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.

We are excited to introduce our international guest writer for  International Women’s Group Glasgow North Many Voices writing group – Sepideh Jodeyri will join the group led by poet Marjorie Lotfi Gill for their final event in November. Read on to find out more about Sepideh and what attracted to her Many Voices project.

We recorded our first Many Voices podcast today, featuring Sarah Short and Eric Ngalle Charles in conversation with Sasha de Buyl-Pisco

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.

Opportunity for young people (16-25) to attend a free week-long poetry workshop based in Glasgow from 28 March – 1 April 2017 – find out more!

Dangerous Women: Podcast Series

Outdated defamation laws can have a chilling effect on freedom of expression. Scotland deserves better.

Bernardo Otaola reflects on creating work that satisfies all your needs and interests.

Translated writing doesn’t just help us to understand other people and other cultures; it helps us to understand ourselves.

Journalist and writer Bernardo Otaola reflects on living and travelling in Europe.

What is it about “being on the edge” geographically, socially, emotionally that drew you to the event? I enjoyed the attractiveness and danger in the idea of women on the edge. Being a woman is a risky business and it’s great to have a chance to talk about it and to listen to other women […]

Women on the Edge – Interview with Linda Cracknell What is it about “being on the edge” geographically, socially, emotionally that drew you to the event? The characters I write about are often marginalised or voiceless in some way, or become outsiders by force or choice. The psychological edginess of certain places also really interests […]