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June 12, 2026July 23, 2026Past Events

Poetry Editing Workshop with Marjorie Lotfi – 1 July 2026

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Join us on 1 July for an interactive workshop with Marjorie Lotfi, exploring editing your poetry.

April 28, 2026June 30, 2026Past Events

The Mirror is Lying to You, Online Workshop with Deborah de Oliveira Xavier – 27 June 2026

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This Mirror Is Lying to You: Understanding and Working Through Impostor Syndrome as a BPOC Writer.

January 16, 2026March 3, 2026Past Events

Developing Your Craft with SBWN – Memoir Short Course with Shze-Hui Tjoa and Candice Chung 

Join us for this two-day short course on writing a memoir. Part of our Developing Your Craft programme.

January 16, 2026March 3, 2026Past Events

Developing Your Craft with SBWN – On Poetry Pamphlets with Zain Rishi

Join us for this online, BSL-interpreted craft workshop on poetry pamphlets. Part of our Developing Your Craft programme.

January 13, 2026March 3, 2026Past Events

Developing Your Craft with SBWN – On Fiction with Foday Mannah

Join us for this online craft workshop on fiction writing. Part of our Developing Your Craft programme.

January 13, 2026April 15, 2026Past Events

Developing Your Craft with SBWN – On Hybrid Writing with Andrés N. Ordorica

Join us for this online workshop on the craft of writing between genres. Part of our Developing Your Craft series.

January 12, 2026March 3, 2026Blog, Past Events

Developing Your Craft with SBWN – 5th-27th February

Graphic with photos of Andres N. Ordorica, Foday Mannah, Zain Rishi, Shze-Hui Tjoa, Candice Chung, and Anthony V. Capildeo. Text: Developing Your Craft with SBWN. for BPOC writers in Scotland & across the UK. 5th-27th February | Online and In Person | £10-£20 per session.

This series focuses on thinking more deeply and deliberately about the craft techniques in your writing.

October 22, 2025November 27, 2025Blog, Past Events

Bridges Across Time: Writing Friendship and Allyship in Historical Fiction with Anbara Salam – 23 November 2025

Join us for this in-person workshop exploring how historical fiction can illuminate pathways to friendship.

October 17, 2025October 19, 2025Blog

Crafting our champions: on superheroes, diaspora, and embodying our stories

Image: a painting of a Black person's hand holding a shield with traditional brown and red geometric motifs. Black text on a blue background reads: Crafting Our Champions: On superheroes, diaspora, and embodying our stories.

As writers and creators of colour, how can we be sure that the champions we create are ours, and not merely defenders of the structures that confine us?

September 18, 2025October 19, 2025Blog, Past Events

Building (Super) Heroic Worlds with Etienne Kubwabo – 18 October 2025

Background image: a blue and pinkish-orange sci-fi city. Text in a comic book-style text box reads: Building (Super) Heroic Worlds with Etienne Kubwabo. 18 Oct, 1:30-3:30pm. Pluto Q, Glasgow. For Black writers and writers of colour based in Scotland. There is a black and white photo of Etienne Kubwabo in the lower right of the image. There is a QR code in the top right corner, with the text 'Scan our QR code!'

Join us for this in-person writing workshop about turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds!

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Featured Events + Opportunities

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We’re hiring an Admin and Access Support Worker!

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Call for Blog Pitches - 'Monstrosity'

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SBWN Writers Summit - 30 October 2026

SBWN Writers Summit - Call for Volunteers - 30 October 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

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

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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

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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

Anthologies

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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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