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PEN International´s Writers for Peace Committee @piwpc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We are pleased to share that we are already working towards establishing our presence on social media. More information will be available soon. In the meantime, we warmly invite you to follow us and stay tuned.
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Nous avons le plaisir de vous informer que nous travaillons déjà à notre présence sur les réseaux sociaux. Des informations complémentaires seront bientôt disponibles. En attendant, nous vous invitons chaleureusement à nous suivre et à rester à l’écoute.
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Les contamos que estamos ya trabajando para estar en redes. Pronto más información. Mientras tanto, les invitamos a seguirnos y estar atentos y atentas. @piwpc.bsky.social
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
EVENT: PEN International and Polish PEN open the 91st Congress in Kraków with Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk and PEN President Burhan Sonmez. 🎟 Reserve your seat: kbfbilety.krakow.pl/kup-bilet/ur... 📍 Kino Kijów, Kraków 🗓 Tuesday 2 September 🕠 17:30–19:00 CEST
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Kup bilet - Uroczysta inauguracja | Opening Ceremony | KBF: BILETY | Wydarzenia w Krakowie
Słowo od MARGARET ATWOOD (online) | Address from MARGARET ATWOOD (online)MEMORY, MIGRATION AND MYTH IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
At the African Book Fair in Nairobi, writers and advocates came together to celebrate literary freedom. Thank you to Soma Nami Books for hosting Nduko o’Matigere, Natasha Omokhodion, and Dr. Njuki Githethwa for a vital panel discussion on censorship and expression.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Can literature survive repression? Join us to explore this question at our public event: PEN in the Age of Anxiety, part of PEN International’s 91st Annual Congress. kbfbilety.krakow.pl/kup-bilet/pe... 🗓 3 SEP | 20:00 CEST 📍 International Cultural Centre, Kraków #PENCongress25
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Kup bilet - PEN w czasach niepokoju | PEN In The Age Of Anxiety | KBF: BILETY | Wydarzenia w Krakowie
PEN IN THE AGE OF ANXIETY / PEN W CZASACH NIEPOKOJUNatasha Lomouri, Adam Michnik, Wołodymyr JermołenkoChair / prowadzenie: Agnieszka Lichnerowicz
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
#Belarus: Writer & journalist Andrzej Poczobut is serving 8 years on fabricated charges. Since 2021 he’s faced solitary confinement & denial of medication. PEN International calls for his immediate release. #EmptyChair #FreePoczobut #Congress25
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
#Algeria: Slam poet Mohamed Tadjadit, “The Poet of the Hirak,” was sentenced to 5 years in Jan 2025—just 4 days after arrest—for online criticism of the govt. He now faces further charges in October. PEN International calls for his release. #EmptyChair #FreedomofWords #WordsoftheFree #Congress25
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
#Venezuela: Journalist Rory Branker was disappeared in Caracas (Feb 2025) after reporting for La Patilla. Accused without due process of “spreading false info,” his whereabouts remain unknown. PEN International calls for his release. #EmptyChair #FreeBranker #FreedomofWords #Congress25
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#Ukraine: Citizen journalist & HRD Iryna Danylovych was abducted in Crimea in 2022 & sentenced to 7 years on fabricated charges. She’s faced torture & denied medical care, causing permanent hearing loss. PEN International calls for her immediate release. #EmptyChair #Congress25
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
LIVE: At PEN International’s 91st Congress, President Burhan Sonmez reflects: the 20th century brought unbearable pains, and yet a quarter into the 21st, bombs, poverty and oppression still echo across continents.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
LIVE: Burhan Sonmez, International President, speaks from the PEN International 91st Annual Congress on the origins of the word freedom. This year’s Congress is a gathering of hope uniting writers and advocates of freedom of expression worldwide.
