'Every time it’s told – no matter how differently – a little bit of our shared history and beliefs is told as well.'

This week in #PENTransmissions , Mariam Jallow's essay on fear and folklore.

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We’re delighted to welcome new trustees @rachdavisauthor, @dinanayeri & Nicky Parker, who have joined the Board of English PEN.
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Thrilled to be working with The Booker Prizes for this #PENPresents round for translators from the Global Majority. Outstanding writing, outstanding translation, more of it, greater representation, better financial conditions.

We are thrilled to announce our new annual literary prize, the PEN Heaney Prize, in partnership with Irish PEN & Estate of Seamus Heaney.

Publisher submissions are open from now until 3 June.
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When Kyung-Sook Shin was asked to contribute to ALL WALLS COLLAPSE (an anthology of stories about borders) by Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow and English PEN, she wrote an amazing story about Daeseong-song. From the perspective of a cat that lived there, no less: commapress.co.uk/books/all-wall…

The Globalist: Georgina Godwin and Will Forrester of @EnglishPEN look back on the life and legacy of the late #MaryseConde monocle.com/radio/shows/th…

The Globalist: Dr Benedetta Berti on #NATO75years and Richard Heydarian on the Philippines. Plus: Yossi Mekelberg on arms sales to Israel, the papers with Katharine Carpenter, business with Vicky Pryce and Will Forrester of @EnglishPEN on #MaryseConde monocle.com/radio/shows/th…

In relation to the cancelation of the forthcoming 'Voices of Resilience' event at Home, and the libelous allegation that led to it, Comma has made its statement here:
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'The memorisation of poems has become a yardstick by which I calibrate steadfastness.'

Today in #PENTransmissions : lisa minerva luxx's (lisa minerva luxx • من النهر إلى البحر) personal essay on poetry, memory, breathing.

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#Montenegro : Solidarity with PEN member Andrej Nikolaidis, who finds himself yet again harassed and smeared by pro-government supporters. Pressure, intimidation, and threats aimed at stifling independent voices must end at once: pen-international.org/news/montenegr…
Crnogorski PEN centar - Montenegrin PEN Center

🚨🚨🚨There's just under a week remaining for literary translators to apply to become our third Translation Advisory Co-Chair, supporting and advising
English PEN's translation and international literature programme.

Please spread the word and apply!

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📚National Translation Awards (NTA) in Prose: Philip Boehm, Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Will Forrester, Joon-Li Kim, and Poupeh Missaghi پوپه میثاقی

“With small languages [that people don’t know exist] we can do big things”

Pol Guasch and Balsam Karam talking about Kurdish, Swedish and Catalan in translation with Will Forrester at The Literary Translation Centre. #LBF24

Pleased to announce 12 English PEN #PENTranslates awards:

🟣 10 languages
🟠 11 regions
🔴 11 publishers
🔵 Switzerland & Montenegro for the first time.

Congratulations to all the translators, publishers, authors, & everyone involved.

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Ahead of the ceasefire vote today in Parliament, we once again call for an immediate ceasefire and urge the UK government to take measures to protect journalists and all those affected in the Israel-Gaza conflict. #CeasefireNOW