Freedom to Write, Freedom to Read
We’re delighted to announce that the annotated copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence used by the judge in the landmark obscenity trial of 1960 has been acquired by …
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Update: Dr. Nyanzi’s appeal hearing was adjourned to 10 October. In the meantime, please continue to take action and help spread the word. #FreeStellaNyanzi English PEN remains deeply concerned by …
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English PEN joins PEN International and fellow centres around the world in welcoming the release of prominent Ukrainian writer and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was freed on 7 September 2019 …
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Kurdish artist, writer and activist Zehra Doğan, English PEN’s current resident, has donated a painting to the award-winning anti-arms Art the Arms Fair exhibition which begins in London today, 3 …
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Judges praise ‘sheer originality, energy and fearlessness’ English PEN has announced Yrsa Daley-Ward as the winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize 2019 for her memoir TheTerrible (Penguin). Two other books …
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