Scottish PEN is a centre of PEN International and not-for-profit organisation that champions freedom of expression and literature across borders.

We are a membership organisation and work with a range of writers, campaigners, activists and communities across Scotland and around the world.

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All members of Scottish PEN subscribe to the PEN Charter.

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Moira Forsyth

The Treacle Well

Daniel and Caroline are closest to each other, twins for whom the rest of the world is always distant. After the death of their mother and their father’s remarriage they are sent to separate boarding schools, then a dramatic accident when they’re students divides them again.

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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 parts of the world.

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