Caribbean literature resources

Caribbean literature resources: Check lists of Caribbean authors, festivals, magazines, etc.

Caribbean Literary Voices Shaping Global Culture

Caribbean Authors

Caribbean Poets and Writers

Bocas Lit Fest: Trinidad and Tobago’s premier literary festival is scheduled to take place from April 30 to May 3, 2026.
Read Caribbean Month (June 2026): Held every June to coincide with Caribbean-American Heritage Month, this event encourages readers to share their finds using the #ReadCaribbean hashtag.
Caribbean Reading Retreat (2026): A specialized retreat for book lovers is planned from March to November 2026, visiting various island destinations.
Feria Internacional del Libro Rio Piedras.

The Caribbean Writer (TCW): An annual refereed journal based at the University of the Virgin Islands. I
Journal of West Indian Literature (JWIL): Published by the University of the West Indies since 1986, it is considered the premier scholarly journal for Anglophone Caribbean literary criticism. It recently received the 2025 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for distinguished service to Caribbean letters.
Small Axe: A Caribbean Platform for Criticism: Focuses on the renewal of intellectual criticism regarding regional and diasporic Caribbean social, political, and cultural traditions.
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal: A peer-reviewed, digital-only journal that publishes critical studies and original works of literature, theater, and film.
Caribbean Quarterly: The flagship cultural journal of the University of the West Indies, in continuous publication since 1949.
Repeating Islands is widely considered a “must-read” resource for anyone tracking Caribbean cultural production. Founded in 2009 by scholars Ivette Romero and Lisa Paravisini-Gebert.
Callaloo has emerged as the most essential and continuously published journal in matters pertinent to African American and African Diaspora Studies worldwide.