Parham Ghalamdar on thresholds, drawings, and war.

Our grants for translated literature support the movement of words and ideas across national and linguistic borders, championing bibliodiversity and reflecting the PEN Charter’s declaration that "lite...

English PEN announces the six shortlisted titles for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026.

English PEN announces the six shortlisted titles for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026.

English PEN has announced the translators shortlisted for the second round of PEN Presents x SALT, its programme funding the often-unpaid work of creating samples and promoting new international proje...

Hundreds remain in prison, including journalists, trade unionists and others who supported the 2020 protests against Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s re-election. #EuropeNews

Shedding light on these untold stories while creating a space for informed discussion on freedom of expression, censorship, exile, and the human cost of silencing independent voices in Eritrea.

Shedding light on these untold stories while creating a space for informed discussion on freedom of expression, censorship, exile, and the human cost of silencing independent voices in Eritrea.

Joanna Elmy on hate, home, and brands.

We’re thrilled to announce a series of four creative…

Internationally renowned contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has donated a limited-edition artwork to help raise critical funds toward English PEN’s fight for free expression.

Read an excerpt from Chapter One of Shady Lewis's third novel, A Brief History of Creation and Eastern Cairo (Dar Elain, 2021), translated by Katharine Halls.

Margaret MacMillan wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize “Winner of Winners” for Peacemakers

Mahtab Grimshaw on food, Iran, and T. S. Eliot

Join PEN International, PEN Eritrea in Exile and PEN Centres worldwide in demanding proof of life for Eritrea's disappeared journalists and writers.

Jacob Ross and Ashley Thorpe in Conversation with Heather Marks about intergenerational writing.

In a coordinated move, Baroness Stowell and Sir John Whittingdale MP will introduce parallel anti-SLAPP Private Members’ Bills

Judges overturn decision of high court that government proscription of group under Terrorism Act was wrong

Alice Oswald on what it means to write with and from conscience.

Reni Eddo-Lodge on what it means to write with and from conscience.

Ahdaf Soueif on what it means to write with and from conscience.

Our grants for translated literature support the movement of words and ideas across national and linguistic borders, championing bibliodiversity and reflecting the PEN Charter’s declaration that