the world a better place. To make my country a better place. To make my region a better place.” We join the international community in mourning the passing of Professor John Agard, one of the Caribbean's most influential environmental scientists and climate change advocates.

1/3 We’re one month away from Bocas Couva 2026, the first in a series of four one-day community literary and cultural festivals across Trinidad and Tobago, presented by Methanex Trinidad, and open to all! .../2 #bocascouva2026 #alltogethernow

Our Family Reading Circle is coming to Kelly Village, featuring children’s book author and illustrator Oprah C. Francis! 📚 Sat 20 June, 2026 🕙 10 am to 12 noon 📍St David’s RC Primary School 🆓 Free and ideal for children 12 years & younger with a parent/guardian #bocas2026

Open to prose writers across the globe, Bocas Academy's online masterclass 'Writing the Taboo' with Breanne Mc Ivor, award-winning author of ‘The God of Good Looks’ will show you how to write into thorny subjects — from sex to rage to bacchanal — without second-guessing yourself or your craft. .../2