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.
The first half of the 20th century witnessed two catastrophic global conflicts, with suffering on a scale that – thankfully – later generations find hard to comprehend. The full story of what it was like to endure these wars might never be told, because many who survived chose not to speak – or could not speak – of what they saw and suffered. But some could turn to poetry, to try and make sense of what was happening.
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.
