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Indonesia: End interference with literary festival over ‘year of living dangerously’ sessions
The decision of Indonesian authorities to interfere with the programme of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, starting on Wednesday in Ubud is deeply shocking and should be overturned… More
Forced Cancellation of Indonesia Festival Events Indicates Worsening Atmosphere for Free Expression
The forced cancellation of events at Indonesia's largest writers' festival intended to commemorate a 1965 massacre indicates the worsening atmosphere for free expression within the country, PEN American Center… More
Equity in Publishing: What Should Editors Be Doing?
In light of recent conversations on the lack of equity and diversity in the publishing industry, editors and other industry gatekeepers weigh in on how to mark out a… More
The Extravagant Behavior of the Naked Woman
Flash fiction from Mexico by Josefina Estrada. More
Interview with Christopher Merrill and Robert Shapard, Editors of Flash Fiction International
Robert Shapard and Christopher Merrill, co-editors of the anthology Flash Fiction International, in conversation about the form and translating it. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri, October 23
UK raids home of Tiananmen survivor, BuzzFeed journalist attacked in Paris, U.S. Senate pushes cyberspying bill forward. More
Understanding Difference: On Translating Olga Tokarczuk
The urgency of the issues addressed in Tokarczuk's work is nowhere clearer than in the recent barrage of hate mail addressed to the author, absolutely unprecedented in her career,… More
The Books of Jacob
Jennifer Croft is the recipient of a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, which was awarded the 2015 Nike Literature Award, Poland's… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., October 22
Bahrain sentences photo-ripping activist, Bangladeshi blogger receives death threat, and a Honduran reporter is banned from travel. More
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