Start It Yourself

To quote Josie Long, sometimes if you want something to exist, you have to make it yourself. As an emerging writer, setting up your own project – whether it’s an open mic night or magazine, a writers’ group or something else altogether – is a great way to grow your skills and your network, and to gain a new perspective on your own writing.
In this event, we’ll hear from Laura Jones-Rivera from 404 Ink, Jamie Pettinger, who co-founded EHFM community radio and Julia Sorensen of Rock the Boat about how they built their own projects from the ground up, and the skills they learned along the way.

Chaired through the ConVERSE Emerging Chairs Programme with the University of Edinburgh.