The Other Side Of Hope: Celebrating Migrant Writers
The National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall is delighted to present an afternoon of poetry and prose by Scotland-based migrant writers and the editors of 'the other side of hope'.
About The Other Side Of Hope: Celebrating Migrant Writers
Join the conversation about humanity, movement and literature.
"Essential, illuminating and powerful … 'the other side of hope' brings to light the lives that the world often prefers to ignore." - Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Thursday, 23rd January, 2-3.30pm. Free, but ticketed please book here.
About the publication: 'the other side of hope' is a migrant-led, independent, non-affiliated, not-for-profit publication and the home of the migrant writers and poets of the world.
Header image: Art by Fatemeh Takht-Keshian.
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