Things that are so.. ..things that are not so. Eventbrite link The Naomi Mitchison Memorial Lecture is hosted annually by Scottish PEN and the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. This year’s lecture, Things that are so.. ..things that are not so – Fiction and lies in a fragmented world, […]

November 2022: For Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2022, Scottish PEN devoted its work to updating our campaign list. We encourage our members and all readers and writers to educate themselves about the cases described below, and join PEN International and Scottish PEN and our colleagues in the PEN centres across the United Kingdom and […]

In light of the most recent developments reported by the world’s press regarding the imprisonment of the British-Egyptian citizen Alaa Abd El-Fattah in Egypt, Scottish PEN renews its previous call made together with PEN International and the other PEN centres active in the United Kingdom that the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and the UK […]

Scottish PEN welcomes the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 20th October 2022 on the rule of law in Malta. This resolution was passed with an overwhelming majority just days after the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Signed by MEPs from all major political groupings, the resolution expresses serious concern […]