On Thursday 10th December, Just Festival and Scottish PEN will host a conversation with writers Leela Soma and David Manderson to mark Human Rights Day 2020.

Scottish PEN welcomes today’s announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice that Section 4 of the Bill, which related to theatrical and public performances, will be removed.

Declaration on Freedom for Writers and Readers is an anthology of poetry and prose exploring freedom of expression. Declarations includes Scotland’s leading writers such as Karen Campbell, A C Clarke, Carl MacDougall, and James Robertson, as well as writers from overseas.

During Black History Month, we partnered with Scottish BAME Writers Network to launch the Scottish Black Writers Group. The next meeting of the group is set for Thursday 19th November and features writers Leila Aboulela and Dean Atta.

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.