Scottish BPOC Writers Network
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Group Online Book Launch - 9 December 2025 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Join us for an online book launch event featuring authors Michael Fellowes, Mohammad Salihu, and Yasmin Hanif. The event will be hosted by Katie Goh.
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Join us for an online book launch event featuring Michael Fellowes, Mohammed Salihu, Yasmin Hanif. Hosted by Katie Goh! Get the full details and grab your ticket: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/group-online...
Don't miss the first session of Metaphors for a Black Future on 8th December! Writing with and the Practice of Permission with Foluke Taylor by & for Black writers. Book your spot now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
Metaphors for a Black Future: Loose Ends: Explorations in Diasporic Writing Craft - 8 December & 13 December - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Metaphors for a Black Future 2025, curated by Martha Adonai Williams.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Don't miss the first session of Metaphors for a Black Future on 8th December! Writing with and the Practice of Permission with Foluke Taylor by & for Black writers. Book your spot now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
Get to know about our featured authors before the group launch event with another Q&A! Meet Yasmin: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/author-qa-ya...
Author Q&A: Yasmin Hanif - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Our Q&A with author Yasmin Hanif about her children's book Abdullah's Bear Needs a Name!
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December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Get to know about our featured authors before the group launch event with another Q&A! Meet Yasmin: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/author-qa-ya...
Ahead of our upcoming group book launch, read our Q&As with our featured authors about their books, writing processes, and creative journeys. Meet Michael Fellowes: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/author-qa-mi...
Author Q&A: Michael Fellowes - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Our Q&A with author Michael Fellowes about his self-published novel Scarlet and the White.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ahead of our upcoming group book launch, read our Q&As with our featured authors about their books, writing processes, and creative journeys. Meet Michael Fellowes: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/author-qa-mi...
Join us in person and online for this year's Metaphors for a Black Future! Writing with and the Practice of Permission with Foluke Taylor by & for Black writers. Check out the full details & register now:
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
Metaphors for a Black Future: Loose Ends: Explorations in Diasporic Writing Craft - 8 December & 13 December - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Metaphors for a Black Future 2025, curated by Martha Adonai Williams.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Join us in person and online for this year's Metaphors for a Black Future! Writing with and the Practice of Permission with Foluke Taylor by & for Black writers. Check out the full details & register now:
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
Join us for an online book launch event featuring Michael Fellowes, Mohammed Salihu, Yasmin Hanif. Hosted by Katie Goh! Get the full details and grab your ticket: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/group-online...
Group Online Book Launch - 9 December 2025 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Join us for an online book launch event featuring authors Michael Fellowes, Mohammad Salihu, and Yasmin Hanif. The event will be hosted by Katie Goh.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Join us for an online book launch event featuring Michael Fellowes, Mohammed Salihu, Yasmin Hanif. Hosted by Katie Goh! Get the full details and grab your ticket: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/group-online...
Closing today! This is the last one of 2025 so get those pitches in ✍🏿 scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-blo...
Call for Blog Pitches! – for December 2025-February 2026 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Upcoming paid opportunities for writers of colour in Scotland to contribute to our blog!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Closing today! This is the last one of 2025 so get those pitches in ✍🏿 scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-blo...
Send us your blog pitches! We'd like to hear your pitches around the theme ‘ Speaking with the ancestors.' All posts are paid. Full info & pitching form here: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-blo...
Call for Blog Pitches! – for December 2025-February 2026 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Upcoming paid opportunities for writers of colour in Scotland to contribute to our blog!
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Send us your blog pitches! We'd like to hear your pitches around the theme ‘ Speaking with the ancestors.' All posts are paid. Full info & pitching form here: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-blo...
Listen to our Resistance = Solidarity = (Platonic) Love – A Radio Show online, featuring writers Esraa Husain, Etzali Hernández, and ACE V!S!ON! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/resistance-s...
Resistance = Solidarity = (Platonic) Love – A Radio Show - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Resistance = Solidarity = (Platonic) Love – A Radio Show with Radio Buena Vida was an intimate show celebrating resistance, solidarity and friendship with writers of colour in or with connections to S...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Listen to our Resistance = Solidarity = (Platonic) Love – A Radio Show online, featuring writers Esraa Husain, Etzali Hernández, and ACE V!S!ON! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/resistance-s...
