Culturally Sensitive Writing Workshop - 15 January 2026

This interactive, online 2 hour workshop is designed for those who already engage in any type of creative writing, but wish to explore how to write more mindfully, confidently and sensitively about ‘cultural’ issues. The course will cover writing about your own culture, and about other cultures, in a way that does not enforce negative stereotypes or biases, and avoids unwittingly falling into the trap of ‘cultural appropriation’. Course notes will be provided at the end.

Early bird price of £15 (plus Eventbrite fee) until 5 January after which full price of £20 (plus Eventrbite fee) will apply.

Brief Course Overview

• Exploring Cultural Identity
• Writing About Your Own Culture – The Benefits And The Hurdles
• Exploring Stereotyping, Implicit Bias And Micro-Aggressions
• Writing About Other Cultures – Top Tips For Avoiding Cultural Appropriation
• Getting It Right
• Notes to accompany the workshop

About Abda Khan

Abda Khan is a lawyer turned novelist, who has been writing, teaching and undertaking creative projects for the past 10 years

She writes about challenging and sometimes taboo subjects that often affect women, such as rape and ‘honour’ abuse in her novel ‘Stained’ which has been dubbed the ‘contemporary Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ by Booklist in the USA and modern-day slavery as explored in her novel ‘Razia’. Her debut poetry collection, ‘Losing Battles Winning Wars’, reflects her personal struggles as the daughter of immigrants from an ethnic minority community. Her third novel, ‘That Which May Destroy You’, is a courtroom drama which explores the issue of gaslighting.

She writes commissioned pieces (short scripts, poetry, fiction and non-fiction) for various publications, organisations and projects. She runs creative writing courses, and produces and directs a variety of creative community projects, which have included Sidelines to Centre Stage (sharing the stories of marginalised women), Tappay Tales (creating new work by taking inspiration from old Punjabi folk songs), and her latest project was Aurat Kahani, featuring women’s stories about South Asian migration.

Abda Khan is a Desi Blitz Arts Ambassador, a Lloyds Bank Women of the Future Ambassador, and she won British Muslim Woman of the Year in 2019.