We are delighted to partner with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival on the ‘Sensing Stories’ programme.
Category: Past Events
Music and Poetry Workshop with Bee Asha Singh
This Music and Poetry workshop focuses on creative writing to your favourite songs.
Masterclass on Editing Prose with Ellah Wakatama
The masterclass with Ellah Wakatama will help writers develop a key set of tools to edit their own work—both fiction and non-fiction
Intermediate Craft Seminar: Decolonizing Style with Jessie Widner
In this seminar, we’ll explore the inner “colonization” that happens throughout our literary education. How can we work towards dismantling this and finding our own individual literary styles and voices?
Writing Workshop: An ‘Empathy Test’ for Your Stories with Kritika Narula
The workshop seeks to function as an exercise for storytellers – anyone from short story writers to screenwriters – in creating diverse characters empathetically.
Book Week Scotland 2020: A Week’s Worth of Joy
Throughout Book Week Scotland 2020, we will be sharing daily writing prompts curated by writer and creative, Raheema Sayed. Join us each day from Nov 16-22, 2020 on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and our website for inspirational prompts to write with joy, hope, and centre well-being.
Metaphors for a Black Future 2020
0 This October, during Black History Month, Scottish BAME Writers Network launch Metaphors for a Black Future, curated by Martha […]
Writing Workshop: Pluralism within the Self with Titilayo Farukuoye
This workshop explores the concept of pluralism within the self, with a focus on language, embodied cultures and cultural plurality.
Workshop: Writing for Children (Middle Grade) with Maisie Chan
This workshop with author Maisie Chan explores writing for children (middle grade, 8-12 yrs) through fun writing exercises and discussions on craft.
Q&A Session: ‘Demystifying the Publishing Process’ with Nancy Adimora from HarperCollins
We’re delighted to offer a free Q&A session on ‘Demystifying the Publishing Process’ with Nancy Adimora from HarperCollins on 17th, September 2020, 6pm. This session is for Black writers and writers of colour based in Scotland who are working on a fiction or nonfiction manuscript.
