Category Archives: PEN International News

Emerging Voices Fellowship by PEN Center USA

Emerging Voices is a literary fellowship aiming to deepen program components through increased operating funds.

Since 1995, Emerging Voices, a literary fellowship, has provided new writers, who lack access, the tools they will need to launch a professional Continue reading

What Can’t Be Sung: Xiaolu Guo and Nellie McKay in Conversation with Sasha Frere-Jones

 

Xiaolu Guo_Internet_VersionTuesday, September 09, 2014, 7:30pm

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Naomi May: Scottish novelist and writer who worked tirelessly for PEN’s ‘Writers in Prison’ Committee

Her novels were daring and convincing in their emotional spectrum

PATRICIA CRAIG Sunday 10 August 2014

Naomi May, who has died at her home in Richmond, Surrey, was an accomplished novelist and short-story writer Continue reading

Ottilie Mulzet: A veneer of erudition

Ottilie Mulzet on translating László Krasznahorkai’s Seiobo there Below, winner of this year’s Best Translated Book Award

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Posted by Emma Cleave, Wednesday 6th August, 2014

I have a folder, partially virtual, partially real, entitled Continue reading

PEN International Condemns Killings of Journalists and Attacks on Media during Israeli Offensive in Gaza

1 August 2014

PEN International Condemns Killings of Journalists and Attacks on Media during Israeli Offensive in Gaza
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Since 8 July 2014, when the Israel Defence Force (IDF) began ‘Operation Protective Edge,’ Israeli forces have reportedly killed seven journalists and media workers.
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Prime Minister responds to the Books for Prisoners campaign

Posted August 1st, 2014 by English PEN staff & filed under Campaigns.

Prime Minister David Cameron responds to our concerns over the ongoing restrictions on prisoners in the UK receiving books from friends and family Continue reading

English PEN supports new Book Rooms at HMP Wormwood Scrubs

Posted July 29th, 2014 by Cat Lucas & filed under Campaigns.

English PEN is delighted to be supporting fellow charity Give A Book with the establishment of dedicated Book Rooms at HMP Wormwood Scrubs

For more than a decade, English PEN has been sending writers Continue reading

PEN International/New Voices Award

PEN International’s New Voices Award encourages new writing in the countries in which we operate, and provides a much needed space for young and unpublished writers to promote their work.
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