Image courtesy of Gado 18 March 2016 News that Kenyan cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa (known as Gado) has been dismissed from the Nation Media Group’s Daily Nation, allegedly due to political pressure, is deeply concerning, PEN International, PEN Kenya, PEN South...
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By Mandla Langa, written for PEN America’s PEN World Voices Series. This is part of the PEN SA essay series on South African literature. If you are interested in submitting a piece, contact us on communications@pensouthafrica.co.za. The South African literary...
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Press release from the Jacana Literary Foundation: A new annual award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality for a range of writing genres and photography. The Jacana Literary Foundation, in partnership with The Other Foundation,...
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World Poetry Day, marked each year on 21 March, is an opportunity to celebrate poetry, the power and creativity of language and to promote reading, writing, publishing, and teaching poetry throughout the world. PEN International uses this day to highlight...
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Deadline: “The official closing date for a school’s submission is 1 APRIL 2016. We will accept late entries that reach us by 1 MAY 2016, but no later, please!” English Alive, a project of the South African English Council for...
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