SLAPPs: The Greatest Free Expression Threat You’ve Never Heard Of?
SLAPPs are a prevalent and serious—but still under-acknowledged—threat to free speech and expression. It should never be “unaffordable” to speak up. More
PEN America Enlists Writers to Urge Egypt’s Leader to Free Author
At least 120 prominent writers and artists from around the world have signed a letter sent to Egypt’s president urging him to release Ahmed Naji, an Egyptian author and… More
PEN Podcast: Margaret Atwood Reads “The Tent” and “A Poor Woman Learns to Write”
Canadian poet, novelist, critic, essayist, and environmental activist Margaret Atwood attempts to answer the question "Does writing change anything?" More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., September 18
PEN appeals to Xi Jinping, more Azeri reporters detained, and Egypt bans coverage of attack on Mexican tourists. More
Margaret Atwood on the Writers’ Mind and the Digital Otherworld
What does it mean to write with the Web? How does our constant access to information and ideas affect the landscape of imagination? What are the ramifications on the… More
Surveillance: An Innocent Fiction?
Science fiction has long explored the possibility and implications of government omniscience resulting from ever-expanding state surveillance powers. But it's not just Orwell and Kafka—writers throughout history and across… More
PEN World Voices Festival Tenth Anniversary Highlights
Founded in 2005 under the direction of Salman Rushdie, the PEN World Voices Festival has hosted more than 1,400 writers from 78 countries, speaking 56 languages. More
From the Archives: Margaret Atwood, Power of the Pen
Many people are howling, some howling grief because those they love have died or been killed. Others howl in triumph because they have caused the loved ones of their… More
TimesTalks
Internationally celebrated authors talk with A.O. Scott of The New York Times: Martin Amis (The Pregnant Widow and the upcoming Lionel Asbo: The State of England), Margaret Atwood (The… More
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