
Growing our
Cultural Commons
The Cultural Commons CIC is a community interest company based in Scotland, dedicated to cultivating inclusive literary and artistic communities. We advocate for the public ownership of shared cultural assets and champion circular economies that preserve and celebrate collective arts.
Through our projects, we aim to create welcoming, accessible spaces for reading, dialogue, and collaboration. Our work supports literary translation programmes, works to establish cultural spaces, fosters the circular economy of second-hand books, and develops research projects on public arts.
Our Projects
Edinburgh’s smallest speciality bookshop, in an old Police Box
Performance of The Bookbinder at EdFringe 2024. By Trick of the Light.
The Feminist Library in Florence, hosts translation work groups, 2025.
Translation focused talks at Tills & Company in Edinburgh.
A writer and translator at their book launch.