Still Waters

Festivals and Events:

 Shehzar has participated in and contributed to numerous literary festivals and events, including:

Dhaka Lit Fest (Dhaka)
StanZa (Scotland)
Poetry International (SouthBank London)
Printemps des Poetes Festival (Luxembourg)
Festival des Migrations (Luxembourg)
Stay-at-Home Fest (UK)
Push the Boat Out (Edinburgh)
Book Week Scotland (Glasgow)
Ledbury Poetry Festival (UK)
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (BBC Stage)
Spells and Sanctums for Poetry Wales (Swansea University)

Workshops and Mentorship:

• Led the first-ever poetry workshop in the Rohingya camps, Cox’s Bazar. The historical precedent and impact of which can be seen more thoroughly in my blog post I am a Rohingya; Poetry from the camps and beyond
• Facilitated and conducted a creative writing workshop for Plan International Canada
• Mentor for the Ledbury Critics Residency Programme (during tenure at Gutter magazine)
• Facilitated workshop “Experimental Poetry and Sound” for the Scottish BPOC Writers Network
• Designed and taught a course at University of Glasgow titled Unforgetting the Spaces: A Journey to finding new voices through poetry, which was a mix of teaching contemporary POC poets and voices outside the established literary canon mixed with writing workshops.