Recipe Writing and Cookzine Workshop

This event will take place in the Clydeside Hall at The Briggait.

In this workshop led by poet and zinester Sean Wai Keung we'll explore various ways to document and archive our recipes, meals and food memories, from the everyday to the extra special. We'll prioritise images, thoughts, feelings and how we cook rather than exact measurements, and together we can make cookzines for loved ones, our communities, or just ourselves!

The workshop will be a relaxed and low-stakes environment where we will share recipes and food memories through conversation and discussion. We will use techniques including collage, illustration, poetry and curation to put together individual zines, as well as a collective zine commemorating the session.

Participants can expect to gain insight into different ideas and theories around recipe writing as well as to learn cooking tips and tricks from others! Participants will be given the chance to create their own individual cookzine and also to contribute to a wider community zine.

Sean Wai Keung is a poet and performance maker based in Glasgow. His work is often interested in food, migration, identity and community. His debut poetry collection sikfan glaschu was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2021 and he has made food-focussed zines with Being Mixed, the Woodlands Anti-Racist Community Library and more. Sean works as Poetry Reviews editor at Gutter Magazine and he recently completed a 4-week residency at the National Writers’ House of Australia as part of the Cove Park International Residency Exchange 2025.

This event will take place in the Briggait. You can find directions here.

There will be 20 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: whole group discussions, hands on activities, sharing work that has been created, food & drink.

If you’d like a British Sign Language interpreter or Live Captioning at this event, please get in touch and we’ll arrange support. Email us at [email protected] to book - we’d love to see you there. Please book BSL and Live Captioning in with us no later than the 8th of May.

If you have any questions or access requirements, please get in touch with us via [email protected]

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