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AI and the Future of Freelancing
March 14, 2023March 13, 2023

AI and the Future of Freelancing

Blog by Josephine Jay0 comments

AI generators have been making headlines splitting hairs over whether software is more help than hindrance in creative fields.

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We Can Be Heroes
February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

We Can Be Heroes

Blog by Yasmin Hanif0 comments

So few stories feature black and brown children. Why are their stories, experiences and realities not included in the curriculum?

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Right Place, Right Time: Reading bell hooks
February 14, 2023February 13, 2023

Right Place, Right Time: Reading bell hooks

Blog by Zoe Lorimer0 comments

Caring for someone’s life work means more than sharing a bibliography.

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a beech in Scotland does not sleep
February 7, 2023February 6, 2023

a beech in Scotland does not sleep

Blog by Q Manivannan0 comments

I am trying my best to move or stay or survive and each rainy day feel the burning washed deeper, deeper, down me, till gone away for good.

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On belonging, hidden gardens and the Patron Saint of airports
January 10, 2023January 13, 2023

On belonging, hidden gardens and the Patron Saint of airports

Blog by Valeria Gascon0 comments

Absence has become my currency, and only celebrations of love or death can be a reason big enough to cross the ocean.

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Finding Community and Empowerment Through the Readers of Colour Group
December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Finding Community and Empowerment Through the Readers of Colour Group

Blog by Lesa Ng0 comments

It is not a hyperbole to say that Readers of Colour has been life changing.

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“Why Do You Fear My Way So Much?”: A moment of crisis in publishing
November 15, 2022November 14, 2022

“Why Do You Fear My Way So Much?”: A moment of crisis in publishing

Blog by Mridula Sharma0 comments

To publish poetry that speaks to and acknowledges the realities of those marginalized, violated and often demonized by the state is not easy.

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Tropical Creatures
November 8, 2022November 14, 2022

Tropical Creatures

Blog by Garen Abel Unokan0 comments

How do we keep traditions and languages from dying out when the very land they come from is in mortal danger?

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A Space to Breathe: reflections on First Breath
November 7, 2022November 14, 2022

A Space to Breathe: reflections on First Breath

Blog by Yemurai Chaza0 comments

Breathing is not just a process, but is an act of expression in the lives that we live individually as people, and collectively as a society.

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A Change of Heart
October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

A Change of Heart

Blog by Lubna Kerr0 comments

My heart attack came out of the blue. Adjusting to having a stent put in my heart — a foreign piece of metal acting like a bridge keeping my blood vessel open — was difficult to accept for me and my body. All of a sudden, overnight I became a person with a disability but one that no one could see.

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Roots to Grow Programme - Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

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

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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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