Author's Literary Evenings
Brochure created by the American Centre for their 2019 edition of Author’s Evenings, intimate literary dinners that are held annually and take place in the private homes of writers....
World Voices Festival 2018
Flyer promoting the 13th edition of the World Voices Festival, a festival organised and hosted annually by the American Centre that was founded by Salman Rushdie, president of the...
Postcards for imprisoned writers
Two flyers (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) created by the American Centre as part of their Writers at Risk campaigns. These particular postcards are left blank in order...
Literary Gala 2017
Poster created by the American Centre to promote its 2017 Literary Gala, whose title was Stronger Together. This gala took place at the American Natural History Museum in New...
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
Flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) from one of the American Centre's 2019 campaigns, which called for the release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are...
PEN dinner in New York
Photograph of an early literary gala held by the American Centre (referred to here as The PEN Club) on 25 November at the Commodore Hotel (now the Grand...
Tribute to Chinua Achebe
Flyer for an event that paid tribute Chinua Achebe and the 50th anniversary of his novel Things Fall Apart. This event was organised by the American Centre in...
PEN America Literary Awards
Event programme for the 55th PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony, which took place in New York on 26 February 2019 and was hosted by the American comedian Hari Kondabolu....
Online Harassment Field Manual
Printed cover of PEN American Center. Online Harassment Field Manual - PEN America. New York: PEN America, 20 April 2018. https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/. This printed page represents the front cover...
Brooklyn LitCrawl in 2018
Flyer for a 2018 edition of LitCrawl, a literary bar crawl hosted annually by the American Centre and held in cities across the United States. LitCrawl events invite participants...
Commemorative medallion for 34th Congress
Medallion created to commemorate the 34th PEN International Congress in New York, 1966, which was held on 12-18 June. The title of this Congress was The Writer as...
Jamal Khashoggi Campaign
Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during one of the American Centre's 2018 campaigns, which called attention to the assasination of journalist Jamal...
Press Freedom Incentive Fund
Flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during the American Centre's pilot 2017-18 Press Freedom Incentive Fund, which aimed to rally citizen activism in order to counter the...
Painting of Oleg Sentsov
Painting of the Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov by the American artist Molly Crabapple, which was created as part of the American Centre's 2017 campaign calling for Senstov's release. In...
Oleg Sentsov's case
Front of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during one of the American Centre's 2018 campaigns, which called for the release of Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov,...
Campaigning for Oleg Sentsov
Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used in the American Centre's 2018 campaign advocating for the release of the Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who...
4th Montblanc Literary Gala
Extract from the Vanities section of the magazine Vanity Fair published on 1 June 1990. This page from a larger article titled PEN Pals contains press coverage from the...
An invitation to Writer's Block
Invitation to a literary event organised by the American Centre that celebrated the opening of an art installation titled Writer's Block, which was created by American artist Sheryl Oring...
Liberty Denied by Donna A. Demac
Front cover of Demac, Donna A. Liberty Denied: The Current Rise of Censorship in America. 1st ed. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990. This book, which was first published...
The American Centre's first fifty years
Front cover of Chute, Marchette. P.E.N. American Center: A History of the First Fifty Years. 1st ed. New York: PEN American Center, 1972. This retrospective by Marchette Chute, president...
The World of Translation Conference
Front cover of PEN American Center, The World of Translation, New York: PEN American Center, 1971. This book, which was written and published by the American Centre, contains an...