Illustration of people from different ethnic backgrounds sitting on and around books. By Jackie Sheridan. It is overlaid with text, reading Scottish BPOC Writers Network.

Scottish BPOC Writers Network provides advocacy, literary events and professional development opportunities for Black writers and writers of colour based in, from or connected to Scotland. 

SBWN aims to connect Scottish BPOC writers with the wider literary sector in Scotland. The network seeks to partner with literary organisations to facilitate necessary conversations and actions around inclusive programming in an effort to address and overcome systemic barriers. SBWN prioritises BPOC-led opportunities and is keen to bring focus to diverse literary voices while remaining as accessible as possible to marginalised groups. Find out more about SBWN…

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Group of people sitting around a table, smiling. The table has food and water bottles on top. There are windows and a TV screen in the background.
Five people sat on stage. Four are looking towards the central person who is chairing the event. Above and behind them is a screen with captions and a graphic image that says 'The joy of words'.
Seven people smiling, standing inside a large tent.
Four people smiling, sat at a table. The Glasgow 2024 logo is projected on the wall behind and above them. The table has some bottles on and a monitor.
On top of a kitchen table are a vase of flowers and a laptop screen showing an online workshop with four people smiling.
A person standing on stage, at a microphone, and reading to a seated audience.
Seven people sitting in a semi-circle, smiling and looking at the camera. Three people in the centre are wearing face masks. Behind them is a large window with long blinds and a hallway.
A group of people smiling.
Eight people standing in a line, smiling.
Nine people, most sitting, two standing on the right and one person crouching on the left. All smiling. The person in the centre is wearing a face mask.
Person standing reading at a microphone in a library facing an audience in a semi-circle.