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Umit Ozturk @umitozturk1.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We're attending the opening of @peninternational.bsky.social 91st congress in #Krakow. Excellent hosting by tireless friends at Polish PEN Club. Inspiring words by Margaret Atwood, and with PEN International President Burhan Sönmez and Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk. Love, peace, and solidarity. ❤️🕊✊️
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
LIVE: Burhan Sonmez, International President, speaks from the PEN International 91st Annual Congress on the origins of the word freedom. This year’s Congress is a gathering of hope uniting writers and advocates of freedom of expression worldwide.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
LIVE: Memory, Migration and Myth in Contemporary Fiction Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk joins the PEN International President to reflect on the power of writing to courageously confront authority and wield the pen as a sword.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We regret to announce that Andrey Kurkov will not be able to attend this event. He will be replaced by Marek Radziwon, President of Polish PEN Club and Consul General in Lviv, and Pavlo Bylik, Ukrainian poet. kbfbilety.krakow.pl/kup-bilet/wo... #PENCongress25 #FreedomOfWords #WordsOfTheFree
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Kup bilet - Wolne słowo w wolnej Europie Wschodniej | Free Word In Free Eastern Europe | KBF: BILETY | Wydarzenia w Krakowie
WOLNE SŁOWO W WOLNEJ EUROPIE WSCHODNIEJTaciana Niadbaj, Andrij Kurkov, Kristina Sabaliauskaitėprowadzenie/chair: Adam Szostkiewicz
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Today, PEN International President Burhan Sonmez reaffirmed our association’s commitment to writers everywhere. Built on the defence of free expression, PEN International continues to stand firm against threats that silence voices around the world.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
In his address to the assembly today, Burhan Sonmez also called for peace and an end to the suffering of civilians, reminding our Centres that the mission of PEN is rooted in solidarity across borders.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
At our 91st Congress, we mark 100 years of the Polish PEN Club, founded in 1925 with Stefan Żeromski as its first president. Today in Krakow, we celebrate this legacy with the Polish Centenary Exhibition, part of PEN’s global story.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
On our final day at Congress, we came together for powerful conversations on the freedom to publish, cultural erasure, and centering Indigenous literature and culture in global conversations. Thank you to all who shared their voices. Stay tuned for photos and videos in the coming weeks.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🎉 Congratulations! Delegates at PEN’s 91st Congress voted with overwhelming support to welcome new Centres: 🟥 PEN Languages of Russia 🟥 PEN Syria 🟥 The Low German & Frisian PEN 🟥 PEN Spain We look forward to their contributions as they bring their voices into our global network!
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We’re thrilled to welcome Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature, as Vice President of PEN International, our network’s secretariat. Congratulations!
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We're honored to have joined PEN colleagues from around the world for powerful conversations. As #Congress25 comes to a close, we are grateful to PEN International and Polish PEN for bringing together writers to discuss literature, free expression, and solidarity.
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Muy agradecido por esta bella invitación. Un honor para mí el haber participado. Comparto el video de lo que fuera este reciente encuentro organizado por #PENChile, #PENParaguay, #PENArgentina y #PENUruguay youtu.be/uPjeI9i-tMg?...
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Poesía en Libertad
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Across sub-Saharan Africa, freedom of expression is under attack. From Sudan to Eswatini, voices are jailed, silenced, or forced into exile. PEN International stands with them, but we can’t do it alone. Help us take Persecution to Protection: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sum...
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Muy agradecido por esta bella invitación de Pablo Soto a conversar en su #PodcastDelPoeta, les comparto lo que fue en el link a continuación. open.spotify.com/episode/0rZc...
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El Podcast del Poeta / Capítulo 28
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
#EU: We join Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and partners in urging the #EU to issue an effective and bold response to the Erdoğan government’s major blow to the rule of law and human rights in #Türkiye. Read our statement: www.pen-international.org/news/eu-open...
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EU: Open letter on the assault of human rights in Türkiye   — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
16 May 2025: The jailing by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government of a key political opponent is a blatant repudiation of the rights to political association and participation, 58 rights, media,...
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PEN Québec @penquebec.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Chine : des organisations de défense de la liberté de presse condamnent la détention arbitraire depuis 2020 de la journaliste Zhang Zhan penquebec.org/2025/06/07/c...
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Chine : des organisations de défense de la liberté de presse condamnent la détention arbitraire depuis 2020 de la journaliste Zhang Zhan
– 14 mai 2025 De multiples organisations de défense de la liberté de la presse et des droits de l’homme condamnent « fermement la détention arbitraire du journaliste, défenseure des dro…
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
#Egypt: We call on the Egyptian government to release all arbitrarily detained writers and end its crackdown on free expression. We are particularly concerned about the detention of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Galal El-Behairy and Ashraf Omar. www.pen-international.org/news/pen-int... @penmena.bsky.social
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Egypt: PEN International urges Egyptian authorities to release arbitrarily imprisoned writers   — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“The Egyptian government should use the occasion of Eid al-Adha to end the ongoing ordeal faced by many Egyptian families whose loved ones remain arbitrarily detained for expressing their views. Silen...
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Last week, we’ve issued a new statement on Gaza, condemning the ongoing genocide and calling for an #armsembargonow. Find out more ➡️ www.pen-international.org/news/optisra... @penmena.bsky.social
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Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Ayi Renaud Dossavi, Acting Chair of PEN International’s new Young Writers Committee, shares what this milestone means for young writers, creatives, and activists around the world. More voices shaping this new chapter to come — stay tuned.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Along with a rise in book bans, we've seen an increase in the harassment of authors, particularly targeting YA and children’s book authors, authors of color, and LGBTQ+ authors, as well as the bookstores that carry their books. Some steps to take to enhance safety at events: pen.org/as-threats-a...
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PEN Català @pencatala.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Conversa amb Carles Torner sobre la tasca del PEN Català i el PEN Internacional a través del seu Comitè d'Escriptors i Escriptores per la Pau.  El PEN Internacional va néixer com a resposta de la Primera Guerra Mundial, unint a escriptors d'arreu del món.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
PEN International is deeply concerned by Laila Soueif’s critical health on Day 243 of her hunger strike for her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah. We urge the UK government to act now to secure his immediate release. #FreeAlaa
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
PEN America stands with LGBTQ+ writers and readers as we promote and celebrate LGBTQ+ stories throughout and beyond #PrideMonth: bookshop.org/lists/pride-...
