International Women’s Day free event: Women of Courage and Endurance

Readings of international writers struggling against oppression by UoEd Creative Writing students. Featuring Nada Shawa, Scottish Gazan poet, author of Indigenous Soul: Gaza and Me

March 4, 2026

Readings of international writers struggling against oppression by UoEd Creative Writing students. Featuring Nada Shawa, Scottish Gazan poet, author of Indigenous Soul: Gaza and Me

Chair: Ruth Aylett, Scottish PEN’s Women Writers Committee

Readers:
Eva Hays
Talitha Kaethler
Kim Cullen
Sonya Macdonald
Natalie Penry

Writers:
Amanda Echanis
Mahvash Sabet
Meral ?im?ek
Kaciaryna Andrejeva
Mikeas Sánchez Gómez

Tuesday March 10th 7 – 8.30pm
Room 2.55 Edinburgh Futures Institute,
University of Edinburgh,
1 Lauriston Place,
Edinburgh EH3 9EF

Doors open 6.30pm
Free tickets via https://tinyurl.com/5c7e5vcf

TAGS: event freedom of expression poetry