🚨Closing soon 🚨: Calling all BPOC residents of Edinburgh! Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh! Deadline: 16 November. Find out more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-con...
Call for Consultations - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Help us build justice-focused, greener futures in Edinburgh!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨Closing soon 🚨: Calling all BPOC residents of Edinburgh! Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh! Deadline: 16 November. Find out more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-con...
Join us during Book Week Scotland for our Radio show! This intimate radio show celebrates resistance, solidarity and friendship featuring writers Esraa Hussain, Etzali Hernández, and Ace Bamusi.
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Resistance = Solidarity = (Platonic) Love - A Radio Show - Book Week Scotland 2025 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Writers Esraa Hussain, Etzali Hernández, and Ace Bamusi will share work they rarely showcase during performances and have time to explore what friendship and solidarity mean to them as forces for posi...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Join us during Book Week Scotland for our Radio show! This intimate radio show celebrates resistance, solidarity and friendship featuring writers Esraa Hussain, Etzali Hernández, and Ace Bamusi.
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/resistance-s...
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/resistance-s...
Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh! We’re inviting BPOC residents of Edinburgh to take part in this paid consultation opportunity! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-con...
Call for Consultations - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Help us build justice-focused, greener futures in Edinburgh!
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October 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh! We’re inviting BPOC residents of Edinburgh to take part in this paid consultation opportunity! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-con...
Join us for an in-person workshop with Anbara Salam exploring how historical fiction can illuminate pathways to friendship! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/writing-frie...
Writing Friendship and Allyship in Historical Fiction with Anbara Salam
Join us for this in-person workshop exploring how historical fiction can illuminate pathways to friendship.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Join us for an in-person workshop with Anbara Salam exploring how historical fiction can illuminate pathways to friendship! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/writing-frie...
Our Creative Balance showcase with We Are Here Scotland is now live! Read three powerful pieces exploring BPOC creative environments through the lenses of femininity and orality, embodied living architecture, and intergenerational histories: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/creative-bal...
October 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Our Creative Balance showcase with We Are Here Scotland is now live! Read three powerful pieces exploring BPOC creative environments through the lenses of femininity and orality, embodied living architecture, and intergenerational histories: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/creative-bal...
Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: want to write with us?
Don't miss our write-in today hosted on Discord:
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
Don't miss our write-in today hosted on Discord:
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
Community Discord Write-in – October - November 2025
Join us in October and November for our next Discord write-ins!
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October 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: want to write with us?
Don't miss our write-in today hosted on Discord:
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
Don't miss our write-in today hosted on Discord:
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
In advance of tomorrow's workshop on building superheroic worlds, Editorial Manager @kellykanayama.bsky.social shares some thoughts on what a diasporic, BPOC-centric approach to creating our own heroes might look like: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/crafting-our...
Crafting our champions
As writers and creators of colour, how can we be sure that the champions we create are ours?
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October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In advance of tomorrow's workshop on building superheroic worlds, Editorial Manager @kellykanayama.bsky.social shares some thoughts on what a diasporic, BPOC-centric approach to creating our own heroes might look like: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/crafting-our...
There's still time to book for tomorrow's workshop with @etianversestudios.bsky.social! BPOC writers/creatives from all genres are welcome to join us in Glasgow at @plutoq.bsky.social as we create superheroic worlds on our own, decolonised terms: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
Building (Super) Heroic Worlds with Etienne Kubwabo
An in-person writing workshop about turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
There's still time to book for tomorrow's workshop with @etianversestudios.bsky.social! BPOC writers/creatives from all genres are welcome to join us in Glasgow at @plutoq.bsky.social as we create superheroic worlds on our own, decolonised terms: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
Only a few days left until our workshop on Saturday, please share and don't miss out. Get your tickets now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
October 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Only a few days left until our workshop on Saturday, please share and don't miss out. Get your tickets now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
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A fab event yesterday. A wonderful @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social panel. Thoughtful perspectives from panellists Titi Farukuoye, Safina Mahzar, Yasmin Hanif and Valentine Kizito. Insightfully chaired by @strath-ioe.bsky.social's @zinniamevawalla.bsky.social
Come join authors from @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social for a panel discussion. Writing Scotland's Future: Perspectives from Writers of Colour takes place 15/10/25 #BlackHistoryMonth at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social The Ramshorn. Lunch provided. Register for your free place: tinyurl.com/Writing-Scot...
