The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival returns Sept. 5–7 with a lineup of authors, performances and community events celebrating Caribbean storytelling. This year's theme Root & Remedy, will be framing literature as a vehicle for both healing and resistance in uncertain times.
Founded in 2019, the festival has grown into the only U.S. literary event dedicated exclusively to Caribbean writing. Organizers describe it as a “literary botánica,” where novels, poems, plays and oral traditions are treated as both art and cultural medicine.
"In this season of exile and erasure, we gather not just to read but to remember, not just to heal but to fight," the organizers said on their website. "These stories are the bush tea we boil, the prayers we whisper, the songs that remind us where we come from even as the ground shifts beneath us."
The three-day program will feature authors including Rawlston Charles, Erphaan Alves, Jason Allen-Paisant and Cleyvis Natera, among others. Events will range from panel discussions and workshops to performances highlighting the richness and diversity of the Caribbean diaspora.
Beyond a weekend of readings, the festival is designed as a platform for writers across languages and generations while fostering stronger ties with Brooklyn’s Caribbean communities. Events take place at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) and the Center for Fiction on the Fort Greene/Downtown Brooklyn border.
For more information about the line-up and to register for free tickets, click here.
