The Caribbean Literature Day 2025 is set to be marked for the sixth year across the Caribbean on Sunday, July 12, 2025.
St. Martin-based publisher House of Nehesi announced that the first Caribbean Literature Day would be hosted on July 12, 2020. The day was chosen when Spanish Franciscan priest and bishop of Yucatán, Diego de Landa, with soldiers and colonial authorities in attendance, ordered the burning of sacred Mayan texts containing knowledge spanning millennia in 1562. The plan was to read work by Caribbean authors; buy Caribbean books, published in the Caribbean and beyond, and by Caribbean authors; and present Caribbean books as gifts. It has since become an annual celebration with events in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Caribbean Literature Day will be commemorated across the Caribbean with the House of Nehisi making the call to celebrate the vibrant stories, lit heritage, and powerful voices of the Caribbean on Sunday. From timeless classics to emerging authors, this is a day to honor the words that have shaped Caribbean culture and inspired the world. They ask that you;
🎉 Post on your social media platforms and other spaces, in the Caribbean and among Caribbean literature lovers worldwide:
🌟 Share your favorite Caribbean literary quotes, book covers, authors’ photo; and your own writings (in any genre).
🌊Feel free to share the logo of the Caribbean Literature Day [attached]
📖 Organize a book club or literary recital featuring Caribbean authors.
🎨 Host a creative event at home, school, church, prison, community center, at work, or on the block inspired by Caribbean stories.
Share your stories with the following hashtags on social media #CaribbeanLiteratureDay2025 #CelebrateCaribbeanVoices #BookLoversUnite.
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