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Highlights from the First Editions, Second Thoughts auction

Posted May 22nd, 2013 by Robert Sharp & filed under Events.

We are delighted to report that the sale raised at total of £439,200.

[Turkey] PEN calls for the immediate release of detained writers

Posted May 22nd, 2013 by Cat Lucas & filed under Campaigns.

English PEN joins the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International in calling for the
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Tags: Ayse Berktay, Büsra Ersanli, Deniz Zarakolu, Ragip Zarakolu, Turkey

[Picture] from an English PEN writers workshop

Posted May 21st, 2013 by Philip Cowell & filed under Education.

A photo of two of our budding writers!

[News] Daša Drndić & Ellen Elias-Bursać win Readers’ Prize

Posted May 20th, 2013 by Emma Cleave & filed under Translation.

Daša Drndić’s Trieste, translated from the Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursać, has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Readers’ Prize

Tags: Daša Drndić, elif shafak, Ellen Elias-Bursać, Frank Wynne, iffp, Independent foreign fiction prize, readers prize

[Workshops] Dzifa Benson, Malika Booker and Warsan Shire all running PEN workshops today

Posted May 20th, 2013 by Mazin Saleem & filed under Education.

Dzifa Benson, Malika Booker and Warsan Shire all running PEN workshops today.

Tags: dfiza benson, malika booker, warsan shire

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