James Whyle – 1st prize – “The Story” PEN: How did you hear about the 2011 PEN/Studzinski Literary award and what motivated you to enter? JW: I heard about it from a sailor called Pierre van Rooyen on a strange...
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RAPID ACTION NETWORK 14 April 2011 RAN 11/11 update #1 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee welcomes the 6 April 2011 release on bail of reporter Armando José Chicoca, who was sentenced to one year in prison and a heavy...
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Chair’s Notebook #6 Between 24 and 27 March 2011, the WiPC was in Brussels for our ninth conference; we were some 75 strong, from almost forty centres. It was spring in Brussels; we were comfortably settled into three hotels in...
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by Margie Orford – Female of the Species. Cape Times, April 12 2011 The Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern in London echoes with the feet of the countless tourists who shuffle through, numbed by choice, bad coffee and the...
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For many years war made Sierra Leone and Liberia too dangerous for outsiders to travel through. Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a journalist, Tim Butcher heads deep into this combat zone to follow a trail blazed...
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