Family Matters: Fiction by Caroline Mackenzie & Ingrid Persaud
T&T debut authors Caroline Mackenzie (author of One Year of Ugly) and Ingrid Persaud (author of Love After Love) share their new novels about family,…
Speakers: Nicholas Laughlin
Translating the Past
Colonised by foreign invaders, forced to speak a new language, resisting a predatory ruling class — is this medieval England, or the modern Caribbean? Or…
Mervyn Morris: Poetry and a Conversation
In 2012, Jamaican poets Kei Miller and Mervyn Morris share the stage to read from their recent poetry, and share a comfortable conversation with Programme…
Olive Senior: Dying To Better Themselves
Olive Senior talks to historian Bridget Brereton in the year that Dying To Better Themselves won the OCM Bocas Prize for Non-fiction, a groundbreaking book…
Edward Baugh: Black Sand
In 2015, eminent Jamaican poet and scholar Edward Baugh reads from his collection Black Sand, and discusses his life in Caribbean letters with Marjorie Thorpe.
One on One with Marlon James
The 2015 Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James discusses the power of stories, the pitfalls of fame, and the motivations of music, with Festival founder…
Barbara Lalla: A Conversation
An intimate conversation with Barbara Lalla, as she talks to Shivanee Ramlochan about her career wrestling with language as both linguist and novelist. Introduced by…
Colin Robinson: The Launch of “You Have You Father Hard Head”
At Bocas 2016, Colin Robinson, poet, journalist and human rights activist, launched his long-awaited debut collection, You Have You Father Hard Head.“In poems of generous…
The First People’s Legacy
A cultural activist, an archaeologist and a historian challenge our understanding of the First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago and explore their lasting influence on…
Why Fairy Tales Still Matter
Eminent author and critic Marina Warner gives a thrilling and insightful talk on the origins of the folk stories we call fairy tales, and why…