Babble

An online Creative Writing magazine for students in European Languages and Cultures.

Babble is a Creative Writing magazine for students in European Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh.

We’re an online magazine, a creative space for you to practise your target language(s) and receive useful feedback and guidance on your work, whether that’s prose, drama, poetry or reviews.

We want to showcase what you’re good at, grow our sense of community, and promote multilingualism.

Babble was launched in January 2018 with the support of alumni and friends of the University of Edinburgh through an Innovation Initiative Grant. It is now on its tenth issue. In 2021, its editorial committee was nominated for The Dean of Students Award for Contribution to Student Experience in the CAHSS Recognition Awards.

Babble is perhaps the finest symbol of our efforts to make DELC a welcoming, collaborative and encouraging community of linguists, whatever language they practise.

Véronique DesnainHead of the Department of European Languages and Cultures

About Babble

Who’s who in Babble, including the editorial committee for Issue Twelve (Play).

Babble Issue Twelve

Creative writing on the theme of 'Play'. Launch date: Tuesday 2 April 2024.

Babble Issue Eleven

Creative writing on the theme of 'Stories in Photographs'. Launch date: Tuesday 28 November 2023.

Babble Issue Ten

Creative writing on the theme of 'colours'. Launch date: Wednesday 5 April 2023.

Babble Issue Nine

Creative writing on the theme of 'let their art speak'. Launch date: Tuesday 29 November 2022.

Babble Issue Eight

Creative writing on the theme of 'out of this world'. Launch date: Wednesday 30 March 2022.

This article was published on 9 Mar, 2023