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

Current Supporters

PEN International is grateful to the following organisations for their generous support:

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Freedom to Create

Clifford Chance

Commonwealth Foundation

International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN)

Japan PEN

The Neil Kreitman Foundation

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Fritt Ord Institute

Oxfam Novib

The Gulbenkian Foundation

PEN American Center

Pentagram

The Sigrid Rausing Trust

The Sulzberger Foundation

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

The Swedish Ministry of Culture

Temple Translations

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Union

Other donors who wish to remain anonymous

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