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.
When the enigmatic and ultra-cool ‘Big J’ arrives, Robbie Strachan is drawn into J’s intrigue with a glamorous summer visitor, the American sculptress, Xanthe. The affair goes badly wrong and leads to tragedy. The lives of Robbie, Big J and their crowd will never be the same again.
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.