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Nadine Aisha Jassatt is a poet and author based in Ediinburgh. YR one of the 30 inspiring writers under 30 in Scotland. CITE

Described by Makar, Jackie Kay as ‘a fearless poet, who boldly takes on difficult themes… reasserting her right to speak out about those things that are often hidden from view.’

named one of 30 Inspiring Women Under 30 in Scotland, received a Scottish Book Trust New Writers’ Award in 2018, won the British Council’s UK Open Call for the Discover project, and was shortlisted for the Outspoken London Prize for Poetry in Film and the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2018. In 2019, she was named by Makar Jackie Kay as one of 10 of the most compelling BAME writers working in the UK. She has collaborated with the Scottish BAME Writers Network.

Publications

 * "The People's city: One City Trust" (co-authored with Alexander McCall Smith and Anne Hamilton. On the topic of Edinburgh. (forthcoming, Birlinn Limited, Jan 2022) ISBN 978-1846976018
 * "Let me tell you this" (404 Ink, 2019) A poetry collection.  ISBN 978-1912489121

Her poetry and prose writings have been anthologised in:


 * "It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race" (Picador, 2019) ISBN 978-1509886401
 * "Nasty Women" (404 Ink, 2017)  ISBN 978-0995623828
 * "Staying human" (Bloodaxe, 2020 ) ISBN 978-1780373904
 * "Islands are but Mountains" (Platypus Press, 2019) ISBN 978-1913007034

Awards
2018 - Scottish Book Trust New Writers' Award (winner), Shortlisted for Edwin Morgan Poetry prize and Outspoken London Poetry prize for poetry in film

British Council's UK Open Call for the Discover project (winner)

Media
"Hopscotch" is a film by Roxana Vilk based on Jassat's poem of the same name.

"Big Scottish Book Club" (BBC)

She featured in Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Outriders Africa, in conversation.