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A Celebration of Salman Rushdie and His New Novel Victory City for Readers on Both Sides of the Atlantic

newsFebruary 10, 2023

By Suzanne Trimel (NEW YORK)—PEN America, PEN Canada and English PEN hosted two global literary stars, Canadian Margaret Atwood and British-born Neil Gaiman, on Thursday evening for an online conversation… More

Salman Rushdie’s New Novel Turns a Spotlight On the Enduring Power of Stories

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By: Suzanne Trimel | January 31, 2023

The publication of a new novel by Salman Rushdie is always a high point on the literary calendar and Victory City, due out Feb. 7, brings added celebration, joy,… More

Celebrating Salman Rushdie’s Victory City

Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm ET
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PEN America Finds Missouri Schools Banned Nearly 300 Books Since August, in Response to New Law Criminalizing “Explicit Sexual Material”

Press ReleaseNovember 16, 2022

The letter reminds school district officials that, “Book bans limit opportunities for students to see themselves in literature and to build empathy for experiences different from their own. They… More

Books banned in Missouri schools in 2022

Spiegelman, Atwood Among Signers of PEN America Letter Against Missouri Book Bans

newsNovember 16, 2022

Art Spiegelman, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Lois Lowry, Roxane Gay, Rupi Kaur, and Alison Bechdel are among the authors and illustrators who signed a PEN America open letter protesting… More

PEN Podcast: Neil Gaiman Performs at An Evening with the Moth

PerformanceNovember 9, 2015

In celebration of his birthday tomorrow, the PEN Podcast features Neil Gaiman telling a story during An Evening with the Moth, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman, other authors push Chinese president to free jailed writers

By: Allison Chopin | September 22, 2015

British author Neil Gaiman is among the 40 authors, journalists and other free expression advocates who added their signatures to a letter urging Chinese President Xi Jinping to release… More

Neil Gaiman joins authors in urging Chinese president to release jailed writers

By: Alison Flood | September 21, 2015

More than 40 authors, including Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman and Ian McEwan, have written an open letter to Xi Jinping, ahead of his first US state visit, expressing ‘concern… More

PEN Appeals to Xi Jinping for Release of Imprisoned Chinese

By: Edward Wong | September 18, 2015

For them, pens and laptops are the tools of their trade and their megaphones to the world. More

Auster, Franzen, Egan, and More to Xi Jinping on Eve of State Visit: Free China’s Jailed Writers

Press ReleaseSeptember 18, 2015

NEW YORK—As President Obama prepares to welcome Xi Jinping on his first official visit to the United States next week, PEN American Center has released an open letter to… More

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