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Scottish Black Writers Group January – June 2021
December 23, 2020July 20, 2021

Scottish Black Writers Group January – June 2021

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Scottish Black Writers Group is a new, free writers group facilitated by our Co-Director Dean Atta and in association with Scottish PEN. It is a monthly meetup open to writers across the UK and Ireland who are Black/from the African diaspora, including people of mixed heritage.

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Submissions Call for Historic Environment Scotland on ‘Reimagined Scottish Folklore’
November 13, 2020April 19, 2021

Submissions Call for Historic Environment Scotland on ‘Reimagined Scottish Folklore’

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As part of our Metaphors for a Black Future programme, we have partnered with Historic Environment Scotland to commission two […]

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Metaphors for a Black Future 2020
October 14, 2020April 16, 2021

Metaphors for a Black Future 2020

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This October, during Black History Month, Scottish BAME Writers Network launch Metaphors for a Black Future, curated by Martha Adonai […]

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Metaphors for a Black Future Zine

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2020 Mixtape: Writers of Colour

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