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Q&A with Creative Scotland Literature – 19th January 2022
December 22, 2021January 27, 2022

Q&A with Creative Scotland Literature – 19th January 2022

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Come and hear from Literature Officers at Creative Scotland and ask them questions about their programs and support available for individual writers,

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QTIPOC Writers Group – 2nd December 2021
November 30, 2021January 27, 2022

QTIPOC Writers Group – 2nd December 2021

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QTIPOC Writers Group is a new, free writers group for QTIPOC based in Scotland.

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Intermediate Craft Seminar: Poetry Vs Colonialism with Laila Sumpton – 1st December 2021
October 15, 2021December 22, 2021

Intermediate Craft Seminar: Poetry Vs Colonialism with Laila Sumpton – 1st December 2021

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Explore and challenge stories of the British Empire through creating poetry.

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Arts Reviewing for Creatives of Colour with Aisha Josiah – 13th November 2021
September 27, 2021November 30, 2021

Arts Reviewing for Creatives of Colour with Aisha Josiah – 13th November 2021

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This session aims to encourage writers with any level of experience to delve into arts criticism.

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QTIPOC Writers Group – 7th October 2021
September 22, 2021October 27, 2021

QTIPOC Writers Group – 7th October 2021

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QTIPOC Writers Group is a new, free writers group for QTIPOC based in Scotland.

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Metaphors for a Black Future 2021: To the body, to the earth
September 16, 2021February 18, 2022

Metaphors for a Black Future 2021: To the body, to the earth

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This year’s Metaphors for a Black Future considers how we might write through and with the body and in embodied relationship with the earth.

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Settings as Characters with Lorraine Wilson – 5th October 2021
September 16, 2021October 27, 2021

Settings as Characters with Lorraine Wilson – 5th October 2021

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Create environments that reflect your characters’ inner journeys and immerse the reader in a fully realised world.

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Masterclass: Erotica in Short Fiction with Leone Ross – 11th September 2021
August 27, 2021September 15, 2021

Masterclass: Erotica in Short Fiction with Leone Ross – 11th September 2021

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Learn to take the craft of writing erotica in fiction seriously…and begin to write sex gloriously.

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QTIPOC Writers Group – 2nd September 2021
August 25, 2021September 6, 2021

QTIPOC Writers Group – 2nd September 2021

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QTIPOC Writers Group is a new, free writers group for QTIPOC based in Scotland.

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Decolonising Fictional Worlds: Intermediate Craft Seminar with Katalina Watt – 19th October 2021
August 20, 2021October 27, 2021

Decolonising Fictional Worlds: Intermediate Craft Seminar with Katalina Watt – 19th October 2021

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In this interactive intermediate craft seminar, you will be invited to build an inclusive and representative world from the ground up.

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Roots to Grow Programme - Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

Image: a group of people of colour with different skin tones, hairstyles, and clothing reading against a yellow background. Text: Open Call: Blog Pitches. Deadline: 12 February 2023. For Black writers and writers of colour based in Scotland (or normally based in Scotland outside of COVID-19)

Open Call for Blog Pitches - February-May 2023

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Scottish Black Writers Group Meets Visual Art - February-April 2023

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Intro to crime writing: Writing masterclass with Tariq Ashkanani - 23 February 2023

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SBWN at Granite Noir: Nighttime Noir - 25 February 2023

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

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

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Afrofuturism: Present Realities, Possible Futures – Watch online

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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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