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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 1h

Save the date! Hosted by @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social and happening at The Writers Centre!

Paper Based Bookshop @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social · 6h

Books & Brews ✨🧡
Join author Scarlet Ibis James in conversation with Marsha Gomes-McKie on love, legacy & longing.

📖 25 signed copies w/ exclusive art!

🗓️ Sat 25 Oct | 3–4:30 PM
📍 Writers Centre, St. Clair | ✅ Free, limited spots — call 628-3197.

☕ Café open. Bring your copy to be signed!

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 1h

4/4 ...these reminds us that Caribbean voices and ideas belong in global conversations, especially in times of contested values and rapidly changing alliances. "Amplifying our voices has always been at the core of our work at the Bocas Lit Fest.”
More: vibes.trinidadexpress.com/arts/literat...

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 1h

3/4 ...contemporary Caribbean authors, living at home here in the region, are among the best in the world, and Caribbean stories have a truly worldwide resonance.
“When writers like Celeste Mohammed and Kevin Jared Hosein represent T&T at international festivals like.../4

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 1h

2/4 ...borders, boundaries, languages, and cultures,” says Nicholas Laughlin, festival and programme director of the Bocas Lit Fest. “It’s exciting to see past Bocas authors like these taking their work to new countries and new audiences, and it also proves yet again that... /3

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 1h

1/4 Two prizewinning authors from TT recently claimed the spotlight at international literary festivals in Colombia & Kenya.
“Looking at the programmes for FILSAI & Macondo this year, I’m struck by a common concern with the role of writers & books in making connections across... /2

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 2h

Congratulations to all ten poets shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social, with a special shout out to St. Lucian author Catherine-Esther Cowie for her debut collection, Heirloom published by @carcanet.bsky.social!
Read more about this prestigious award at:
tseliot.com/prize/t-s-el...

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 2h

2/2 As part of the Bocas Breakthrough Fellowship, an excerpt from Aming's upcoming novel, Yellow is not for Girls like Me, was published by Peekash Press and is available for purchase at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social

More prize info at:
www.deborahrogersfoundation.org/news/longlis...

News from the Deborah Rogers foundation

The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) marks a decade of supporting emerging literary talent with a refreshed identity for its flagship prize, now renamed the Deborah Rogers Award.

www.deborahrogersfoundation.org

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 2h

1/2 Congratulations to June Aming, one of our five 2024 Bocas Breakthrough Fellows, on being longlisted for the biennial @drfwritersaward.bsky.social Deborah Rogers Award for emerging writers!Aming is the only longlistee from the Caribbean 🔥 .../2

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 2h

Open to emerging Caribbean poets who have not yet published a full-length book of poetry, the Neville Dawes First Book Prize celebrates the work with a $1,000 USD cash prize and publication of a full-length manuscript. Details at:

sites.brown.edu/caribbeanpoe... @kwamedawes.bsky.social

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 2h

October at #TheWritersCentre!
🎵John Hussain
🖼Vision Board Workshop
🍽Spice Pals Cookbook Club
👪Family Reading Circle
☕Scarlett Ibis James
🗣Big Ideas: Int'l Creole Month
📚Sleepy Cat Book Club
🗣Lauren Francis-Sharma
📚BYOBB Social: National Calypso Month
#bocas2025 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 2h

Odiyo, a Caribbean digital audiobook platform, has announced the acquisition of audio rights to five celebrated titles from @akashicbooks.bsky.social, and will bring to life works by compelling voices in Caribbean and diaspora literature. Full story at: jamaicaobserver.com/2025/10/02/c...

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 7d

Reading together as a family is the first step towards developing a lifelong habit of reading. We had a “full verandah” at The Writers Centre for September's Family Reading Circle, with both little ones and grownups getting excited about books.
More: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
#bocas2025

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

3/3 ... book-lovers and writers, and participate in events like readings, book launches, salons, and workshops year-round.
Join the Bocas Lit Fest's mailing list to be among the first to know what's coming up next! newsletter.bocaslitfest.com

Newsletter – Bocas Lit Fest Newsletter

newsletter.bocaslitfest.com

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

2/3 ...offering specialty teas, expertly brewed coffee, and locally sourced pastries and cold drinks. The café is open Monday to Saturday.
Come in and browse the shelves at Paper Based Bookshop, join in a conversation about favourite books and writers over a cup of coffee, meet other .../3

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

All are welcome at The Writers Centre, a home for writers, readers, and book-lovers!
Located at 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain, you’ll find not just the headquarters of the Bocas Lit Fest, but also the beloved Paper Based Bookshop, and the ever-popular coffeeshop Sleepy Cat Cafe, .../2

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

3/3 Whether you’re penning an epic long-form poem about a soucouyant, or drafting a dystopian novel set in downtown Port of Spain in the year 3000, you’ll receive writing prompts, guided exercises and intuitive feedback designed to make your work soar!
#bocas2025 #bocasacademy

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

✍️ Reimagining the Future through Speculative Writing
🗓 Sat 04 & Sat 11 Oct, 2025
🕐1-3.30 pm 🖥 Via Zoom
Cost TT$650 (both sessions) islandetickets.com/event/Reimag...
🌐 Open to writers across the Caribbean and the Diaspora.

Island eTicketsMasterclass: Reimagining The Future Through Speculative Writing, with Brandon O'Brien

Science fiction and fantasy is the realm of envisioning the ...

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

1/2 Calling all writers of science fiction & fantasy! Registration is open for a 2-part online masterclass with Poet Laureate Brandon O'Brien. Unlock your own capacity to examine our past, expose our present & explore our multiple futures through speculative fiction & poetry. .../2

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

2/2 ...Spanish writer and storyteller Ana Griott about creating stories that make a critical social and cultural impact while being set in real and fantastical worlds.
Bocas Lit Fest in San Andrés was supported by The Centro Cultural San Andrés and FILSAI.
#bocas2025 #FILSAI2025

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

1/2 Stories build worlds. On a sunny morning at San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina International Book Fair, Melvina Hazard, Bocas Lit Fest's Children’s Programme Manager, and Zelly had a fantastic conversation during their storytelling session Oralitura — Concierto de Cuentos with.../2

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Join us on Sat 4 Oct 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
#bocas2025 #FirstWords #YoungWriters

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

3/ Ahead of appearances on discussion panels at FILSAI, Melvina shared the storytelling caravan programme development tools and tips with our colleagues in San Andrés. #bocas2025 #FILSAI2025 #AalAWi

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

2/ ...popular storyteller and educator Ignacio Barrera who entertained students with dramatic storytelling, Melvina and Zelly taught students how to make up their own stories in a practical story making workshop. …/3

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 8d

The Centro Cultural San Andrés invited Melvina Hazard, Children’s Programme Manager at Bocas Lit Fest to bring the children’s storytelling caravan to San Andrés. Visiting the First Baptist Primary School and the Flowers Hill Bilingual School, earlier this week, along with... /2

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 9d

We had a full house at The Writers Centre on 16 Sept to celebrate The Cropper Foundation’s Caribbean climate justice anthology, Writing For Our Lives, featuring contributors Amanda T. McIntyre, Judy Raymond, and Portia Subran. More photos at: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
#bocas2025

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