William Nygaard's speech on self-censoriship
Video of William Nygaard, president of the Norwegian Centre (2013-19), speaking at the International Publishers Association Congress, which was held in New Delhi, India, on 10-12 February 2018. In...
Night of the Imprisoned Writer event
Flyer for an event organised by the English Centre in collaboration with ice&fire theatre company titled Night of the Imprisoned Writer, which was held in London on 15 November...
Swedish Centre's letter-writing session
Photograph of PEN members at a letter-writing session organised by the Swedish Centre for PEN International's Day of the Imprisoned writer on 15 November 2011. Among them is Eugene...
Stoppard, Gruša and Stránský in Prague
Photograph of members of the Czech Centre in Prague in 2005. From left to right are: Tom Stoppard; Jiří Gruša, president of PEN International (2003-09); and Jiří Stránský, president...
PEN Conference in Accra
Photograph of PEN members at a conference held in Accra in 2005 in preparation for the 73rd PEN International Congress in Dakar, Senegal, 4-7 July 2007, titled The World...
Members during conference in Accra
Photograph of PEN members at a conference held in Accra in 2005 in preparation for the 73rd PEN International Congress in Senegal, 4-7 July 2007, titled The World and...
Hasenkeyf before the floods
Photograph of the ancient town of Hasenkeyf in Turkey in 2005. In this year a delegation from PEN International visted Turkey for the International PEN Diyarbakir Seminar on Cultural...
Dinner at the Guadalajara Book Fair
Photograph of PEN members at a dinner held during the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL Guadalajara) in 2006. Seated from left to right are: the Mexican-American filmmaker Moisés Zamora;...
Conference in Accra
Photograph of PEN members at a conference held in Accra in 2005 in preparation for the 73rd PEN International Congress in Dakar, Senegal, 4-7 July 2007, titled The World...
Writers and PEN members in Hasenkeyf
Photograph of PEN members with Kurdish and Turkish writers gathered in the ancient town of Hasenkeyf, Turkey, in March 2005. Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, international secretary (2004-07) and vice-president emeritus of...
PEN members in Hasenkeyf
Photograph of members from PEN International and the Kurdish and Turkish Centres gathered in the ancient town of Hasenkeyf, Turkey, in March 2005. The three delegates standing at the...
Spender and Leedom-Ackermann in Turkey
Photograph of Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, on the left, international secretary (2004-07) and vice-president emeritus of PEN International, with Jane Spender, on the right, programme director at PEN International (1997-2009) and...
Performer at PEN Congress in Senegal
Photograph of a performer at the 73rd PEN International Congress in Dakar, Senegal, which was held on 4-11 July 2007 and titled The World and Human Values.
Performance at PEN Congress in Senegal
Photograph of a performance taking place during the 73rd PEN International Congress in Dakar, Senegal, which was held on 4-11 July 2007 and titled The World and Human Values.
Presenting resolution on Philippines languages
Photograph of nine delegates from different islands and areas of the archipelago of the Phillipines presenting the Resolution on the Promotion of Language Justice and the Protection of the...
Panel discussion at Manila Congress
Photograph of a panel discussion titled Writing the Future in Indigenous Languages underway on the first day of the 85th PEN International Congress in Manila, Philippines, which was held...
Speed dating event in Pune
Photograph of a 'speed dating' event between translators and authors that took place at the 84th PEN International Congress in Pune, India, which was held on 25-29 September 2018...
Port Harcourt Book Festival panel
Photograph of the panel at a PEN event held during the 2014 edition of Port Harcourt Book Festival (UNESCO World Book Capital 2014) titled What Language Means to Literature:...
Shahidul Alam at At Home Everywhere
Photograph of the activist and photographer Shahidul Alam speaking at a conference that was co-organised by the Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN, which was held in Rotterdam...
Hamid's tribute to Chenjerai Hove
Photograph of Abazar A. Bagi Hamid performing at a tribute to Chenjerai Hove, which took place during a meeting co-organised by the Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN held...
Panel at Rotterdam ICORN meeting
Photograph of a panel event taking place during a meeting co-organised by the Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN, which was held in Rotterdam on 29-31 May 2019 under...
Salil Tripathi and Shahidul Alam
Photograph of Salil Tripathi, on the left, Board member of the English centre (2009-13) and chair of the Writers in Prison Committee (2015-), and the activist and photographer Shahidul...
