Every year, PEN International hosts a number of events around the world promoting freedom of expression and celebrating literature in a variety of ways. PEN Centres stage events such as literary festivals large and small, storytelling sessions with families and children, book clubs and everything in between. One important occasion to mark is the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November, which gives the entire PEN community a chance to celebrate our work across the world as well as drawing attention to the ongoing persecution faced by many writers today.

  • 7 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
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    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
  • 15 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series

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‘To the journalists and writers of Mexico…’. January 31st, 2012

On 27 January 2012 PEN International published a letter in the Mexican paper El Universal and Canadian Le Devoir addressed to the writers and journalists of Mexico, who have been …

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PEN International to Mexican Government: Killings of Journalists Must End. January 30th, 2012

Writers’ Organization Concludes Five-Day Mission Highlighted by Historic Public Declaration of Solidarity Mexico City, January 30, 2012—A delegation of PEN International today reiterated its call for “immediate and definitive action” …

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PEN PROTESTA! Leading authors Call for Justice for Murdered Colleagues in Mexico. January 27th, 2012

27 January 2012. PEN International today published a full-page ad in El Universal signed by 170 of the world’s leading writers declaring solidarity with Mexican writers and journalists. This is …

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Day of the Dead Campaign 2011 Report. November 24th, 2011

On 2 November 2011 PEN International launched its Day of the Dead campaign commemorating the Mexican writers and print journalists who have been murdered, or who have disappeared, as a …

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