Scottish PEN is delighted to announce the introduction of a monthly payment option for those wishing to join us in membership. This new subscription is set at £2.75 per month and includes all the same benefits as the Writer membership.

Continuing our Amplify Black Voices series, we share a short review of Candice Braithwaite’s non-fiction book, I Am Not Your Baby Mother.

Continuing our Amplify Black Voices series, we shine a spotlight on Scottish PEN member and prolific writer, Leila Aboulela

Continuing our Amplify Black Voices series, Mario Relich, Trustee of Scottish PEN and member of the Writers for Peace Committee, shares a profile of Amercian writer Ralph Ellison and his famous essay collection, Shadow and Act.

Karen Campbell, James Robertson and Helen Boden first published these pieces as part of the Declarations on Freedom for Writers and Readers project. We hope you enjoy reading them here.

As part of our Amplify Black Voices series, Caroline Whitham, Finance & Administration Worker at
Scottish PEN, shares her reading recommendations.

Scottish PEN Writers for Peace Committee has been invited to participate in the campaign for the release of imprisoned Kurdish writer Ilhan Sami Comak (pr. Chomak). PEN members are encouraged to use the campaign booklet and resources below to support Ilhan’s fight for justice.

Caroline Stockford shares a long-read essay and poetry outlining her work to support poet Ilhan Sami Çomak, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for 26 years.