Her Tempest Tongue: A Black Feminist Writing Workshop

Explore Black feminist writing, explore speculative futures, and create poetry and prose for a collective anthology.

An in-person creative writing workshop for Black women of the diaspora.

Her Tempest Tongue: A Black Feminist Writing Workshop

Explore the words and worlds of Black feminist writers such as Gloria Naylor, Toni Morrison and Octavia Butler, with space to reflect on our experiences as Black women of the diaspora and imagine the worlds we wish to inhabit.

Through reading, discussion, and creative prompts, we’ll explore identity, memory, and speculative futures, and how fiction can help us make sense of the present polycrisis and imagine the futures we wish to see or call attention to.

After our discussions, we’ll put pen to paper and create poetry and prose for a collective anthology. This is a shared space for Black women to express themselves through writing and build on the legacy of fiction as a tool for change and self-preservation. No writing experience or professional background is needed!

Facilitator Bio:

Svetlana Chigozie Onye is a British-Nigerian writer whose work explores inherited memory, philosophy and identity. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Carbon Brief and Shado Mag. She was shortlisted for the 4th Write Prize, longlisted for the Heroica Prize, and selected for the Writers on the Rise programme by the Black British Book Festival and Pan Macmillan. She is also a TuWezeshe Feminist Leadership Fellow. Alongside her creative practice, Svetlana is Interim Executive Director of SustyVibes and Head of The Eco-Anxiety Africa Project (TEAP).