Explore the art and craft of the zine – a small, handmade, DIY paper project, made for distribution without profit – with the guidance of graphic designer and imagination activator Kriston Chen.
📝For more info, visit: 🔗 islandetickets.com/event/Crafti...
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📣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...
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✍️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...

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📣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

📣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-...
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📣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...
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Sign up today for 'Writing the Taboo' online masterclass with Breanne McIvor.
🗓Saturday 27 June, 2026
🕐1.00-3.00 pm (AST)
🖥Online via Zoom
🎟TT$400
🔗https://academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/writing-the-taboo-with-breanne-mc-ivor/
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✍The Fine Line: An Introduction to Poetry Editing, with Anu Lakhan
🗓Sat 22 Aug, 2026
🕐1-3 pm (AST)
🖥via Zoom
🎟TT$400 (early-bird rate TT$350 until 31 May)
🔗 academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/the-fi...
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📝Jumpstart July: A Mid-Year Writing Reset Bootcamp
🗓 13–20 July, 2026
🖥Via newsletter & Zoom
🎟TT$200 (early-bird rate TT$150 until 31 May)
🔗 academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/jumpst...
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✍ Masterclass: Writing the Taboo, with Breanne Mc Ivor
🗓Sat 27 June, 2026
🕐1-3 pm (AST)
🖥via Zoom
🎟TT$400 (early-bird rate TT$350 until 31 May)
🔗 academy.bocaslitfest.com/event/writin...
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4/4 🙏We received a bumper crop of applications to The Bocas-Jacaranda Short Story Intensive. It was our honour to read each one carefully, and we are deeply grateful to everyone who took the time and energy to submit their work.👏
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✍️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

5/5 The Tween Tales masterclasses were run under the Bocas Academy umbrella and sponsored by the Wainwright Foundation.
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2/2 As we plan for the 2026 curriculum, we want to hear what YOU most want and need. This is your chance to share frank feedback, and even if you’ve never actually done a Bocas Academy workshop, your ideas and comments are valuable to us. Please visit bit.ly/bocasacademy 🙏

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!
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Happening this month at #TheWritersCentre!

🍽 Spice Pals Cook Book Club
👪 Family Reading Circle
📝 #BocasAcademy: Crafting Zines 101 with Kriston Chen
📚 Sleepy Cat Book Club
🗣 Amanda Smyth, reading & discussion
🛍 Paper Based Bookshop's sale on business books

📍14 Alcazar St., St. Clair

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