By Raymond Louw, Vice President, SA PEN Centre South Africa successfully put forward a resolution and had it adopted by the 200 delegates from the 70 PEN Centres (out of the 144 centres in 101 countries) at the PEN International...
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PARYS REVIEW(c): Being representative of creative writers would South African PEN care to comment on the new internet service ZANEWS? SAPEN – Happily! It was started this month by Jonathan Shapiro, ZAPIRO, and Thierry Cassuto of Both Worlds. A renowned...
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Final calls for Entries to the 2008/09 European Union Literary Award Have your first novel published and win R25,000 To enter: Submit a first, unpublished work of fiction in English. The award is open to all South African writers residing...
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One of International PEN’s main objectives is to encourage literature. Over the years the South African Centre of International PEN has published eight volumes of new writing – with great pleasure and consistent with the global purpose of our parent...
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The Poem Relay seeks to raise awareness about freedom of expression in China in a uniquely PEN way – through poetry and translation. PEN Centres have been invited to translate and record a short poem, “June” (“Liuyue”) by the Chinese...
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