PEN South Africa Invites You to a Worldwide Reading for Edward Snowden

The international literature festival Berlin (ilb) has called on individuals, institutions, schools and media outlets to participate in a worldwide reading of texts about surveillance, in support of Edward Snowden, on Monday 8th September 2014. Pen South Africa will be participating in this event, and the reading will take place at Kalk Bay Books.

Readers include:

Rustum Kozain – Liesl Jobson – Ken Barris – Karina Szczurek – Karen Jayes – Justin Fox – Ingrid de Kok – Diane Awerbuck – Brent Meersman – Andrew Brown – AE Ballakisten

Monday the 8th is also International Literacy Day. Please join us in support of writers, freedom and civil rights.

WHEN: Monday 8th September at 6.30 for 7pm
WHERE: 124 Main Road, Kalk Bay
RSVP: email events@kalkbaybooks.co.za or call 021 788 2266

Another reading event will also take place at AVA Gallery, 35 Church Street, Cape Town, 5.30 p.m. for 6.00 p.m., on Monday, 8th September. Contact Alexandra Dodd at thisalexandradodd@gmail.com for further information about this event.