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.
Bear Witness is a thought experiment about how brown bears, extinct in Britain for a thousand years, might return. The novel’s protagonist, Callis MacArthur, finds herself exploring all possible routes for the reintroduction of bears to her native country.
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.