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...

Join our Q&A with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social happening TODAY, where they'll share some top tips and answer your questions about applying for the New Writers Award! BSL is available: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/qa-applying-...

🤩 Congratulations to our Writers of Colour Poetry Group co-curator, @hannahlavery.bsky.social who is now an Honorary Fellow of the Association of Scottish Literature!! Honorary Fellowships are given to people who've made a substantial and distinctive contribution to the Scottish literary tradition.

🚨In one week🚨: Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: want to write with us? Don't miss our next write-in hosted on Discord: 📅12th September 12:30pm – 1:00pm BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...

For my Black & PoC writers - just a couple of spaces left in our SBWN poetry group online, starting tomorrow lunchtime - with the spectacular @hannahlavery.bsky.social ❤️ Bursaries available, donations gratefully accepted: www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

📢 Last Chance 📢: We're looking for pitches from Scotland-based BPOC writers on Defining Our Space. Text /audio /video formats, incl BSL. Caregiver and data bursaries available. Deadline: TODAY. scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-pit...

Join our Q&A with @scottishbooktrust where they'll share some top tips and answer your questions about applying for the New Writers Award! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/qa-applying-...

🚨🚨Deadline Approaching🚨🚨: We're looking for pitches from Scotland-based BPOC writers on Defining Our Space. Text /audio /video formats, incl BSL. Caregiver and data bursaries available. Deadline: 31 August scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-pit...

Our Writers of Colour workshops are back! Join us and former Edinburgh Makar @hannahlavery.bsky.social for another round of poetry writing, sharing, and learning together: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/writers-of-c...

Please share: We're looking for pitches from Scotland-based BPOC writers on Defining Our Space. Text /audio /video formats, incl BSL. Caregiver and data bursaries available. Deadline: 31 August.

Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: want to write with us? Don't miss our next write-in hosted on Discord: 📅12th September 12:30pm – 1:00pm BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...

📢 Open Call 📢 SBWN and WAHS Creative Balance are seeking pitches from Scotland-based BPOC writers on Defining Our Space. Text /audio /video formats, incl BSL. Caregiver and data bursaries available. scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-pit...

Reminder: Scottish BPOC writers, join us on Discord for two write-ins this week: 📅29th July 12:30pm – 1:00pm 📅1st August 12:30pm – 1:00pm Sign up & learn more here: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...

Please share! Closing 25 July at 10am... The amazing Project X is seeking 2 Co-Directors who identify as Black and/or of Black descent. They're looking for an Operations Lead and a Community & Development Lead - full info: www.projectxplatform.co.uk/opportunities

Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: want to write with us? Don't miss our next write-in hosted on Discord: 📅29th July 12:30pm – 1:00pm BSL is available. Sign up & learn more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...

Read our latest guest blog post, where Xuanlin Tham explores the disorienting paradoxes of creating in a time of brutality and navigating the unwriteable: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/the-sinking-...

Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: Join us on Discord for another write-in: 📅29th July 12:30pm – 1:00pm 📅1st August 12:30pm – 1:00pm Sign up & learn more here: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...

Calling all Scottish BPOC writers: Join us in celebrating the launch of our new Discord server! ✍🏿⁠ ⁠⁠ To celebrate, we’re hosting 2 write-ins:⁠ ⁠ 📅Thurs 26th June, 12:30-1:00pm ⁠ 📅Sun 29th June, 10:30-11:00am⁠⁠ Sign up & learn more here: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/community-di...

We are excited to showcase your events this summer! Don’t miss our members participating in the biggest festivals of the year: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/sbwn-communi...

Check out our Q&A with Fidan Meikle! We talk about her debut middle-grade novel, My Name is Samim, out now from Floris Books: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/author-spotl...

Happy publication day to me! Nate Yu’s Blast From the Padt is out today! It’s my third novel for kids! I had a lovely London launch at Papercat Bookshop in Herne Hill organised by my publishers Piccadilly Press.

@disabilityarts.bsky.social have compiled a list of actions so you can help fight the changes to Access to Work. Read now and help #ProtectAtW: disabilityarts.online/resources/gu...

Join us on 6th June for an evening of poetry & discussion with poet Fady Joudah and Sabrin Hasbun! Presented in collaboration with Awraq Festival. scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/fady-joudah-... Open to white/non-BPOC as well as BPOC attendees, based anywhere in the world (not limited to Scotland).

"Like urns holding ashes[...] the bodies of the living are contained and entangled with(in) grieving kin members." In our latest guest blog post, Marlene Ayumi Ito explores the body as container of grief - via indigenous Brazilian endocannibalism: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/embodied-gri...

Don't miss our workshop led by @pegasusunder.bsky.social! There will be BSL available.

