PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2015 judging panel announced
The judges for the 2015 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize are Tom Holland, David Horspool and Ruth Scurr.
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2015 PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize opens for submissions
Submissions are open for the 2015 PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize, awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content. Entrants, which may include first British translations, are to be books of high literary merit – that is, not primarily written for the academic market – and can cover all historical periods up to and including
PEN Pinter Prize – Mazen Darwish’s message – Full text [ARABIC]
Read Mazen Darwish’s remarkable letter from prison.
PEN Pinter Prize – Mazen Darwish’s message – Full Text
On Thursday 9 October 2014, the Syrian journalist and human rights defender Mazen Darwish was announced as the 2014 PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage. Darwish is currently in prison in Syria, awaiting trial on charges of ‘publicising terrorist acts’ which PEN considers to be a violation of his right to freedom of expression and
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Watch: Lennie Goodings reads Sonali Deraniyagala’s PEN Ackerley Prize acceptance speech
On 14th July Sonali Deraniyagala was named the winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize 2014 for her memoir Wave. Her publisher Lennie Goodings accepted the award and read an acceptance speech on her behalf.