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.
Dr Stella Nyanzi is a fierce public critic of Uganda's president and an outspoken academic and poet. Dr Nyanzi was arrested in May 2020 for her part in public protests, and recently announced her intention to run for parliament.
PEN condemns the threats made against British journalist Amy Fenton, South Cumbria’s chief reporter for Newsquest based at The Mail in Barrow, who has been forced to flee her home and been put under police protection.
Declarations includes many voices, featuring some of Scotland’s leading writers such as Karen Campbell, A C Clarke, Carl MacDougall, and James Robertson, as well as writers from overseas.
Declarations is available to purchase from Scotland Street Press.
From the forests of Finland to the plain of Lombardy, from a Scottish beach to a river island in Hungary, Tom Hubbard deploys the riches of the Scots language to explore that tragicomic space we call Europe.
