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Upcoming Events

  • Online Student Writers Open House – 1 October 2026
  • Multicoloured text on a dark brownish red background with photo of Hannah Lavery. Text: Writers of Colour Poetry Writing Group with Hannah Lavery. Online + in person - Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. September 10th. October 8th. November 12th. December 10th. 2026. All workshops 12pm - 1:30pm. Suggested donation £40-£80 (£10-£20 per workshop). Access: free tickets, captions + Travel, data & carer bursaries. Scottish BPOC Writers Network and IASH logos in top left corner.
    Writers of Colour Poetry Writing Workshops with Hannah Lavery – Autumn Term 2026
  • SBWN Professional Development Day – 30 October
  • Background image: View of lights in a party. Text: SBWN Community Events Summer 2026
    SBWN Community Events, Summer 2026

On Demand

  • Resistance = Solidarity = (Platonic) Love – A Radio Show
  • There are SBWN and Book Week Scotland logos in the top left. Text: Futures and Freedom: Writing Hope in a Dystopia. Audio Interview Series. Listen to each episode online. Image: background photo of space.
    Futures and Freedom Audio Series
  • Author photos of our co-facilitators. Top row: Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo, Samaneh Moafi, Nina Mingya Powles. Bottom row: Amanda Thomson, Churnjeet Mahn
    Our Time Is A Garden Series
  • A Latinx man with glasses and a short beard, wearing an orange shirt, looking at the camera. Background: ripples in blue water with a plumeria floating on the surface. Text: 'In search of the wellspring'. Andrés N. Ordorica. Introduced by Dean Atta. Captions by Collective Text (Sarya Wu, Bea Webster, Emilia Beatriz, Camara Taylor, Nicole O'Reilly).
    SBWN 2021 Conference – Closing Reading
  • Photo of a Middle Eastern woman with a multicoloured headwrap and a long-sleeved black top standing against a fence, looking to the right. Text: SBWN Networking Conference 2021: Staying Connected. Keynote: Leila Aboulela. introduced by Jeda Pearl Lewis. Captions by Collective Text (Sarya Wu, Bea Webster, Emilia Beatriz, Camara Taylor, Nicole O'Reilly)
    SBWN 2021 Conference – Keynote
  • Yellow and beige text against a black background. Image of futuristic technology.
    Afrofuturism: Present Realities, Possible Futures – Watch online
  • Image of a stage with pink and orange lighting and a mist of dry ice. Black and white text with event details and performers' names
    SBWN Spoken Word Night Film Premiere (Watch Now)
  • SBWN LIVE: At Home May 2020 (Watch Now)

Events Archive

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    Bloody Scotland x SBWN – Ticket Giveaway 2026
  • An image of a ripped paper overlapped over the image of colourful homes. Black and white headshots of Tim Tim Cheng, Noby Leong, Mai-Anh Vũ Peterson, and Chris Lau Manson. The title reads: writing home(s), September 6th, 1-3pm The House Arts Collective, Glasgow. The Scottish BPOC Writers Network logo is on the top left corner.
    Writing Home(s): ESEA Heritage Month – 6 September
  • Background image; swirling purple and pink chrome. An Black woman dancing is overlaid. Logos; Fringe of Colour. Creative Scotland. SBWN. Text: Fringe of Colour. The Big Meet Up. Secret Location. Free, ticketed. For artists of Colour. 28/08. DJs ria, cc time &lexical. Poetry Performances w/ BSL. Vegan & Gluten Free Treats. 19.00.
    SBWN x Fringe of Colour: The Big Meet Up  – 28 August
  • An image of a woodland landscape with the words Camp SBWN in white font. The black SBWN logo on the top right corner.
    Camp SBWN Writing Challenge
  • Background image: a series of cameras against a gallery wall. Headshot photo of Hannah Lavery looking away from the the camera. There is a SBWN logo in the left upper corner of the graphic. Text: Sandra George Exhibition Writing Workshop. Fri 10 July.11-1pm, City Art Centre. For Black writers and writers of colour, in collaboration with City Art Centre. Writing workshop with Hannah Lavery.
    Sandra George Exhibition Writing Workshop with Hannah Lavery – 10 July 2026
  • Background image: Pink and purple watercolour. There is an SBWN logo on the top right. Text: SBWN Access Social. Facilitator: nxa Parinussa.
    SBWN Access Social – Coming soon
  • Background: an open notebook with writing on the page. Includes a headshot of Marjorie. Text reads: Poetry editing workshop with Marjorie Lotfi. Suggested donation £10-£20. Access: captions, free tickets, travel, data, carer, bursaries. 1st July 2026. 6pm to 7:30pm Online,
    Poetry Editing Workshop with Marjorie Lotfi – 1 July 2026
  • Q&A: Applying to the New Writers Award 2027: Scottish BPOC Writers Network x Scottish Book Trust – 22nd June 2026
  • SBWN x The Edinburgh Bookshop. Enter for a chance to win a free ticket to Eirinie Carson’s launch of her book, Bloodfire, Baby! 19 May 2026 | In Person | The Edinburgh Bookshop. Background image: A bookshelf in a bookshop. SBWN and The Edinburgh Bookshop logos are in the top left corner.
    SBWN x The Edinburgh Bookshop

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Sandra George Exhibition Writing Workshop with Hannah Lavery - 10 July 2026

Floris Books x SBWN: Children's Book Submissions

On Demand

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Telling Tales: Tradition/Transition - a new audio series

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Creative Balance Commissions: SBWN x WAHS

Text: Futures and Freedom: Writing Hope in a Dystopia. An Audio Interview Series. A series exploring liberatory futures through fiction featuring writers Zoe Lorimer, Arianne Maki and Chris Lau Manson. Listen on demand. There is a SBWN and Book Week Scotland logo. Image: background photo of space.

Futures and Freedom: Writing Hope in a Dystopia – Book Week Scotland 2024

Author photos of our co-facilitators. Top row: Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo, Samaneh Moafi, Nina Mingya Powles. Bottom row: Amanda Thomson, Churnjeet Mahn

Our Time Is A Garden Series

Scottish BPOC Writers Network Survey Report 2022. Perceptions and experiences of writers of colour in Scotland's literary sector. "What are we, as a sector, doing to support and inspire current and future generations of Scottish and Scotland-based Black and POC writers?"

SBWN and EDI Scotland Publish Literary Sector Survey Results 2022

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2021 Networking Conference: Keynote - Leila Aboulela – Watch on our YouTube channel

A Latinx man with glasses and a short beard, wearing an orange shirt, looking at the camera. Background: ripples in blue water with a plumeria floating on the surface. Text: 'In search of the wellspring'. Andrés N. Ordorica. Introduced by Dean Atta. Captions by Collective Text (Sarya Wu, Bea Webster, Emilia Beatriz, Camara Taylor, Nicole O'Reilly).

2021 Networking Conference: Closing Reading - Andrés N. Ordorica – Watch on our YouTube channel

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Afrofuturism: Present Realities, Possible Futures – Watch online

Anthologies

Cream, black text on a light purple background. Image of a Black woman with textured hair wearing headphones facing the camera. Text: 2022 Mixtape: Writers of Colour Audio Anthology. Curated by Hannah Lavery and Marjorie Lotfi. Sound design by Sarya Wu.

2022 Mixtape: Writers of Colour

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2021 Mixtape: Writers of Colour

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Metaphors for a Black Future Zine

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2020 Mixtape: Writers of Colour

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