The Board of Trustees of Scottish PEN was horrified to learn of the attack on Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua, New York, on 12 August. Our President, Ricky Monahan Brown, immediately joined our colleagues at English PEN in conveying the best wishes of our membership for Sir Salman and offering our solidarity with our friends at […]

Scottish PEN marks the end of LGBT History Month 2022 by sharing a blog by poet, Jay Whittaker. The theme of ‘Blurring Borders: A World in Motion’ has been set by LGBT Youth Scotland for this year’s activities. You can learn more on the LGBT History Month website. Blurring borders – we’ve been here before […]

We hope that Roberta Metsola will continue her strong record on protecting the rights of journalists and supporting free expression, and the fight for justice for journalists including Daphne Caruana Galizia and Jan Kuciak.

Scottish PEN is pleased to mark the beginning of LGBT History Month by sharing a blog by playwright and member, Jo Clifford.

Access videos, reports and other updates from the Scottish PEN Defamation Reform Campaign here.

Here is our statement on the Scottish Law Commission’s working draft for defamation reform in Scotland.

We welcome defamation and surveillance expert Nik Williams to Scottish PEN’s Acting Project Manager post.

MSPs, writers, and journalists demand defamation reform to bring law in line with modern technology in event at Scottish Parliament.