Read our letter signed by 181 Scottish and International writers calling on the First Minister to include defamation reform in the 2019 Programme for Government

Scottish PEN co-signed a statement on the ongoing threats against Lydia Cacho and other writers in Mexico. Read the statement here.

Scottish PEN joined PEN centres, PEN International and ICORN at the At Home Everywhere: Writers in Prison Committee / ICORN Conference held in Rotterdam at the end of May 2019. Jane Archer of the Scottish PEN Writers At Risk Committee shares her thoughts about the event and why working to protect at-risk writers is a […]

Scottish PEN and English PEN submitted a response to the British government’s consultation on its Online Harms White Paper. Read our submission below