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
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
🎄Do you have a Christmas story to tell? Sign up for Trini Christmas Tales, a festive open mic! 🎤Share real or fictional tales of Christmas past, present or future; tales of joy, sorrow or Trini Christmas commesse!
🗓 Sat 13 Dec, 4.30 pm
✍️Sign up/RSVP: bit.ly/TriniChristmas
Free and open to all
🗓 Sat 13 Dec, 4.30 pm
✍️Sign up/RSVP: bit.ly/TriniChristmas
Free and open to all
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎄Do you have a Christmas story to tell? Sign up for Trini Christmas Tales, a festive open mic! 🎤Share real or fictional tales of Christmas past, present or future; tales of joy, sorrow or Trini Christmas commesse!
🗓 Sat 13 Dec, 4.30 pm
✍️Sign up/RSVP: bit.ly/TriniChristmas
Free and open to all
🗓 Sat 13 Dec, 4.30 pm
✍️Sign up/RSVP: bit.ly/TriniChristmas
Free and open to all
Happening this month at #TheWritersCentre!
🎵Xmas Couch Jam with John Hussain, 07 Dec 11 am
📷Trini Christmas Tales Open Mic, 13 Dec 4.30 pm
📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club, 14 Dec 4-6 pm
☕Books & Brews with Jeannine A. Cook, 20 Dec 3-4pm
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
🎵Xmas Couch Jam with John Hussain, 07 Dec 11 am
📷Trini Christmas Tales Open Mic, 13 Dec 4.30 pm
📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club, 14 Dec 4-6 pm
☕Books & Brews with Jeannine A. Cook, 20 Dec 3-4pm
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Happening this month at #TheWritersCentre!
🎵Xmas Couch Jam with John Hussain, 07 Dec 11 am
📷Trini Christmas Tales Open Mic, 13 Dec 4.30 pm
📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club, 14 Dec 4-6 pm
☕Books & Brews with Jeannine A. Cook, 20 Dec 3-4pm
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
🎵Xmas Couch Jam with John Hussain, 07 Dec 11 am
📷Trini Christmas Tales Open Mic, 13 Dec 4.30 pm
📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club, 14 Dec 4-6 pm
☕Books & Brews with Jeannine A. Cook, 20 Dec 3-4pm
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025 @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
📣A month of daily writing prompts and exercises plus access to the BA Writers Room! Join us (from anywhere) for Jumpstart January and unlock your creativity! academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/jumpst... #bocasacademy #writingchallenge #writingprompts #BAwritersroom #CaribbeanWriters
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣A month of daily writing prompts and exercises plus access to the BA Writers Room! Join us (from anywhere) for Jumpstart January and unlock your creativity! academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/jumpst... #bocasacademy #writingchallenge #writingprompts #BAwritersroom #CaribbeanWriters
1/4 We join the national and wider community in mourning the passing of television and film producer, director, and writer Danielle Dieffenthaller.
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1/4 We join the national and wider community in mourning the passing of television and film producer, director, and writer Danielle Dieffenthaller.
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
The Family Reading Circle at the St Joseph Rd Community Centre in East Dry River was one for the books!
Featured children's book author Mary Cuffy read from her ladybug book series and had the children singing along to Lola’s adventures.
More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bot...
Featured children's book author Mary Cuffy read from her ladybug book series and had the children singing along to Lola’s adventures.
More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bot...
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Family Reading Circle at the St Joseph Rd Community Centre in East Dry River was one for the books!
Featured children's book author Mary Cuffy read from her ladybug book series and had the children singing along to Lola’s adventures.
More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bot...
Featured children's book author Mary Cuffy read from her ladybug book series and had the children singing along to Lola’s adventures.
More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bot...
📣Registration is open for ‘The Funny Thing Is…’ Caroline Mackenzie, author of One Year of Ugly, leads an interactive workshop for writers of prose fiction and nonfiction of any level, exploring the fundamentals of humour and satire. academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-fu...
#bocasacademy
#bocasacademy
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📣Registration is open for ‘The Funny Thing Is…’ Caroline Mackenzie, author of One Year of Ugly, leads an interactive workshop for writers of prose fiction and nonfiction of any level, exploring the fundamentals of humour and satire. academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-fu...
