Equal to Mystery by Christopher Laird and Ocean Stirrings by Merle Collins have both been longlisted for the 2024 OCM Bocas Prize!
The OCM Bocas Prize, now in its 14th consecutive year, is highly prestigious and recognises books in three genre categories — poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction — published by authors of Caribbean birth or citizenship in the preceding year. Five different countries and territories are represented among the authors of the nine books longlisted for the 2024 Prize.
Merle Collin's novel Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings has been longlisted in the fiction category, alongside books by Kevin Jared Hosein and Juliana Lamy.
Christopher Laird's biography Equal to Mystery: In Search of Harold Sonny Ladoo has been longlisted in the non-fiction category, alongside work by Myriam J.A. Chancy and Safiya Sinclair.
The winners of the three genre categories will be announced on 7 April, 2024, with the overall winner announced on Saturday 27 April at the 2024 NGC Bocas Lit Fest.
