PENning Steps, the November 2011 issue of our on-line magazine, New Writing, is now on-line and may be viewed at http://www.scottishpen.org/new-writing/penning-steps. We were delighted to have Robin Mackenzie to help us choose the poems. You can read his blog about his experience as guest editor at http://www.scottishpen.org/news/archive/scottish-pen-blogspot. We are now open for submissions from eligible contributors for our May 2012 issue. The theme of our next issue is PENning Spirit (the theme of next year’s Refugee Week) and the deadline is 30 April 2012.

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The latest newsletter from Scottish Pen is available to read online or download

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Tom will be teaching Scottish Literature at University of Grenoble for one semester.

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Liz Niven tells us 'I was doing some poetry readings recently in Finland and met up with Marianne Bargum of Finnish PEN. She came along to one of my poetry readings and then did an interview with me for a newspaper. She has placed 2 of my poems on the Finnish PEN website.' see http://www.suomenpen.fi/

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The Writers in Prison Committee has adopted the imprisoned Burmese comedian Maung Thura, also known as Zaranga, as its latest special case. Robin Lloyd Jones, who has taken on responsibility for Zaranga, gives the following details

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