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Best Shot: How to Get Published with Sheila Wakefield

Tuesday 29 September, 2026, 7.30 p.m.

A Ruby McCann Writing School Event – Scottish Writers

Best Shot: How to Get Published with Sheila Wakefield, Founder/Editor, Red Squirrel Press’ A Ruby McCann Writing School Event.

The Griffin, 266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP

Want to get published? Join us on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, for Sheila Wakefield’s acclaimed publishing workshop, followed by an SWC Speakeasy in the second half!

Want to read at the second half speakeasy? Fill out readers form today 

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Sheila Wakefield is a poet, short-story writer and editor. She founded independent Red Squirrel Press in 2006, literary fiction imprint Postbox Press in 2015, Postbox: Scotland’s International Short Story Magazine in 2019 and Tringa Press in 2024. She has published over 300 titles to date. Best Shot is a workshop in an informal setting offering advice on how to maximise your chances of being published, style, technique, editing, submitting, self-publishing, performing your work, handouts and reading suggestions. Sheila holds an MA in Creative Writing from UNN (University of Northumbria at Newcastle) who were only the second university to offer the course in England at that time, after UEA (University of East Anglia). www.redsquirrelpress.com

The Griffin Accessibility:

Accessible for Performers
Accessible Toilet
Wheelchair Access
There will be a microphone and PA for readers.
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