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The PEN Ten with Carol Edgarian
"I guess you could say that today our job is to work against the collective numbness. To act as the opposing force. Where there’s shadow, bring a lantern." More
Israel: End use of administrative detention to detain journalists
PEN is calling on the Israeli authorities to end the practice of administrative detention against journalists and other writers. More
Free Expression Digest: Mon. Feb 8
Guinea opens murder probe after journalist is fatally shot, Israel NGO bill set to cross first hurdle, Yemeni journalist viciously assaulted. More
The Book Report: Rick Moody
"A book is 'great' or canonical, for me, in proportion to the way it rethinks the conventions of form. This might imply that the canon for me is always… More
PEN in New Orleans: Ten Years and Still Going Strong
To celebrate ten years of PEN America's visiting authors program, Children’s & Young Adult Books Committee authors Selene Castrovilla and Orel Protopopescu dropped in on classrooms at the MLK… More
No Diplomacy
Illustrated PEN guest editor and New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly on the plight of journalist Khadija Ismayilova, recipient of the 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More
Russia: Writers and Academics Speak Out Against Law on Foreign Agents
Around 90 members of the Russian PEN Center, together with historians belonging to the Free Historical Society and Russian academics, have called on the Ministry of Justice of the… More
Free Expression Digest: Fri. February 5
PEN International shocked at attack on Kurdish PEN offices, author calls on Beijing to free missing Hong Kong publishers, and more More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs. February 4
Former BBC journalist arrested in Iran, Thailand clamps down on foreign journalists, German journalist claims the media are 'subject to strict censorship.' More
Zimbabwe: Criminal Defamation Laws Ruled Unconstitutional
The decision by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court to rule that criminal defamation laws are invalid and unconstitutional is a positive development that should be replicated across the continent, PEN said… More
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