Join us as we celebrate and big up our wonderful SBWN community events in August!
If you have a literary event, call for submissions, or happening, please complete our opportunities form. We publish a monthly Newsletter and will be adding more community events to our blog.
SBWN at WorldCon
We will be hosting several events at WorldCon: a panel discussion, a writing workshop, and a live author showcase. Dates and times will be posted as soon as they are confirmed!
Ignite Q&A
Interested in applying to the Ignite Fellowship 2025? Scottish Book Trust is hosting a Q&A info session on the awards & application process, for Scottish BPOC Writers Network members.
SBWN Member Events
10 August
11:15 am- 12:15pm
The Super Sunny Murder Club with Maisie Chan, Elle McNicoll, Serena Patel & Harry Woodgate
11th August
Chitra Ramaswamy & Balsam Karam: Women Talking
10:15am – 11:15am
Salena Godden & Hannah Lavery: Poetry for the Future
17:00pm – 18:00pm
19:00pm – 20:00pm
Featuring: Chitra Ramaswamy and Andrés N. Ordorica.
13 August
Future Poets: Celebrating a Decade of the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award
19:30pm – 21:00pm
Featuring: Nasim Rebecca Asl and Titilayo Farukuoye.
15 August
Hannah Lavery & Donald Smith: Edinburgh 900
12:00pm – 13:00pm
Featuring: Marjorie Lotfi.
16 August
Words from the Wards: Hannah Lavery
18:15pm – 19:15pm
18 August
Journey Through UK History with Lisa Williams
10:00am – 11:00am
Rachelle Atalla & Ali Millar: Longing in a Blazing World
15:15pm- 16:15pm
Close Read: Open Book on Delicate Edible Birds
17:00pm – 18:30pm
Featuring: Marjorie Lofti.
Words from the Wards: Lisa Williams
18:15pm – 19:15pm
20 August
Shasta Ali, Leah Black & Vicky Nyanga-Ndiaye: Regenerative Futures
13:45pm – 14:45pm
22 August
Close Read: Open Book on the Poetry of Motion
10:15am- 11:45am
Featuring: Marjorie Lofti.
23 August
21:00pm – 23:00pm
Featuring: Bee Asha.
12:00pm- 12:45pm
Featuring: Roshni Gallagher. Chaired by Eilidh Akilade.
24 August
A Colourful Celebration with Dean Atta
11:15am – 12:15am
Dean Atta & Jordan Stephens: A New Masculinity
18:45 – 19:45
25 August
Soula Emmanuel & Andrés N Ordorica
19:15pm- 20:15pm
Jul 31 Aug 1-12, 14-19, 21-25
Featuring: Lubna Kerr.
Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26
Featuring: Sean Wai Keung.
Book Fringe – The A.L.T. Edition
- August 13, 6pm: Bark, Archive, Splinter by Jay Gao
- August 16, 6:30: Anthony Capildeo & Jeda Pearl
- August 17, 6pm: On Mother Tongues and Diaspora Literatures: Yilin Wang, Alycia Pirmohamed, Lesa Ng, Hosted by Tim Tim Cheng
- August 20, 6pm: The Wrong Person to Ask by Marjorie Lotfi
9th August
ALT Book Fringe – Chitra Ramaswamy w/ Leah Hazard
18:30pm
August 12th
ALT Book Fringe – Festival Spoken Word Night
Featuring: Roshni Gallagher and Titi Farukuoye.
19:30pm
14 August
Unwritten Woman with Hannah Lavery
13:00pm
14 August
ALT Book Fringe – Andrés N. Ordorica with Eris Young
18:30
24 August
Queer Spaces, Places, Pages: With Joshua Jones & JJ Fadaka
13:00pm
Launches
14 August
Featuring: Titi Farukuoye
7:00pm
30 August
Hannah Lavery’s Unwritten Woman
7:10pm
Islay Book Festival
31st August
Inclusive children’s event with Maisie Chan
2:00pm
1st September
Poetry Walk with Alycia Pirmohamed
10:00 am
Stay in touch
Black and PoC writers based in Scotland – let us know what you’re up to! Send info about your events, book and pamphlet launches, plays and other literary happenings to us via email and tag us on Twitter and Instagram so we can reshare.
We’re also happy to hear from publishers, bookshops, festivals, etc.