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A fab event yesterday. A wonderful @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social panel. Thoughtful perspectives from panellists Titi Farukuoye, Safina Mahzar, Yasmin Hanif and Valentine Kizito. Insightfully chaired by @strath-ioe.bsky.social's @zinniamevawalla.bsky.social
Do you write:
• SFF/speculative fiction
• Games - digital, RPGs, tabletop, etc
• Scripts for film, TV, radio, or podcasts
• Comics - print or digital
...and want some inspiration? Then check out this Saturday's workshop on (super)heroic worlds!
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
• SFF/speculative fiction
• Games - digital, RPGs, tabletop, etc
• Scripts for film, TV, radio, or podcasts
• Comics - print or digital
...and want some inspiration? Then check out this Saturday's workshop on (super)heroic worlds!
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
Building (Super) Heroic Worlds with Etienne Kubwabo
An in-person writing workshop about turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds.
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Do you write:
• SFF/speculative fiction
• Games - digital, RPGs, tabletop, etc
• Scripts for film, TV, radio, or podcasts
• Comics - print or digital
...and want some inspiration? Then check out this Saturday's workshop on (super)heroic worlds!
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
• SFF/speculative fiction
• Games - digital, RPGs, tabletop, etc
• Scripts for film, TV, radio, or podcasts
• Comics - print or digital
...and want some inspiration? Then check out this Saturday's workshop on (super)heroic worlds!
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: want to write with us? Don't miss our next write-in hosted on Discord:
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
Community Discord Write-in – October - November 2025
Join us in October and November for our next Discord write-ins!
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: want to write with us? Don't miss our next write-in hosted on Discord:
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
📅20th October 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Monday lunchtime write-in
BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...
Reposted by Scottish BPOC Writers Network
📚 🧡 MY BIGGEST DREAM COME TRUE 📚 🧡
My debut novel, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, will be out in 2027!
My debut novel, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, will be out in 2027!
October 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📚 🧡 MY BIGGEST DREAM COME TRUE 📚 🧡
My debut novel, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, will be out in 2027!
My debut novel, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, will be out in 2027!
🗣️Help us spread the word 🗣️: Join us for an in-person workshop on turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds, led by comic creator and writer Etienne Kubwabo: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
Building (Super) Heroic Worlds with Etienne Kubwabo
An in-person writing workshop about turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds.
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🗣️Help us spread the word 🗣️: Join us for an in-person workshop on turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds, led by comic creator and writer Etienne Kubwabo: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
Reposted by Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Come join authors from @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social for a panel discussion. Writing Scotland's Future: Perspectives from Writers of Colour takes place 15/10/25 #BlackHistoryMonth at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social The Ramshorn. Lunch provided. Register for your free place: tinyurl.com/Writing-Scot...
October 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Come join authors from @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social for a panel discussion. Writing Scotland's Future: Perspectives from Writers of Colour takes place 15/10/25 #BlackHistoryMonth at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social The Ramshorn. Lunch provided. Register for your free place: tinyurl.com/Writing-Scot...
Read our Q&A with Mohamed Tonsy on writers' unions: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/qa-with-moha...
Q&A with Mohamed Tonsy
‘We deserve a union that represents us, one that’s ready to fight for its workers’ rights.’
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October 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Read our Q&A with Mohamed Tonsy on writers' unions: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/qa-with-moha...
ICYMI: Join us for an in-person workshop on turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds, led by comic creator and writer Etienne Kubwabo! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...
Building (Super) Heroic Worlds with Etienne Kubwabo
An in-person writing workshop about turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds.
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
ICYMI: Join us for an in-person workshop on turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds, led by comic creator and writer Etienne Kubwabo! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...