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Bocas celebrates Black Britain culture CLR James - EIGHTY-FIVE years after the UK publication of the ground-breaking Minty Alley, the only novel by CLR James, at a time when Caribbean literature is once again seizing the attention of British audiences, the Bocas Lit Fest has joined forces with British organisations to celebrate Black British culture. The Bocas Lit Fest, Your Local Arena and Penguin Books UK, will host a week-long programme (March 8-13), of literature, film and music, exploring the contributions of generations of people of African and Caribbean heritage to the rise of what is...

Eighty-five years after the UK publication of the ground-breaking Minty Alley, the only novel by CLR James, at a time when Caribbean literature is once again seizing the attention of British audiences, the Bocas Lit Fest has joined forces with British organisations to celebrate Black British culture. As mentioned below, the full program is available, free of charge, from March 8 to 13 on the Bocas Lit Fest website. The Bocas Lit Fest, Your Local Arena and Penguin Books UK, will host a week-long programme (8-13 March), of literature, film and music, exploring the contributions of generations ...

In its diverse subjects and themes, in the broad dispersal of both writers and readers, Caribbean literature has a global sweep. Two generations ago, Jamaican poet Louise Bennett-Coverley wrote about Caribbean people “colonising in reverse” —and, indeed, contemporary Caribbean authors have helped shift and broaden the focus of the international literary world, changing the conversation in every way. Raising the international profile of Caribbean authors and building a broader readership for Caribbean writing outside the region has been a key objective of the Bocas Lit Fest for ...

Colonising literature in reverse Canadian-Guyanese writer Tessa McWatt, author of Shame on Me. - The following is a recap by the Bocas Lit Fest of the events it held despite this pandemic year. In its diverse subjects and themes, in the broad dispersal of both writers and readers, Caribbean literature has a global sweep. Two generations ago, the Jamaican poet Louise Bennett-Coverley wrote about Caribbean people “colonising in reverse” — and, indeed, contemporary Caribbean authors have helped shift and broaden the focus of the international literary world, changing the conversation in e...