The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a New York City-based not-for-profit organisation that celebrates Caribbean literature and the region’s history of storytelling to the United States first, then wider global audiences. It is a showcase of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet.
Our vision is to create a platform for community ownership of the oral and written stories of Caribbean people.
The BCLF is keen on exploring the rich depth of Caribbean culture and its centuries' long tradition of storytelling, with the hopes of empowering and motivating the hidden storyteller of Caribbean descent to find the courage to tell his/her own story and write from the unique lens of that heritage.
We work tirelessly to promote the Caribbean literature genre to cultural enthusiasts, bibliophiles and lit-lovers. We aim to amplify the excluded stories of Caribbean people who have long contributed to and built the diverse heritage of the wider North American diaspora.
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Our Generous Partners & Sponsors
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“Was fun, was family, was spreading Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival joy through the borough and beyond.”
Barbara Jenkins, Trinidad writer
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“This was an ambitious and incredibly well-executed event.” Brava!
Lauren Alleyne, Trinidadian-American poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer and educator
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“An explosion of Caribbean culture, a celebration of Caribbean people with all the colours of our accents. What joy to be in rooms with all these people who love Caribbean culture, to make new friends, to buy five dollar books, to meet people in the US who read my book (and liked it!). "
Breanne Mc Ivor, Trinidadian Author & Co-Founder of People's Republic of Writing (PROW)
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"The BCLF was a thrilling experience. I felt proud and inspired to see my culture and experience expressed so beautifully in words and in spirit by the wide array of writers from the Caribbean space. I look forward to what they have in store for us next year."
Paul Pryce, Producer/Writer/Actor