#bocasacademy
#bocasacademy
📣Registration is open 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-...
#bocasacademy
#bocasacademy
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
📣Registration is open 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-...
#bocasacademy
#bocasacademy
📣Registration is open for Bocas Academy's Jumpstart January: a month of daily writing prompts + exercises to unlock your creativity! Plus, access to the BA Writers Room! academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/jumpst...
#bocasacademy
#bocasacademy
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
📣Registration is open for Bocas Academy's Jumpstart January: a month of daily writing prompts + exercises to unlock your creativity! Plus, access to the BA Writers Room! academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/jumpst...
#bocasacademy
#bocasacademy
🎄It’s almost time!🎄'Not Another Christmas Market' happens this Sat 15 Nov, featuring 🎁unique gifts, crafts,📚books, food, drinks and live music 🎶 to get you in the festive spirit! There’s so much to choose from for your loved ones, or for yourself!
📍14 Alcazar St., St.Clair
🆓FREE ENTRY
#bocas2025
📍14 Alcazar St., St.Clair
🆓FREE ENTRY
#bocas2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎄It’s almost time!🎄'Not Another Christmas Market' happens this Sat 15 Nov, featuring 🎁unique gifts, crafts,📚books, food, drinks and live music 🎶 to get you in the festive spirit! There’s so much to choose from for your loved ones, or for yourself!
📍14 Alcazar St., St.Clair
🆓FREE ENTRY
#bocas2025
📍14 Alcazar St., St.Clair
🆓FREE ENTRY
#bocas2025
8/8 Thank you to everyone who joined us at The Writers Centre. We look forward to celebrating more @peepaltreepress.bsky.social titles for years to come.
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#bocas2025 #PeepalTreeRubyJubilee
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#bocas2025 #PeepalTreeRubyJubilee
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
8/8 Thank you to everyone who joined us at The Writers Centre. We look forward to celebrating more @peepaltreepress.bsky.social titles for years to come.
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#bocas2025 #PeepalTreeRubyJubilee
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#bocas2025 #PeepalTreeRubyJubilee
7/8 “Jeremy has such a great respect for the work and for the writing itself. He is a top editor and a brilliant editor. That shows how much he thinks of whatever you've given him, in that it can be taken to another level.” Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw. …/8
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
7/8 “Jeremy has such a great respect for the work and for the writing itself. He is a top editor and a brilliant editor. That shows how much he thinks of whatever you've given him, in that it can be taken to another level.” Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw. …/8
6/8 “Culture is constantly evolving, and we have gone through some really rapid changes in the Caribbean, and as a society. To have somebody [like Peepal Tree] understand the importance of capturing [all of these] moments is unbelievable.” J. Vijay Maharaj; …/7
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
6/8 “Culture is constantly evolving, and we have gone through some really rapid changes in the Caribbean, and as a society. To have somebody [like Peepal Tree] understand the importance of capturing [all of these] moments is unbelievable.” J. Vijay Maharaj; …/7
5/8 “Out of all the authors that he handles, Jeremy remembers your particular circumstances and your journey [as an author] and is willing to meet you wherever you are. You feel seen, and part of something, not just working blindly in isolation.” @dboodoofortune.bsky.social; …/6
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
5/8 “Out of all the authors that he handles, Jeremy remembers your particular circumstances and your journey [as an author] and is willing to meet you wherever you are. You feel seen, and part of something, not just working blindly in isolation.” @dboodoofortune.bsky.social; …/6
4/8 “Finding a home, a space where you can assume your fullest voice without any need to translate who you are; there's this reverence and respect and genuine enthusiasm for the region. Jeremy himself takes the region very seriously.” @abagoo.bsky.social …/5
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
4/8 “Finding a home, a space where you can assume your fullest voice without any need to translate who you are; there's this reverence and respect and genuine enthusiasm for the region. Jeremy himself takes the region very seriously.” @abagoo.bsky.social …/5
