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.

Read the latest edition of Babble - Issue Fourteen

The most recent issue of DELC's Creative Writing magazine, all on the theme of 'Water'. Launch date: Thursday 3 April 2025.


Support and awards

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 14th issue. In 2023, Babble: The School Issue joined the family. This special supplement showcases content written by school-level learners with the support, guidance and knowledge of our students. 

In 2021, the Babble editorial committee was nominated for The Dean of Students Award for Contribution to Student Experience in the CAHSS Recognition Awards. In 2024, the team behind the second School Issue won a Social Responsibility and Sustainability Changemaker Award for their "work to make language learning and education more accessible and engaging to young learners, and for contributing to reducing social inequalities."

Introduction video about Babble, DELC's Creative Writing magazine.

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 Desnain Former Head of the Department of European Languages and Cultures

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