The Mirror is Lying to You, Online Workshop with Deborah de Oliveira Xavier

Join us on 27th June for an interactive workshop with Deborah de Oliveira Xavier, exploring Understanding and working through impostor syndrome as a BPOC Writer.

Please be mindful when booking. This is a session for Black writers & writers of colour* based in Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

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Join Deborah de Oliveira Xavier on 27 June, 11:00 am-12:30pm for this online session exploring impostor syndrome through the metaphor of the “distorted mirror.”

Who is this for?

For BPOC writers who experience imposter syndrome and self doubt, including emerging writers, students, and people with a writing practice. 18yrs+

Blending reflection, discussion, and guided writing, the session invites participants to question the narratives shaping how they see themselves, understand the structural roots of self-doubt, and practise approaching their work with greater self- compassion and clarity.

Rather than positioning impostor syndrome as something to “overcome,” the session reframes it as a meaningful and understandable response to environments where many BPOC voices remain underrepresented or undervalued.

Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how impostor syndrome operates, alongside strategies to respond to self-doubt with greater clarity, self-awareness, and compassion.

Tickets are Pay What You Can (suggested donation £10). 

A limited number of travel and carer/childcare bursaries are available for attendees. If you will need a bursary to attend, please complete our form and we’ll do our best to help.

Cancellations

If you have registered for a ticket but are unable to attend, please let us know ASAP so that we can offer it to another person on the waitlist. Thank you!

About the facilitator

Deborah is a Literature and Creative Writing student at the University of the Highlands and Islands, balancing study with motherhood. She writes in Portuguese, Spanish, English, and Catalan, and explores language, identity, belonging, and community in her work. She loves reading fantasy, unsettling horror, cosy murder mysteries, and drinking copious amounts of coffee.

Questions? Email scottishbpocwriters@gmail.com.