Chapman (Scotland’s Quality Literary Magazine), editor Joy Hendry, was founded in 1970. It has a well-deserved reputation for quality, diversity, and its authoratitive voice. It prioritised Scottish writing and cultural affairs, publishing writers like Sorley MacLean, Norman MacCaig, Hamish Henderson and a host of others, new and established. The magazine provided a stimulating and challenging platform for genuine debate and worked to develop the Scottish literary and cultural scene.
As Scotland developed for the better, during the 1980s and 90s, Chapman was able to range more freely and internationally, featuring quality new writing from all over the world.
 | Joy HendryBorn Perth, 1953, Joy, educated Edinburgh University, she early developed an addiction to all the arts, especially literature, theatre and music. At last, she is emerging from the shadow of editing Chapman for 45 years, and wants now to reverse the neglect of her potential as poet, playwright, lecturer, broadcaster, singer, critic and journalist – though already has achievements in all these fields. Working through Chapman, she has been as a radical agent provocateur in Scottish cultural affairs – for which, and her long-standing editorship, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Edinburgh University in 2005. She is now resuming public life, focusing on her writing – most recent publication in Freak Circus and Poetry Scotland. |