Today marks ten years since the arrest of Waleed Abu al-Khair, winner of the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize for a Writer of Courage.

We join colleagues around the world in continuing to call for his immediate & unconditional release. #FreeWaleed alqst.org/en/post/ten-ye…

We are thrilled to be partners with English PEN and Estate of Seamus Heaney in the new PEN Heaney Prize for poetry. Open for submissions now englishpen.org/prizes/pen-hea…
Therese Kieran John O'Donnell Celia de Fréine Lia Mills Padraig Hanratty moyra_donaldson Neil Hegarty Dublin UNESCO

On the eve Seamus's birthday, we're delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize, a new poetry prize in partnership with our friends English PEN and Irish PEN. More details here: englishpen.org/prizes/pen-hea…

PEN Heaney Prize launched irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via Irish Times Books

The new PEN Heaney Prize, which will recognise outstanding poetry with a focus on social engagement, is being launched
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Editors from the Mail, Guardian, Times and Telegraph united in an attempt to bolster an anti-SLAPP bill going through Parliament - also backed by George Greenwood Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack Bill Browder richard brooks and others - many with direct experience of SLAPPs pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/edit…

Writer Selahattin Demirtaş turns 51 today. This is the eighth birthday he spends behind bars. #Türkiye must abide by ECHR CEDH rulings and release him now. #FreeDemirtaş #SelahattinDemirtaş

28 rights groups wrote to King and Crown Prince of #Bahrain marking 1000 days of hunger strike of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace calling for his immediate release and return of his manuscripts to his family.

#FreeAlSingace

Read full letter here: birdbh.org/2024/04/joint-…

We’re deeply saddened to hear that Maryse Conde has died. The Grande Dame of Caribbean literature, she was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize twice, in 2015 and 2023, and leaves behind an extraordinary body of work. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family.

'The memorisation of poems has become a yardstick by which I calibrate steadfastness.'

Today in #PENTransmissions , lisa minerva luxx • من النهر إلى البحر on poetry, memory, and breathing.
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PEN International and PEN Centres worldwide remain deeply concerned by the dangerous prospect of #JulianAssange 's extradition to the #US going ahead after the #UK High Court adjourned his permission to appeal. Our statement: pen-international.org/news/julian-as…

#FreeAssange NOW #FreeAssange

The PEN International annual Case List is launched today - it makes for devastating, vital reading. Freedom of expression is under threat globally - human rights are being ignored & eroded. Please consider joining English PEN to support writers in times of risk & to fight for your rights

EVENT: Today, 1pm GMT, join us for an important conversation on the state of freedom of expression and human rights around the world - to launch PEN International's Case List2023/24, War, Censorship, and Persecution. Register here: pen-international.org/key-dates/war-…

🚨🚨🚨There's just under a week remaining for literary translators to apply to become our third Translation Advisory Co-Chair, supporting and advising
English PEN's translation and international literature programme.

Please spread the word and apply!

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#Montenegro : Solidarity with PEN member Andrej Nikolaidis, who finds himself yet again harassed and smeared by pro-government supporters. Pressure, intimidation, and threats aimed at stifling independent voices must end at once: pen-international.org/news/montenegr…
Crnogorski PEN centar - Montenegrin PEN Center