Take action to support the cases of writers imprisoned in Turkey, including Ahmet Altan, Ilhan Sami Çomak, Osman Kavala and Nedim Türfent.

Sir Tom Devine has accepted an offer of honorary membership of Scottish PEN. Honorary Memberships are awarded to those whom we believe have made a distinctive contribution to Scottish literature, and who have openly supported the PEN commitment to freedom of expression.

Scottish PEN has joined signatories including Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Article 19, Open Rights Group and others in calls to ensure the Online Harms Bill does not undermine private communications. Read the full statement below.

Scottish PEN joins 18 organisations in a call for justice, three years on from the assassination of investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The Justice Committee has today published the Stage 1 report on the Defamation and Malicious Publications (Scotland) Bill. Scottish PEN welcomes the report but highlights the need to progress a one-year limit on bringing defamation action.

The Scottish Black Writers Group is a new writers group facilitated by Scottish BAME Writers Network Co-Director Dean Atta, and in association with Scottish PEN. It is a monthly event open to writers across the UK and Ireland who are Black/from the African diaspora, including people of mixed heritage.

Scottish PEN has joined with English PEN, PEN International and several other centres to support a statement on the issue of online harassment.

Scottish PEN is pleased to welcome members to attend our online Annual General Meeting at 12.00pm on Saturday 24th October 2020. This is an opportunity for members to share ideas, celebrate our work to date and contribute to our global work defending free expression.