Join us for this online craft session with Andrés N. Ordorica about writing between genres!
Part of our Developing Your Craft programme – learn more here.
All SBWN events will adhere to our Safer Spaces Policy. You can learn more about our policy here.
Please be mindful when booking. This is a session for Black writers & writers of colour* based in Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Join author Andrés N. Ordorica on 5 February, 6-7:30pm for this online craft session about hybrid writing (writing between genres).
This 90-minute session will focus on close reading and discussion to develop craft techniques in your work. It may also touch on different theoretical approaches to your writing. Attendees will receive resources including a pre-reading list a week in advance.
Suggested donation of £10 or more (£5 concession).
Before You Book:
- The Developing Your Craft programme is for writers of colour based in the UK (Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Wales)
- All sessions, except the keynote, will be held over Zoom with a maximum of 30 participants.
- Sessions longer than an hour will include a comfort break.
- Each session has a suggested donation amount, but please register for free or for a smaller amount if that suits your needs. No questions asked.
- We have a number of data and child/carer bursaries available for BPOC writers – request a bursary by completing our form.
- Registering for this course means you agree to our safer spaces policy.
- Live captions provided by Otter.
Cancellations
If you have registered for this event but are unable to attend, please let us know ASAP so we can offer it to another person on the waitlist. Thank you!
Questions? Email scottishbpocwriters@gmail.com.
Facilitator
Andrés N. Ordorica is a queer Latinx writer based in Edinburgh. His writing seeks to illuminate love and loss while unpacking what it means to be from ni de aquí, ni de allá. He is the author of the poetry collection At Least This I Know and Holy Boys and the novel How We Named the Stars. He has been shortlisted for the Kavya Prize, Morley Lit Prize, Mo Siewcharran Prize and Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of The Year. In 2024, he was selected as one of The Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists. The following year he was named by The Skinny as one of 12 of Scotland’s Next Generation of Writers.