The Writers in Exile committee of Scottish PEN invites you to join us to celebrate the English language publication of ‘The Last Pomegranate Tree’ by the internationally acclaimed, award-winning Kurdish writer Bachtyar Ali.

The January ‘Making’ edition of PENning magazine is available to read for free online, via Issuu.

Join the Scottish PEN Writers in Exile Committee and a variety of published writers as we hear readings from PENning magazine.

Ghazi Hussein took part in Scottish PEN’s event at this year’s Big Lit Festival in Gatehouse of Fleet, a joint Writers in Exile/Writers at Risk event chaired by Liz Niven. After performing several of his poems, Ghazi talked to Jean Rafferty about his years of suffering, not just in Syria but also in Scotland, where racist attacks made his flat in Sighthill more a prison than a home.

We are delighted to get to share with you the PENning anthology I’M COMING WITH YOU, edited by the Writers in Exile committee, with a foreword by Jackie Kay.

Blog post from Linda Cracknell about PENning magazine from 22 Sept 2013.