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Our core aims

 

The Core Aims of Readers & Writers

 

1: to take literature, and the benefits of literature, to places traditionally lost to them.

 

2: to underscore the promotion of literacy, especially in under-served communities.

 

3: to support the work of teachers of literature and literacy.

 

4: to inspire and challenge readers.

 

5: to draw writers into stimulating dialogue with their readers with lasting benefit to both.

Writers in Prison

Protecting threatened writers around the world
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Writers in Translation

Promoting the best international writing
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Readers & Writers

Taking literature into every corner of society
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Writers in Public

Hosting the best writers and the key debates
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Free Expression

Campaigning for creative freedom
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