COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, kicks off in Glasgow on 31st October. To celebrate this and the Being Human Festival, the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts is hosting The Dear Green Bothy, a series of events on Creative and Critical responses to issues of Climate Change and Sustainability. And I’ll be there co-hosting a writing workshop with Oliver Langmead.
What an amazing time Flights of Foundry was! Fun panels with amazing creative minds, and the opportunity to share and discuss with a vibrant community across the world. I hope you had a grand time too if you went. But now the time has come to talk of other things**. Specifically June, and how to sign up for the splendid things I’m doing then.
With the wider world in such flux, I’m finding myself relying more and more on my genre communities for comfort and understanding, as well as opportunities to develop resilience for these times. With that in mind, here are two bits of news that might help you to find your own.