Lydia Cacho and Anabel Hernández – two of Mexico’s bravest journalists are in...
In Mexico, where life is held cheap, journalists who voice inconvenient truths are likely to be murdered or ‘disappeared’. Witness the murder on 15 June 2017 of the campaigning journalist Javier...
View ArticleInternational writer for Fife College project selected! #ManyVoices
We are delighted to introduce Eric Ngalle Charles, our international writer for our Many Voices writing group with Fife College at HMP and YOI Polmont. Eric will take part in the group’s closing event...
View ArticleScottish PEN bids farewell to Christina Neuwirth
Our Project Manager Christina Neuwirth is leaving Scottish PEN at the end of this month. In thanking her for the tremendous work and service she has given Scottish PEN I know that I join everyone on...
View ArticlePodcast recording day
Today, we recorded our first Many Voices podcast interview. Hosted by Sasha de Buyl-Pisco and produced by Colin Fraser of CultureLaser, it featured a conversation between Sarah Short and Eric Ngalle...
View ArticleInternational writer for Move On project selected! #ManyVoices
It is our pleasure to introduce Kerrie O’Brien, our international guest writer for Many Voices writing group with Move On. Kerrie will join the group at their closing event at the Byres Road Book...
View Article#DefamationScot: Making Noise, Calling for Reform
On a busy Tuesday night at Scottish Parliament we brought activists, journalists, politicians and lawyers together to talk about one thing: the state of defamation law in Scotland and the pressing need...
View ArticleActing Project Manager appointed: Nik Williams
Nik Williams has been appointed Acting Project Manager. He builds on two years of experience with Scottish PEN. The board and staff wish him well for his role. Nik can be reached directly through...
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Remembering Liu Xiaobo
Photo credit: Liu Xia/EPA Nobel Laureate, Liu Xiaobo died on Thursday 13th July having been released from prison on medical parole earlier this year. He had been in prison for 11 years following calls...
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Many Voices: Stories of Journeys and Belonging
If you had leave home, what would you take with you? And what would you leave behind? These were some of the questions International Women’s Group Glasgow North addressed during their Many Voices...
View ArticleMany Voices: In conversation with Meriem Timizar
“Many Voices” was our 18-month project aiming to provide new platforms for voices that are often excluded from the public conversation. To celebrate the success of the project, we are sharing stories...
View Article“Finding language for our gender”
In this episode, writers Nat Raha and Eli Clare discuss writing as a space for both survival and dreaming, articulating queer and trans politics through poetry, and their work on our Many Voices...
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Photos: “Finding language for our gender”
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View Article“The world is full of stories we need to hear”
Jenni Calder looks back on 90 years of Scottish PEN and the role it has played defending writers under threat both in Scotland and across the globe. Many Voices writers Sarah Short and Eric Ngalle...
View ArticleIWD 2018: A Shared Resistance
In honour of International Women’s Day 2018, here is a piece by Elizabeth Reeder, the chair of Scottish PEN’s Women Writers Committee International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate women and it is a...
View ArticleFinding Worth Within Your Own Voice
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View ArticleScottish PEN statement on the killing of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnírová
Scottish PEN wishes to offer support and solidarity to Slovak PEN and the family and friends of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnírová. We join the international community condemning these murders in the...
View ArticleRecipe for a Good Storm
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Free Liu Xia
This blog post has been written by Jane Archer, the chair of the Writers At Risk Committee. On Day of the Imprisoned Writer last year (Nov 15th ), Scottish PEN and Amnesty Scotland held an event in the...
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