SA PEN Participated in the Worldwide Reading for Edward Snowden at Kalk Bay Books on the 8th September, International Literacy Day

Liesl Jobson has written about PEN South Africa’s participation in the internationally events to stand against surveillance in support of Edward Snowden:

Monday, 8 September, was International Literacy Day. It was also the day that writers, journalists, readers and public intellectuals around the world responded to the call issued by internationales literaturfestival berlin (ilb) to take a stand against surveillance in support of Edward Snowden.

In Cape Town’s AVA Gallery, the Right2Know Campaign hosted an event where a star-studded line-up of writers and activists met. These included Njabulo Ndebele, Christi Van der Westhuizen, Zackie Achmat, Zapiro, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Roberta Nation, Masello Motana, Gabrielle Lubowski, Mandla Mbothwe, Kelsey Wiens and Vinayak Bhardwa. Read more