Blanchisseuse, Trinidad and Tobago
A platform for community ownership of the oral and written stories of Caribbean people
We are a New York City-based 501(c)(3) 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. The BCLF vision is to create a platform for community ownership of the oral and written stories of Caribbean people.
Through our work, we encourage and inspire young people of Caribbean descent to find joy, identity and belonging in the told and untold stories of our region. The BCLF passionately explores 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.
Support Caribbean Writers Tour
In 2024, BCLF Cocoa Pod was selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 100 Caribbean Podcasts on the web.
2022 was a big year for CocoaPod! It was listed among Apple's top 10% of podcasts, and was the featured podcast for Black History Month (February) and Caribbean-American Heritage Month (June) with 1000 listens each week in the first 6 months, and an average listen rate of 80%.
BCLF Cocoapod Podcast
An itinerant showcase which decentralises where and how stories and Caribbean literature are told.
If you cannot make your way to the story, the story will make its way to you.
The Caribbean Fiction Collection
The Caribbean Fiction Collection is a meticulously-researched joint project of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) and The Center for Fiction within its membership library.
This collection is an important milestone in the ongoing shared commitment between the BCLF and The Center for Fiction to celebrate and promote the art of fiction with a specific spotlight on the incredible contributions of Caribbean authors to the literary community at large.
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