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Pride Month Reading List
PEN America stands in support with LGBTQ+ writers and readers as we promote and celebrate LGBTQ+ stories throughout and beyond Pride Month.
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PEN Català @pencatala.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🗣️ El dret a la llengua Demà us esperem a València per reflexionar sobre els drets lingüístics amb una mirada de futur. 🕖 19 h 📍 Octubre CCC Amb Vicenta Tasa, @laurahuerga.bsky.social, Anna Oliver d'Acció Cultural País Valencià i @davidminoves.bsky.social del CIEMEN.
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PEN Català @pencatala.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Divendres vam celebrar la presentació en societat del nou Comitè d’Escriptors i Escriptores per la Pau del PEN Català. La paraula es va alçar com a espai de resistència, diàleg i drets humans. Crònica de Miquel Rodrigo Ubach a @nuvolpuntcom.bsky.social: 🔗 www.nuvol.com/llibres/el-p...
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El PEN Català presenta el Comitè per la Pau
El comitè es va presentar a la llibreria Ona de Barcelona i es va tancar amb una lectura de textos i poemes sobre la guerra i la pau
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Muy contento y agradecido por este comentario de la escritora #NoraStrejilevich que escribiera y presentara en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires para la presentación de mi nuevo libro #DeAmoryTravesía y que hoy publica el diario #ElMostrador l1nq.com/sUCsy
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Poemario “De amor y travesías” de Germán Rojas: la sorpresa que nos arroja a un oleaje impredecible
Este texto fue leído por la autora en la presentación realizada en la más reciente Feria del libro de Buenos Aires.
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Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
If you are in NYC tomorrow, join us at @penamerica.bsky.social to discuss how authoritarian governments suppress the media and how writers push back. Americans, don’t be depressed, things are much worse in some other countries and people there are still fighting! worldvoices.pen.org/event/25-med...
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Erased: Media Erasure and Authoritarianism - PEN World Voices Festival
In an age where truth is under attack, authoritarian regimes are employing a chilling tactic to silence opposition: erasing independent media. By controlling narratives, they dominate political discou...
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PEN International - Las Américas y El Caribe @penamericas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Mañana, en Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa, apoyaremos al periodista cubano José Gabriel Barrenechea, injustamente detenido. Únete a nosotros para exigir su liberación. #WPFD25 #DiaMundialDeLaLibertadDePrensa #JoseGabrielBarrenechea www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Over 100 years ago, PEN was founded on a vision to connect young writers. Today, that dream lives on through @youngwriterspen.bsky.social, uniting voices from 58 countries. Ege Dündar shares how young creatives are building global solidarity. 🔗 www.pen-international.org/committee-ne...
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Ege Dündar Introduces the Young Writers Committee — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
2 May 2025: A century after PEN’s founding, its youngest-ever board member, Ege Dündar, carries forward its mission by championing the voices of young writers worldwide. Today, Dündar reflects on the ...
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Tomorrow, on World Press Freedom Day, we will stand with José Gabriel Barrenechea. As PEN International President Burhan Sonmez reminds us, we must act to defend those who risk everything to speak the truth. Join us in calling for his release: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign... #WPFD25
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Ukraine/Russian Federation: Investigate torture and death in custody of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/ukraine...
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Ukraine/Russian Federation: Investigate torture and death in custody of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“PEN International utterly condemns the horrific torture of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian custody. As the Russian authorities are trying to cover up their crimes and con...
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germanrojas.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Muy contento con este nuevo libro
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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
PEN Canada is deeply concerned by CTV’s abrupt cancellation of a planned election misinformation segment, following what appears to be pressure from online harassment. Our statement today: buff.ly/Hrm6vps 🧵
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PEN Canada alarmed by CTV’s cancellation of fact-checking segment following online backlash
Earlier this month, journalist Rachel Gilmore debuted “Fact-Check Friday” on CTV’s Your Morning. The feature was cancelled after its first airing.
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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Plus, don't miss out on a special panel with the filmmakers and members of the PEN Canada Writers in Exile. 📅 Monday April 28th at 10 am 📍 TIFF Lightbox 🎟️ FREE — save your seat here: buff.ly/1FQTDXM
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Made in Exile panel | Hot Docs
As part of the “Made in Exile” program at this year’s Hot Docs Festival, we are pleased to partner with PEN Canada to present a Made in Exile panel featuring filmmakers and writers from Sudan, Afghani...
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PEN Sydney @pensydney.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#AUSTRALIA 📢 In 2024, Dr. Yang Hengjun, an Australian citizen, was given a suspended death sentence by the People’s Republic of China Australians, contact your local MP and ask what they’re doing for Dr. Yang. The Australian government must act NOW, not after the election. #FreeDrYang
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 16/04/2025
Congratulations to all the shortlisted translators!👏
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