Dear PEN members, Dear friends, As many of you know, the entire Board of Directors of PEN Turkey is now under investigation for having insulted the Turkish Republic, as laid out in Article 301. Of course, there are already some...
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SA PEN (South African PEN Centre), an affiliate of International PEN, the international body representing poets, essayists, editors and novelists, expresses its deep concern over recent conduct by government leaders and the authorities against the Press. After lodging a string...
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Dear Colleagues, and Friends of Irish PEN, 2013 has been designated the Year of “The Gathering”*** in Ireland. To mark this year of celebration, Irish Pen is planning to hold a genealogy-based writing event in Dublin in May of 2013....
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By Margie Orford PEN South Africa has had a very busy 2014 – this letter highlights some of what we have done. There is much more in our newsletters and on the website. There have been new people, new projects,...
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South African PEN, an affiliate of PEN International, with 144 Centres worldwide, defends free expression and promotes the interests of poets, essayists, editors, novelists, writers and journalists. We are seriously alarmed at the increasing reports of police officers harassing, detaining...
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