Here is the Scottish PEN statement on the refusal of over a dozen visa applications for writers scheduled to speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

James Kelman argues that if we are to support Kurdish writers, we should demand proper media coverage and fully engage with their political cause.

The university, like the publishing industry, should widen the kinds of writers that they read to include those who are studying them.

Writers sign open letter calling on the British government to take action to safeguard freedom of expression in India ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the UK later this week.

by Jenni Calder Scottish PEN’s annual International Women’s Day event, organised jointly with the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities, is always stimulating and enjoyable. This year’s, which took place on 6 March, was a feast of the unexpected, the challenging and the entertaining. Our six writers lead us into […]

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Minutes of meeting of PEN International Women Writers Committee Reykjavik, September 9, 2013 The meeting, part of PEN’s International Congress, was chaired by Ekbal Baraka, Chair, assisted by former chairs Judy Buckrich and Lucina Kathmann; the Minutes were prepared by Lucina Kathmann. The pamphlet about the history of the Women Writers Committee was passed out. […]