Join us for this online, BSL-interpreted craft session with Zain Rishi about poetry pamphlets!
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 Zain Rishi on 15 February, 6-7:30pm for this online craft session about putting together a poetry pamphlet. This event will feature BSL interpretation from one of our regular interpreters of colour.
This online 90-minute craft session is particularly for poets who have a selection of poems ready, and who would like to put together a poetry pamphlet. The session will discuss sequencing a poetry pamphlet and what you might want to consider when putting together one of your own. It may also touch on different theoretical approaches to your writing. You will receive resources including a pre-reading list a week in advance of the session. 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

Zain Rishi is a writer from Birmingham, UK. He graduated with a masters in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh in 2023 and has since worked in independent bookselling. He won the 27th annual Ware Poets Competition, placed third in the 2024 Oxford Poetry Prize and was highly commended in the Poetry Wales Award 2024-25. His poetry has featured in Magma, Wildness, Fourteen Poems, New Writing Scotland, Gutter, Propel and various anthologies. He is currently based in Edinburgh. Noon is his debut poetry pamphlet.

