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defamation scot campaign - reform defamation, protect free speech

181 writers call for defamation reform to be prioritised

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

August 12, 2019
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Defamation reform should not be delayed

Find out who signed our letter to the First Minister calling on her to prioritise defamation reform in the upcoming Programme for Government.

July 3, 2018

The PENning anthology is here!

We are delighted to get to share with you the PENning anthology I’M COMING WITH YOU, edited by the Writers in Exile committee, with a foreword by Jackie Kay.

April 14, 2017

“I’m Coming With You” launch with Jackie Kay

Join us to launch the 90th anniversary anthology of PENning magazine, “I’m Coming With You”, at an event with Makar Jackie Kay!

April 14, 2017

Flout

Imaginary, mythic characters, larger than life, attractive and scary, loom eerily (the Njuggle and the Trowie, for example). But most of the all it’s the lonely landscapes that call, the far northern places where the poet encounters herself.

July 29, 2016

Letter to the Sunday Herald regarding the Human Rights Act

In the first week of taking office, our newly elected government has prioritised an agenda to remove the keystone of human rights in this country and dismantle vital legal protections for each and every citizen. We, the undersigned, wish to express our opposition to the Government’s plans to extend the surveillance state, weaken Freedom of […]

May 15, 2015

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