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.

  • 25 Feb 2012 Addis Ababa
    Ethiopian PEN Writers’ Congress
  • 29 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series
  • 14 Mar 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series

Events Archive

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.

  • 21 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
  • 17 Feb 2012 seoul
    PEN International Congress planning meeting
  • 15 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series
  • 14 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
  • 10 Feb 2012 Dún Laoghaire
    Irish PEN Award and Dinner
  • 7 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
  • 1 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series
  • 31 Jan 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
  • 28 Jan 2012 Lusaka
    Zambian PEN Writers’ Circle
  • 24 Jan 2012 London
    Bahrain Report Launch
  • 24 Jan 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
  • 19 Jan 2012 Den Haag
    Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards 2012
  • 18 Jan 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series
  • 17 Jan 2012 san miguel de allende
    San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series
  • 22 Nov 2011 Dakar
    PEN Africa Network Meeting
  • 15 Nov 2011 Darmstadt
    The German PEN Hermann Kesten Award 2011
  • 15 Nov 2011 London
    Day of the Imprisoned Writer
  • 2 Nov 2011 Mexico
    Day of the Dead 2011
  • 12 Oct 2011 Frankfurt
    Free the Word: Times in Transition
  • 12 Sep 2011 Belgrade
    77th PEN International Congress in Belgrade
  • 2 Sep 2011 London, UK
    Nawal El Saadawi in conversation with Lisa Appignanesi
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