Poetry’s Democracy: An Interview with Anthony Anaxagorou

Anthony Anaxagorou - poet, writer, publisher and educator - discusses spoken word after COVID-19, Cyprus, and poetry in the age of social media.

—Interviews

12 min read

This Is Not an Arthur Koestler Novel – This Is Turkey

Can Bahadır Yüce writes on Turkey's response to coronavirus, and calls for the release of at-risk political prisoners

—Essays

5 min read

Editorial: A Digital Salon

Interviews with writers who were due to appear at the 2020 London Book Fair.

—Digital Literary Salon

2 min read

Being Seen: Dean Atta in Conversation with Keith Jarrett

As part of our Digital Literary Salon, Dean Atta speaks to Keith Jarrett about queer black British experience, schools, and writing for teens.

—Digital Literary Salon

11 min read

The Librarian Would Give You a Lock-down Extension: An Interview with Chen Qiufan

Chen Quifan - also known as Stanley Chan - discusses Shanghai, speculative fiction, AI, and threats to humanity.

—Interviews

5 min read

Zoonotic

South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes writes on lockdown in Cape Town, and spider bites.

—Essays

8 min read

Plague Diary: A Week

Three days from a week of Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares's coronavirus diary.

—Essays

11 min read

Standing with Hong Kong: An Interview with Joshua Wong and Jason Y. Ng

Joshua Wong and Jason Y. Ng, authors of Unfree Speech, discuss free speech in Hong Kong, coronavirus, and the role of literature in campaigning for global democracy.

—Interviews

11 min read

Editorial: Transmissions in the Time of Coronavirus

Changes to PEN Transmissions during our current crisis.

—Editorials | Archive

4 min read

How to Quarantine a Revolution

Lebanese writer and actress Dima Mikhayel Matta writes on quarantine, revolution, and being queer in Beirut.

—Essays

6 min read