SUPPORTIVE, AFFIRMING, GENERATIVE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP FOR QTIBiPoC. LED BY GUEST FACILIATOR DEAN ATTA.

Shaded Writers are delighted to welcome Dean Atta as their guest facilitator!

Dean will be leading this hybrid creative writing workshop, which you can attend in person or online.

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Light refreshments and some writing materials will be provided but do feel free to bring your own

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Supported by UK Black Pride Community Action Fund 2024

Dean Atta is an award-winning Black British author and poet from London with Greek Cypriot and Jamaican heritage. He is a Malika’s Poetry Kitchen member, National Poetry Day ambassador, and LGBT+ History Month patron. The Independent on Sunday listed Dean as one of the most influential LGBTQIA+ people in the UK, and his books have been praised by Bernardine Evaristo, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Malorie Blackman.

Dean holds an MA Writer/Teacher from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a BA in Philosophy & English from the University of Sussex. He has over a decade of experience facilitating poetry workshops in schools, colleges and universities, as well as for companies and organisations.