Join us as we celebrate and big up our wonderful SBWN Edinburgh International Book Festival community events! If you have a literary event, call for submissions, or happening, please complete our opportunities form. We publish a monthly Newsletter at the end of the month and, going forward, will be adding more community events to our blog.
SBWN at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
SBWN: Ghosts, Nanas and the Apocalypse
Monday 14 Aug, 17:15
We’re showcasing live readings and performance from Rachelle Atalla, Lorraine Wilson, Nadine Aisha Jassat, and Tendai Huchu as they share what reaching out to ancestors and descendants looks like and let us in on some of the secrets of calling upon the past to inspire future stories. Courtney Stoddart will be chairing.
Tickets are pay what you can – book tickets.
We plan to have short a informal social meetup for SBWN members after our EIBF event.
We also have a limited number of travel, child/care and data bursaries – request a bursary.
Some EIBF events are pay what you can, livestreamed, BSL interpreted, captioned.
SBWN writers with EIBF festival events include
12 August
Families, Memories, and Stories with Katya Balen and Nadine Aisha Jassat
14:15 pm – 15:15 pm
Featuring: Nadine Aisha Jassat.
Close Read: Open Book on Citizen by Claudia Rankine
10:15 am – 11:45 am
Featuring: Marjorie Lotfi.
14th August
Discover the Secrets of the Chinese Zodiac with Maisie Chan
11:15 am – 12:15 am
Featuring: Maisie Chan.
Close Read: Jess Brough on Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
14:15 pm – 15:45 pm
Featuring: Jess Brough.
Scottish BPOC Writers Network: Ghosts, Nanas and the Apocalypse
17:15 pm – 18:15 pm
Featuring: Rachelle Atalla, Lorraine Wilson, Nadine Aisha Jassat, and Tendai Huchu. Chaired by Courtney Stoddart.
15 August
Harry Baker & Courtney Stoddart: A Beginner’s Guide to Performance Poetry
14:15 pm – 15:45 pm
Featuring: Courtney Stoddart.
Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Howard Gardner & Colin Grant: Beyond Windrush
12:30 – 13:30
with Lisa Williams
16 August
Kerri ní Dochartaigh & Katherine May: Wildest Dreams
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Featuring: Marjorie Lotfi.
Black History Walking Tour with Lisa Williams
14:15 pm – 15:45 pm
Featuring: Lisa Williams.
Hannah Lavery & Marjorie Lotfi: Being and Otherness
17:45 pm – 18:45 pm
Featuring: Hannah Lavery and Marjorie Lotfi.
17 August
Close Read: Open Book on Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Nina Mingya Powles
12:30 pm – 14:00 pm
Featuring: Marjorie Lotfi.
19 August
Rachelle Atalla & Ever Dundas: Tomorrow’s Worlds
18:30 pm – 19:30 pm
Featuring: Rachelle Atalla.
Can Writers and Creators Help Communities Find Joy?
19:30 pm – 21:00 pm
Featuring: Courtney Stoddart and Anahit Behrooz.
21 August
Leila Aboulela: A Sense of Independence
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Featuring: Leila Aboulela.
Mary Jean Chan & Nina Mingya Powles: New Poems
12:00 pm – 13:00 pm
Featuring: Alycia Pirmohamed.
22 August
Close Read: Open Book on Girl, Woman, Other
12:15 pm – 13:45 pm
Featuring: Marjorie Lotfi.
19:00 – 20:00 pm
with Lisa Williams
23 August
10:15 am – 11:30 am
Featuring: Nadine Aisha Jassat.
24 August
Outriders Europe: Dean Atta & Kostya Tsolakis, Ciarán Hodgers & Victoria McNulty
13:45 pm – 14:45 pm
Featuring: Dean Atta.
Hannah Lavery & Caitlin Skinner: The Quines are Back
20:30 pm – 22:00 pm
Featuring: Hannah Lavery.
26 August
Arusa Qureshi: Joyful Defiance
20:30 pm – 22:00 pm
Featuring: Arusa Qureshi.
28 August
Marjorie Lotfi & Dina Nayeri: The Idea of Home
17:15 pm – 18:15 pm
Featuring: Marjorie Lotfi.
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.
