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PEN America Town Hall Dec. 13 in NYC: How Can the Publishing Industry be Challenged and Transformed to Represent More Diverse Authors, Readers and Books?

Press ReleaseDecember 6, 2022

PEN America President Ayad Akhtar will give opening remarks. Writer, editor, and publisher Roxane Gay, author Min Jin Lee, publishing veteran Erroll McDonald, and writer and editor Chris Beha… More

PEN America Rejects Calls to Cancel New Book by Justice Amy Coney Barrett

Press ReleaseOctober 31, 2022

"It is the role of major publishers to make available a wide array of ideas and perspectives. In so doing, they afford readers, critics, historians, and journalists insight that… More

New PEN America Report: Deep and Persistent Obstacles in Publishing Houses Impede Greater Diversity in Terms of Authors and Stories Told

Press ReleaseOctober 21, 2022

“Publishers are the curators of America’s stories,” said Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, chief program officer for PEN America’s Literary Programs.  “They are gatekeepers who decide whose stories will be told… More

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PEN America Responds to Decision to Take Philip Roth Biography Out of Print

Press ReleaseApril 27, 2021

We are concerned about a precedent whereby even egregious misdeeds by an author result in a book being withdrawn, and potentially taken off limits for readers. More

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PEN America: Simon & Schuster Should Not Cancel Pence Book Deal

Press ReleaseApril 27, 2021

Publishers are free to choose what books to release, but once those decisions are made, there should be a very high bar for reversing them as a result of… More

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PEN America Responds to Publisher’s Decision to Pause Philip Roth Biography

Press ReleaseApril 22, 2021

(New York, NY) — This week, publisher W. W. Norton said it would pause shipments and promotion of Blake Bailey's anticipated book Philip Roth: The Biography after serious and… More

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PEN America Statement on Death of Carolyn Reidy

Press ReleaseMay 12, 2020

(New York, NY) – PEN America today mourns the death of Carolyn Reidy, CEO of Simon & Schuster and an awardee of PEN America. The following is attributable to… More

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PEN America Responds to ‘American Dirt’ Controversy

Press ReleaseJanuary 29, 2020

(New York, NY) – Following news that the publisher of American Dirt plans to cancel its book tour, PEN America issued the following statement: “We have been closely following the… More

Statement: Reports the National Enquirer Is Trying to Curb Publication of Ronan Farrow Book

Press ReleaseOctober 7, 2019

"Threatening a libel suit for a book that has not yet been released--and which Howard appears not to have read--is not only absurd but a reprehensible attempt at censorship. That this threat… More

Open Letter to FTC on the Impact of Market Consolidation on Content Creators

Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2019

“From the publishing realm to the music sector and news media consolidation, reductions in competitive markets risk creating cultural monopolies,” said Nora Benavidez, Director of U.S. Free Expression Programs… More

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Publishing, selling, and owning books is increasingly becoming more dangerous in Hong Kong. Authorities have wielded the colonial-era sedition law to crack down on books on HK’s 2019-20 protests, claiming they "incite hatred" of the government. (1/5) https://pen.org/press-release/hong-kong-authorities-should-drop-sedition-charges-against-book-sellers-pen-america-says/

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We’ll see you out there today, Florida!

We have a sister event happening in Jacksonville too with Public School Defenders:

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