PEN South Africa and the Institute for Creative Arts present the 2018 Day of the Imprisoned Writer, on which writers will give readings and presentations in solidarity with jailed artists around the world. This year’s event will be hosted on… By Nick Mulgrew In many people’s lives, the most powerful messages and communications that they receive are not political or artistic, but commercial. On social media, on the airwaves and in print, brands and advertisers are vying to convince people… In line with many of our colleagues at other PEN Centres, the Board of PEN South Africa condemns the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He had entered the consulate on 2… The first fortnight of September sees a number of book festivals in South Africa’s two largest cities. Most exciting are the South African Book Fair (7–9 September) taking place in Johannesburg, and Cape Town’s best bookish gathering, the Open Book Festival (5–9… The first major PEN South Africa event of 2018 was held on Wednesday 25 July, when PEN SA – along with partner organisations, The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, The Fugard Theatre, and Penguin Random House – hosted the Cape Town launch… As stated in an article last week by Glenda Nevill on themediaonline.co.za, “that the craft of journalism is changing almost daily and traditional media has experienced unprecedented digital disruption is a statement of fact.” But how do journalists, many of… 
Civil Society, Events, PEN SA Events / 08 Nov 2018
Join PEN SA at our 2018 Day of the Imprisoned Writer event in Cape Town
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PEN SA Statements / 22 Oct 2018
PEN South Africa Condemns Lies About and Murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Events, Literature / 06 Aug 2018
PEN SA Members at Open Book Festival and SA Book Fair
Events, Literature, PEN SA Events, Writers in Prison / 01 Aug 2018
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