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Booking Now Open for Summer Events
April 30, 2008 Booking is now open for all English PEN's summer events. Read details -
Authors urge Tesco to drop criminal defamation charges in Thailand
April 29, 2008 In an open letter to Sir Terry Leahy, Chief Executive of Tesco PLC, leading authors call on the corporation to drop its action of criminal defamation against a critic of its subsidiary's policy in Thailand. For further information, call Jonathan Heawood on 07889 071711 Read details -
English PEN welcomes repeal of blasphemy law
March 6, 2008 The House of Lords repeals the common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel. Read details -
Doris Lessing receives Nobel medal
February 7, 2008 The Swedish Ambassador presents Doris Lessing with her Nobel Prize in Literature. Read details -
Government action to repeal blasphemy law
January 10, 2008 English PEN welcomes a government move to repeal the law on blasphemous libel Read details -
Lisa Appignanesi on repeal of blasphemous libel laws
January 9, 2008 The new president of English PEN urges an end to the offence of blasphemous libel in the UK Read details -
Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for Literature
October 12, 2007 Doris Lessing becomes the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Read details -
Trouble in Oz
September 24, 2007 Victoria Glendinning reports on Abdel Bari Atwan's difficulties in obtaining an Australian visa. Read details -
Sarah Lawson reports on the 2007 Women Writers' Conference in Helskinki, Finland
September 7, 2007 Read details -
One-off Collection of Signed Bestsellers to be Auctioned in Aid of PEN
August 31, 2007 Read details -
In Memory of Siobhan Dowd
August 22, 2007 It is with great sadness that English PEN announces the death on Tuesday 21 August of Siobhan Dowd. Read details -
10-Point Plan for an Open Government
June 27, 2007 Ten measures that the new Prime Minister must introduce. Read details -
What writers are saying about Salman Rushdie
June 21, 2007 In light of the controversy aroused by Salman Rushdie's knighthood, writers from around the world explain why they believe Rushdie deserves this honour. Read details -
Writers come to Hanif Kureishi's defence as BBC pulls short story
April 17, 2007 17 April 2007 Read details -
PEN launches Another Sky: Voices of Conscience from Around the World at the National Theatre
April 2007 Book Launch Read details
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