Watch: PEN DIY with Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner discusses how important Twitter and Facebook can be to a writer who wants to get their voice heard and their books read. More
PEN DIY: Jennifer Weiner on How to Be Authentic on Social Media
The hilarious and social media-savvy Jennifer Weiner discusses what “Jennifer Weiner-ish self promotion” really is, and why it works. More
Larger Questions as Twitter Enters the Fray in Battle Against Surveillance
Twitter filed suit today against government surveillance on free speech grounds. But Twitter has some questions to answer of its own in Iran and beyond. More
Future Fiction of America
In the spirit of celebrating the honorees for this year’s PEN Literary Awards on September 29th, we’re holding a contest for best book title. More
140 Characters Make You A Terrorist
Saudi Arabia remains one of few countries untouched by the wave of democratic uproar that swept through the Middle East. The reason? According to one Saudi journalist, who chooses… 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
Ten Awesome Tweets on What #FreeExpressionIs
In the past week, hundreds of people have tweeted in PEN’s #FreeExpressionIs campaign for Ilham Tohti. Think you can do better? More
Twitter Inc (TWTR) Dick Costolo CEO to receive PEN award
Costolo will receive the inaugural PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Digital Freedom Award for Twitter serving as a “powerful new tool” that serves as a vehicle for free expression… More
How to Circumvent the Twitter Blockade
The same day PEN announced that Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, will be awarded the inaugural PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Digital Freedom Award, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan… More
Half of All Writers-at-Risk Persecuted for Use of Digital Media, New PEN Study Shows
PEN American Center today launched The Rise of Digital Repression, a new interactive report detailing digital repression's increasing affect on writers around the globe. More
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