"Too often the narrative positions nature as something to be saved *from* people." On our guest blog, Anesu Matanda-Mabingo revisits conservation through the lens of Black women's reciprocal connections with and love for the environment: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/black-womens...

Okay, this is my last "join your union" post! Please check out and share @fossilfreebooks.org posts to support this membership drive. It's essential that our union becomes more representative of the diversity of the UK and the arts, including Black writers and writers of colour.

🏳️‍⚧️ NEW 🏳️‍⚧️ We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act. So we’re readying a challenge – join us: goodlaw.social/xpme

Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up. I’ll add more as I find them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Join us on 8 June for an online workshop led by @pegasusunder.bsky.social with @cymerafestival.co.uk , where you'll learn how to uncover your novel’s through-line! BSL Interpretation will be provided. Get your ticket now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/weaving-the-...

ATTN genre fiction authors (fantasy, sci-fi, horror etc): as part of their MA in Creative Writing, one of our writers is conducting a survey on how genre fiction authors interact with readerships. Survey is anonymous and doesn't collect any personal data. Link here: forms.office.com/e/Nm5xrPNwg7

We once again affirm our commitment to providing a safe space for Scotland's writers of colour that welcomes all gender identities, including - but not limited to - trans women and men, non-binary/genderqueer people, and genders outside of Anglophone or Western cultural definitions 💜🏳️‍⚧️

We have three digital weekend passes available for SBWN members for @cymerafestival.co.uk. All in-person passes were claimed, and the deadline to enter for the remaining digital passes is 16th April. Enter for your chance to win: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/sbwn-x-cymer...

Happy publication day to @tariqashkanani.bsky.social - THE MIDNIGHT KING, a compulsive thriller full of unexpected twists and heartrending turns, is out today! tinyurl.com/45uswe6v

🚨Last chance!🚨 Contest closes tonight. Enter for your chance to win an in-person or digital weekend pass to @cymerafestival.co.uk: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/sbwn-x-cymer...

The Scottish BPOC Writers Network proudly endorses PACBI. Follow the link to read our full statement: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/sbwn-endorse...

Join us tonight! Calling all BPOC writers of Scotland: share your feedback at our Town Hall at 6:30pm⁠! ⁠ There are still spots available. Grab your FREE ticket now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/meet-sbwn-to...

It's an *extreme longshot* but hey, last minute Hugo voters, hi! I'm kinda proud of all three of these beasties, if you've a gap on your lists👇🏽

🚨Last call🚨! Submit your pitches for 'Sustain' TODAY. Pitches can be for posts in text, audio, or video format. All posts are paid (£135). Full info & pitching form here: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/blog-pitches...

Join @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social for their first Town Hall, where you’ll find out about what they are up to, how you can support and where they are planning to go. 17th March, Online disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

This is an excellent paid opportunity for writers of colour in Scotland! Writers who've never been published before especially welcome. Full info and pitch form in quoted post/link 👇

Calling all BPOC writers of Scotland: share your feedback at our Town Hall on 17 March, 6:30pm⁠! ⁠ There are still spots available. Grab your FREE ticket now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/meet-sbwn-to...

Deadline approaching: Submit your pitches to us by 14 March! Follow the link for more details: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/blog-pitches...

Hey Bluesky, please share! Thank you 🙏💜 SBWN will be sharing where we are, our potential plans & together reflecting on what we need as a collective... very keen to hear from our community - you can support and influence SBWN to shape it to be what most benefits you and our community of writers.

Calling speculative writers and readers! We're partnering with @cymeraf.bsky.social SBWN members to offer some weekend passes to folks who would otherwise be unable to attend. Apply by 23 March: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/sbwn-x-cymer...

The Scottish BPOC Writers Network ( @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social ) is hosting a Town Hall + 'meet the team' event in a couple of weeks! The invite is open to Black & PoC writers based in, from or connected to Scotland. Monday 17 March 2025 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM GMT

Scotland based BPOC writers, check it out!

💌Attention BPOC writers of Scotland: you're invited to our Town Hall on 17 March, 6:30pm⁠! 💌 ⁠ Meet some our team & find out about what we are up to, how you can support and where we are planning to go. ⁠ Tickets are free - book and learn more here: www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

Our call for blog pitches is now live! We'd like to hear your pitches around the theme 'Sustain'. Pitches can be for posts in text, audio, or video format. All posts are paid (£135). Full info & pitching form here: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/blog-pitches...

Last call! Join us tomorrow in an online workshop led by Lily X, author of the Seventh Star series, where you'll learn how to write a romantasy novel. Get your FREE/PWYC ticket now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/romantasy-10...