Creatives of Colour Festival: Crafting Home Through Plurality of Language

Crafting Home Through Plurality of Language

Part of the Creatives of Colour Festival, May 8-10, 2025.

This event is open to BPOC only.

A hybrid writing workshop for people of colour to explore ways we craft, carry & create home. Bring your languages (and your language-gaps) to share with participants. Bring your folklore, your memories, futuristic dreams, and openness to play.

Writers and folks interested in writing - all welcome.

No experience necessary. Materials provided.

Age: adults & young people 14yrs+

Jeda Pearl (she/her) is a Scottish Jamaican poet, SFF writer and arts programmer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her work often traverses/reflects the ‘in between’ and explores the intersections of be/longing, (intergenerational) memory, illness and disability, secrecy and survival. In 2024, Jeda's short story 'To The Forest', was longlisted by the British Science Fiction Association Awards; and her work was shortlisted for the RSL Jerwood Poetry Award. Her poems have been exhibited by Collective, Scottish Storytelling Centre, and The City of Edinburgh Council, most recently in Disrupting the Narrative group exhibition. Anthology publications include New Writing Scotland, Open Book, Not Going Back to Normal, Shoreline of Infinity, Aesthetica, Luna Press, Tapsalteerie; and her debut poetry collection, Time Cleaves Itself, is published by Peepal Tree Press.

Jeda will bring her Scots, English, Geordie, Jamaican Patwah & language gaps to this workshop.

Creatives of Colour Festival

The festival centers the voices, experiences, and creativity of people of colour in Glasgow. Storytelling sits at the heart of these creative practices, and celebrates the resilience, joy, and talent of PoC artists. Co-curated by Zahra Khosroshahi and Kevin Leomo.

Our stories. Our lens. Our terms.

This event is presented by ‘Thinking Culture’, a cultural programme from the School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow.

Accessibility:

Information on Civic House can be found here.

We aim to ensure all people have equal access to our public events. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable adjustments, please contact scca-thinking-culture@glasgow.ac.uk with your request so that arrangements, where possible, can be made.

Venue Info

Civic House was built in the 1920s without accessibility in mind. As we develop the building, we are also working to improve its accessibility.

Ground floor: Platform lift adjacent to the main entrance, an accessible toilet, and assistance can be provided by staff.

Parking

There is no dedicated or free parking at Civic House, but there is a loading bay in front of the building. Paid parking bays can be found on Civic St and adjoining roads.

Toilets

• Ground floor: 1 x accessible toilet, 1 x mixed block with 3 open cubicles.
• First floor: 2 x individual toilets, 1 x shower and drying cabinet.

Transport Links

• Bus: No. 7, 68, 71A, 72, 75 and M3 bus routes from Buchanan Bus Station (Garscube Road bus stop).
• Subway: 3 min walk from Cowcaddens subway station, 7 Minute walk from St George’s Cross subway station.
• Train: 7 min walk from both Charing Cross and Queen Street Train Station.
• Car: 2 minute drive from M8 motorway (Junction 17)
• Bike: NextBike station 15 min walk from Civic House heading north on Garscube Road.