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As part of its mission to celebrate literature and defend free expression, PEN America plans to offer safety training, consultations, resources and peer support for U.S. authors who are facing harassment and security risks connected to their work. PEN will roll out the program starting this summer with outreach to the literary community and plans to begin small group safety consultations with authors in the fall.
Hachette Book Group (HBG) and Macmillan Publishers are serving as lead partners working with PEN America. Penguin Random House, along with HBG bestselling author David Baldacci, have also joined the effort as did The New York Community Trust, with a special grant to support N.Y.-based writers facing harassment.
To date, these supporters have contributed nearly $1 million toward the establishment of the program. PEN America is seeking to raise more than $2 million in total, calling on other publishers, agencies, and donors to step up to expand resources for this vital work.
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