Scotland's Climate Festival - Storytelling for Change

About the event:

In March, the Climate Festival is celebrating Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022 and taking inspiration from the theme ‘Inspired by Nature’. Join us on International Women's Day to hear two brilliant storytellers read their work reflecting on the climate emergency and our shared histories, with time for discussion and a Q&A.

Speakers

Alycia Pirmohamed is a Canadian-born prize-winning poet living and working in the UK, and currently a postdoctoral fellow at IASH, University of Edinburgh. She has published three books of both poetry and creative non-fiction reflecting on spirituality, ecology and ancestral history and was winner of the 2020 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. alycia-pirmohamed.com

Mara Menzies is an award-winning narrative artist, who draws on her rich, dual Kenyan/Scottish cultural heritage for inspiration. She has performed in 27 countries at festivals, conferences, private events and more. Her latest production Blood and Gold explored the legacy of colonialism and slavery through myth and fantasy and was recently published as a novel of the same name. It was nominated for the CATS awards 2020. Mara is passionate about the power of stories to transform and challenge existing modes of thoughts. She was recently commissioned to write a piece responding to the climate emergency as part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations. marathestoryteller.com

This event is free and open to all.