Recent Writing
- Online Student Writers Open House – 1 October 2026
Calling all BPOC Students in the UK! Join us for an online information session about SBWN! - A joint statement on the closure of The SkinnyFrom Fringe of Colour and the Scottish BPOC Writers Network On 10 September 2026, Scottish arts and culture magazine The Skinny announced… Read more: A joint statement on the closure of The Skinny
- Bloody Scotland x SBWN – Ticket Giveaway 2026Bloody Scotland has partnered with SBWN to offer tickets to SBWN members who may otherwise be unable to attend.
- Across Languages: Must Reads for Women in Translation MonthAugust is women in translation month and we are celebrating it by curating a list or must reads.
- Writers of Colour Poetry Writing Workshops with Hannah Lavery – Autumn Term 2026Join us from September-December 2026 for our Writers of Colour poetry writing group!
- Is there an elephant in the room?To ask if there is an elephant in the room is to ask what we are refusing to name.
- SBWN Professional Development Day – 30 OctoberJoin us for a professional development day event in-person and online to help writers develop their skills and more.
- The Common Thread: Our newest audio series about the people who make SBWN.Our new audio series about the people who make SBWN!
- The Mela is…‘I dream that every day/ could be a street party just like this.’
- Q&A with Shasta Ali‘I have come to writing later in life, and mainly as a means of processing grief.’
- South Asian Heritage Month 2026: Stories, Writers, and Reads from SBWNThis South Asian Heritage Month we highlight 8 different books from South Asian writers, paying homage to the plurality of South Asian Heritage and their Literature.
- Of Myths, Monsters, and Tall TailsOne of the things that held me back for many years was a fear I would be called out for getting my own culture wrong.
- Welcome to SBWN’s new Co-director, Sean Wai Keung!We’re thrilled to welcome Sean to the SBWN team!
- SBWN Community Events, Summer 2026SBWN Community members’ events during summer 2026.
- Future folklores: how new traditions can root us in hopeFolklore is a language of belonging.
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