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2023 Naomi Mitchison Lecture with Hannah Lavery – 30th November

The Naomi Mitchison Memorial Lecture is hosted annually by Scottish PEN and the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. This year Hannah Lavery speaks on the subject of ‘Imagination as activism’

October 25, 2023
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Statement on Detention of Author and Human Rights Campaigner, Craig Murray

Scottish PEN is extremely alarmed by reports of recent events in Scotland. On 18 October, The National reported that the Scottish author, human rights campaigner and former diplomat Craig Murray had been detained by members of Police Scotland’s Border Policing Command unit under the UK’s draconian anti-terror laws.

October 23, 2023

PENning magazine available online now

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

March 16, 2023
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Scottish PEN Statement on the attack on Sir Salman Rushdie and the ensuing threat against J.K. Rowling

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 […]

August 17, 2022
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LGBT History Month: Jay Whittaker

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 […]

March 2, 2022
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International Women’s Day Event

Join the Scottish PEN Women Writers Committee as we celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March 2022.

February 15, 2022
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LGBT History Month: Jo Clifford

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

February 1, 2022

Eli Clare to visit our LGBT Youth writing group #ManyVoices

It is our pleasure to announce that our international guest writer for LGBT Youth Scotland’s Many Voices group is Eli Clare, a disabled queer and trans writer-activist based in the United States. Eli will join the group, led by poet Nat Raha, for their final showcase event on 9th September in Edinburgh.

August 24, 2017

 

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