Category Archives: PEN International News

Audrey Niffenegger delivers the PEN/H.G. Wells Lecture

August 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Audrey Niffenegger delivers the PEN/H.G. Wells Lecture

Bestselling writer and artist Audrey Niffenegger will deliver the inaugural PEN/H.G. Continue reading

Limits to Books in Prison Draw Creative Foes

By STEPHEN CASTLE JULY 1, 2014


Denis MacShane, who spent three weeks in Belmarsh prison, had limited access to books there. Credit Carl Court/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
LONDON — Jailed for making false expense claims, Denis MacShane, Continue reading

KUTTI REVATHI

Kutti Revathi (Dr. S. Revathi) has been an important Tamil voice in the feminist space in India, dealing with the politics of the female body through poetry, her chosen literary form. Some of her poems, such as “Mulaigal” (Breasts), Continue reading

My Voice: a Decade of Poems from the Poetry Translation Centre – book tour

July 6 @ 2:30 pm – July 18 @ 8:00 pm

Set up in 2004, the Poetry Translation Centre supports the translation of poetry Continue reading

Literary Activism: is poetry the strongest form of protest?

July 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | £8/£4

Poets from around the globe share their views and personal experiences as part of the Poetry International Festival at London’s Southbank Centre. Continue reading

Books for Prisoners: leading writers take campaign to Downing Street

Posted June 27th, 2014 by English PEN staff & filed under Campaigns.

Leading authors will gather at Downing Street today (Friday 27 June) to urge David Cameron to overturn restrictions on sending books and other essentials to prisoners Continue reading

China: What’s in a Law?

By: Sarah Hoffman

PUBLISHED ON JUNE 25, 2014

Five years ago this past Monday, PEN received word from our sources inside China that Liu Xiaobo, who had been held under “residential surveillance” at an undisclosed location in Continue reading

The PEN Ten with Lawrence Venuti

PUBLISHED ON JUNE 17, 2014

Karen Van Dyck

The PEN Ten is PEN America’s biweekly interview series curated by Lauren Cerand. This week Lauren talks to Lawrence Venuti, Continue reading