Scottish PEN

13/07/2023

The WATER edition of PENning magazine is here!🎉 Guest edited by Charlie Gracie, our featured writer is Dina Nayeri.

It features creative non-fiction from Loretta Mulholland and Harry Watson, fiction from Tom Murray and Alec McAulay, and poetry from Xinyi Jiang, Gazelle Buchholtz, Jim Aitken and Beth McDonough.
https://scottishpen.org/penning/

13/07/2023

New statement: Scottish PEN denounces the Israeli army’s targeting of the press in Jenin, which RSF and others have reported includes the destruction of camera and transmission equipment, and the firing of tear gas and ammunition at identified journalists.

Scottish PEN denounces the Israeli army’s targeting of the press in Jenin, which RSF and others have reported includes the destruction of camera and transmission equipment, and the firing of tear gas and ammunition at identified journalists.

21/06/2023

We express our deepest concerns over the decision by the UK High Court to reject the appeal of Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange against his extradition order to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison.

Scottish PEN is pleased to join a call with several other centres of PEN International in support of Julian Assange, which is available to read at the link below.

Scottish PEN expresses our deepest concerns over the decision by the UK High Court to reject the appeal of Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange against his extradition order to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for his role in obtaining and publishing classified m...

03/05/2023

Today on , we feature the case of imprisoned journalist, media publisher, activist and writer, Jimmy Lai, who is currently facing a potential life sentence for his journalism in Hong Kong.
In collaboration with ’s PENWrites campaign, we ask you to write a solidarity message to Jimmy Lai: https://www.pen-international.org/our-campaigns/world-press-freedom-day-2023

3 May: PEN International joins the global community in celebrating the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. Established by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, this international day recognizes the fundamental principles of press freedom, including the importance of independent m

26/04/2023

Scottish PEN is happy to join this urgent call for action in support of writer and activist, Robert Aquilina. Read more:

We, the undersigned free expression organisations and journalists’ organisations, are deeply concerned about the safety of Robert Aquilina, a writer, activist, and the President of the NGO, Repubblika.

12/04/2023

Join us on Sunday 23rd April (5.00pm) as we mark World Book Night at Mount Florida Books! Free tickets are available at the link below, and Scottish PEN members are welcome to read their work:

Join Scottish PEN as we celebrate World Book Night at Mount Florida Books in Glasgow.

23/03/2023

On Tuesday 7th March 2023 our Women Writers Committee hosted an online event to mark International Women’s Day. We are pleased to share a selection of readings from the event on our website for those who missed it! This includes work from Jo Clifford, Nuala Watt, Lorna Callery-Sithole and Finola Scott. https://scottishpen.org/international-womens-day-readings/

07/03/2023

Event reminder! Tonight at 7.00pm our Women Writers Committee will be celebrating International Women's Day with a variety of readings from writers including Zöe Strachan, Jo Clifford, Finola Scott, Ali Millar, Lolo Callery-Sithole, Nuala Watt and Wendy Millar.

The event will be held online via Zoom and tickets are free. Register at the link below!

Join the Scottish PEN Women Writers Committee as we celebrate International Women’s Day 2023

21/03/2022

The deadline to submit your writing for publication in PENning magazine is approaching!

Submit your poetry, short fiction and non fiction by Thursday 31st March 2022 and your work could be included in the 'Gifting' edition of the magazine, which will be published in June.

Find out more about how to submit your work here:

PENning, the Writers in Exile Committee’s biannual online journal, presents work by Scottish PEN’s member-writers alongside writing from people living in Scotland who are from other par…

17/02/2022

Scottish PEN's Project Manager has begun a period of maternity leave which will affect the way we keep in touch with our members over the coming period.

Members hoping to reach us should direct all communications to our [email protected] address. Contacting us via this address is the best way to ensure a timely response, particularly as our level of office access remains limited and our capacity to monitor social media channels is now reduced.

Monthly member newsletters will continue to be delivered as usual, and we will share updates on this matter in due course.

We would like to thank you for your patience and understanding during this period of transition.

Warm regards,

The Board of Scottish PEN