Events

Selected events past, present and future, readings, exhibitions, recordings, happenings, etc…

Upcoming Events

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  Time Cleaves Itself book events and replays
  Various dates – book events | Come and hear about my debut poetry collection, Time Cleaves Itself!
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  Weaving the Uncanny – writing workshop
  29 Aug 2025 | Workshop to create writing braided with Paxton House’s history and grounds, links with the Caribbean, folklore and supernatural elements.
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  Jeda Pearl at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025
  15 & 17 Aug 2025 | Shani Akilah, Jeda Pearl and Lisa Williams celebrate Andrea Levy’s legacy; plus Disrupting the Narrative at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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  Time Cleaves Itself Giveaway
  Closing 14th July 2025 | Time Cleaves Itself book birthday Giveaway!

Exhibitions

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  Martine Bewitches Goat-Head Table
  New poem exhibited at Paxton House’s Caribbean Connections exhibition.
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  Disrupting the Narrative Exhibition
  Until 23 Aug 2025 | Poetry reflecting on Edinburgh’s role in transatlantic slavery and colonialism, exhibited at The Writers’ Museum, Museum of Childhood, Museum of Edinburgh.
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  Windrush Legacy Creative Reflections
  2023 | Reflecting on our Caribbean roots, sharing our stories of life in Scotland and dreaming into our futures – an exhibition and printed anthology.
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  Acts of Observation exhibition
  Online | A poetic audio installation (2021), pamphlet and an online captioned film of a series of five linked poems that weave themes involving the disabled BPOC body with archeoastronomy and the sublime, commissioned by Collective gallery.

Past Available Readings and Recordings

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  Guardian Poem of the Week: Highland Daunder
  Honoured to have ‘Highland Daunder’, from my debut poetry collection (Time Cleaves Itself) in the Guardian newspaper, selected by Carol Rumens, as poem on the week!!
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  Inheritance Reverb
  A captioned video of Jeda reading ‘Inheritance Reverb’ – a poem from her debut collection, Time Cleaves Itself.
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  Loud Poets poetry slam April 2024
  I’m taking part in my first ever poetry slam!! Loud Poets Central Slam Heat, April 2024.
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  botanical spell for the new year 2024
  a nature poem, a calling, with reflection on collective liberation + making space for grief, community, rest, healing and hope.
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  When you come bring your brown… published in 2022 Mixtape: Writers of Colour Audio Anthology
  A poem in the third annual anthology from the Writers of Colour project over at Scottish BPOC Writers Network.
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  Sparklers
  A poem included in ‘Grief Offerings: (End of) Life Wishes’, commissioned by Rhubaba.
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  botanical spell for the new year 2023
  a nature poem calling within and without on what we may need to move through the year
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  Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022
  Notes on the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 plus links to captioned recordings available to watch.
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  Figures of Speech – Future
  Caledonian Forest, 3033 – new work presented at Figures of Speech – Future, on 22nd July 2022 at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
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  When all that’s left is… published in 2021 Mixtape: Writers of Colour Audio Anthology
  I’m excited to announce the 2021 Mixtape: Writers of Colour Audio Anthology! ‘When all that’s left is…’ now published in the Scottish BPOC Writers Network’s Writers of Colour anthology.
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  ‘I was born’ – in two anthologies
  ‘I was born‘ is part of the 2020 Mixtape: Writers of Colour Audio Anthology, curated by Hannah Lavery and published by the Scottish BPOC Writers Network. It was also shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award.
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  Acts of Observation exhibition
  Online | A poetic audio installation (2021), pamphlet and an online captioned film of a series of five linked poems that weave themes involving the disabled BPOC body with archeoastronomy and the sublime, commissioned by Collective gallery.

Past Events

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  Crafting Home Through Plurality of Language – Writing Workshop
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  Poetic Archiving in Grief & Loss – Writing Workshop
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  Push The Boat Out 2024
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  Creative Conversations – Glasgow University
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  Bridging Time
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  Black History Month 2024 – Blackness as Resistance
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  Black History Month 2024 – Co-curating with care
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  Time Calls Upon Itself – Robert Wedderburn @200
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  Hunter’s Voices

Also check out Scottish BPOC Writers Network for events featuring and by/for Black writers and writers of colour in Scotland. Their monthly newsletter also lists related arts and literary events, submissions, and opportunities.