3/8 “I walked into a room and I recognised its furniture, its paintings… I looked out the window and I saw a banana tree and to the right, a peepal tree. I have felt at home at Peepal Tree.” James Christopher Aboud; …/4
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
3/8 “I walked into a room and I recognised its furniture, its paintings… I looked out the window and I saw a banana tree and to the right, a peepal tree. I have felt at home at Peepal Tree.” James Christopher Aboud; …/4
2/8 ...and, in conversation with Nicholas Laughlin about the publisher’s role in shaping contemporary Caribbean writing, shared what @peepaltreepress.bsky.social and its founder Jeremy Poynting have meant to them. In their own words: .../3
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
2/8 ...and, in conversation with Nicholas Laughlin about the publisher’s role in shaping contemporary Caribbean writing, shared what @peepaltreepress.bsky.social and its founder Jeremy Poynting have meant to them. In their own words: .../3
1/8 In celebration of the 40th anniversary of @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, a leading publisher of Caribbean literature, @bocaslitfest.bsky.social marked the literary milestone with a special event featuring 5 Peepal Tree authors. Each read from a Peepal Tree title especially meaningful to them.../2
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
1/8 In celebration of the 40th anniversary of @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, a leading publisher of Caribbean literature, @bocaslitfest.bsky.social marked the literary milestone with a special event featuring 5 Peepal Tree authors. Each read from a Peepal Tree title especially meaningful to them.../2
Happening in November at #TheWritersCentre!
🗣Celebrating Peepal Tree Press for their 40th anniversary
🎁Not Another Christmas Market
📖Books & Brews: Sarah Beckett
🍽Spice Pals Cookbook Club
📚Sleepy Cat Book Club
☕Art of Coffee & Ink tattoo pop-up by Kim Kong
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025
🗣Celebrating Peepal Tree Press for their 40th anniversary
🎁Not Another Christmas Market
📖Books & Brews: Sarah Beckett
🍽Spice Pals Cookbook Club
📚Sleepy Cat Book Club
☕Art of Coffee & Ink tattoo pop-up by Kim Kong
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Happening in November at #TheWritersCentre!
🗣Celebrating Peepal Tree Press for their 40th anniversary
🎁Not Another Christmas Market
📖Books & Brews: Sarah Beckett
🍽Spice Pals Cookbook Club
📚Sleepy Cat Book Club
☕Art of Coffee & Ink tattoo pop-up by Kim Kong
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025
🗣Celebrating Peepal Tree Press for their 40th anniversary
🎁Not Another Christmas Market
📖Books & Brews: Sarah Beckett
🍽Spice Pals Cookbook Club
📚Sleepy Cat Book Club
☕Art of Coffee & Ink tattoo pop-up by Kim Kong
📍14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair
#bocas2025
"Lauren Francis-Sharma’s fiction spans continents and centuries — from a small village on Trinidad’s North Coast to 18th-century Montana to post-apartheid South Africa — yet always circles back to questions of identity, justice, and forgiveness.” More: guardian.co.tt/article/insi...
#bocas2025
#bocas2025
November 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Lauren Francis-Sharma’s fiction spans continents and centuries — from a small village on Trinidad’s North Coast to 18th-century Montana to post-apartheid South Africa — yet always circles back to questions of identity, justice, and forgiveness.” More: guardian.co.tt/article/insi...
#bocas2025
#bocas2025
📣November’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, upcoming events and workshops, awards & prizes, and October’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social! Enjoy: trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
#bocas2025
#bocas2025
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📣November’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, upcoming events and workshops, awards & prizes, and October’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social! Enjoy: trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
#bocas2025
#bocas2025
BYOBB is quickly shaping up to be a community favourite! Readers & writers came together at #TheWritersCentre to share what they’ve been reading & celebrate Calypso History Month with producer Judith Laird & soca artist, songwriter & bandleaderNadia Batson. facebook.com/share/p/14Lk...
#bocas2025
#bocas2025
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
BYOBB is quickly shaping up to be a community favourite! Readers & writers came together at #TheWritersCentre to share what they’ve been reading & celebrate Calypso History Month with producer Judith Laird & soca artist, songwriter & bandleaderNadia Batson. facebook.com/share/p/14Lk...
#bocas2025
#bocas2025