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Tuesday 9 February, 6.30pm
Venue: Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA
Friday 12 February, 6.30pm
Venue: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King's Building, Strand Campus, King's College London WC2R 2LS
Sunday 14 February, 2-3pm
Venue: Burmese Embassy, 19A Charles Street, London, W1J 5DX
To mark the second anniversary of the arrest of Burmese poet Saw Wei.
Monday 15 February, 7.30pm
Venue: The King’s Head Theatre Pub, 115 Upper Street, London, N1 1QN
Sunday 28 February, 4pm-8pm
Venue: Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA
Sunday 7 March, 11am
Venue: Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, WC1H 0DG
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Tickets can be booked through the website. Alternatively, you can book tickets by calling 020 7324 2535 or posting a cheque made payable to English PEN, along with details of your chosen event to Amy Oliver, English PEN, Free Word centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA. For queries regarding events or to join our mailing list, please email enquiries@englishpen.org.

 

You can read about past talks in our Recent Events section.

 

We are very proud of our rich history of literary events.  Speakers and contributors over the years have included:

 

Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Beryl Bainbridge, Alan Bennett, Louis de Bernieres, Melvyn Bragg, J M Coetzee, Carlos Fuentes, Nadine Gordimer, Philip Hensher, Alan Hollinghurst, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Frank Kermode, Hanif Kureishi, Hermione Lee, Alberto Manguel, Anthony Minghella, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Philip Pullman, Michele Roberts and Salman Rushdie.

 

 

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