Panel in Lillehammer ICORN meeting
Photograph of panellists at a conference held during a meeting co-organised by the Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN, which was held in Lillehammer from 31 May to 2...
Eide, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and Torner
Photograph of PEN members attending a meeting co-organised by the Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN, which was held in Lillehammer from 31 May to 2 June 2017 under...
Zineb El Rhazoui at joint assembly
Photograph of Zineb El Rhazoui, former columnist at Charlie Hebdo (2011-17), speaking during the joint assembly of a meeting co-organised by the Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN and...
Zineb El Rhazoui at ICORN meeting
Photograph of Zineb El Rhazoui, former columnist at Charlie Hebdo (2011-17), speaking during the joint assembly of a meeting co-organised by PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN...
Nawzat Shamdin and Basim Mardan
Photograph of panellists at a meeting co-organised by PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee and ICORN and hosted by the Netherlands Centre, which was held in Amsterdam on 26-28...
Oleg Sentsov at the Frontline Club
Photograph of an event held at the Frontline Club in London on 15 November, the day of PEN International's annually observed Day of the Imprisoned Writer, in 2019. At...
WiPC meeting in Barcelona, 2004
Photograph of delegates at the opening ceremony of a Writers in Prison Conference held in Barcelona on 16-21 May 2004. From left to right are: Carles Torner, executive director...
Cathy McCann and Larry Siems
Photograph of Cathy McCann, on the left, former researcher for the Writers in Prison Committee and Writers at Risk Protection Manager (2015-) at PEN International, with Larry Siems, on...
WiPC conference in Kathmandu
Photograph of delegates at a conference of the Writers in Prison Committee held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2000. The delegates who attended this conference were: Diana Ayton-Shenker (American Centre);...
WiPC members in Kathmandu
Photograph of Writers in Prison Committee members in Kathmandu for a WiPC conference held there in 2000. From left to right are: Alexander Tkachenko, founding member and general secretary...
Panel at WiPC's 6th conference
Photograph of panellists at the 6th conference of the Writers in Prison Committee, which was hosted by the Turkish Centre and held in Istanbul on 2-4 March 2006. From...
Clark and Whyatt at 6th conference
Photograph of panellists at the 6th conference of the Writers in Prison Committee, which was hosted by the Turkish Centre and held in Istanbul on 2-4 March 2006. Karin...
Recital at the 1st WiPC conference
Photograph of a committee member reciting work at the 1st conference of the Writers in Prison Committee, which was hosted by the Danish Centre and held in Helsingør in...
In Other Words banner
Photograph of a street view showing the banner that was used for the biennial ICORN Network Meeting and PEN International Writers in Prison Conference, which was held in Lillehammer...
1st conference of the WiPC
Photograph of the 1st conference of the Writers in Prison Committee, which was hosted by the Danish Centre and held in Helsingør in 1996. Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, then chair of...
Meeting at 1st WiPC conference
Photograph of members at the 1st conference of the Writers in Prison Committee, which was hosted by the Danish Centre and held in Helsingør in 1996. From second from...
Literary evening with Semezdin Mehmedinović
Photograph of a literary evening with the writer and filmmaker Semezdin Mehmedinović that was organised and hosted by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre as part of their "Literary Conversations" series. This...
Panel at event with Semezdin Mehmedinović
Photograph of speaker at a literary evening with the writer and filmmaker Semezdin Mehmedinović that was organised and hosted by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre as part of their "Literary Conversations"...
Freedom of Speech Literary Conversation
Photograph of a round table event hosted by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre as part of their "Literary Conversations" series, which was held at Historijskom muzeju BiH (History Museum of Bosnia...
Reading Balkans: Vladimir Arsenić's literary evening
Photograph of a literary evening organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre and held at Historijskom muzeju BiH (History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 26 August 2020. This evening was...
Reading Balkans: Jasmina Topić's literary evening
Photograph of a literary evening organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre and held at Muzej književnosti i pozorišne umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine (Museum of Literature and Theater Arts of Bosnia...
Literary evening in Sarajevo
Photograph of a literary evening organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre and held at Multimedijalni Centar Mak in Sarajevo on 26 February 2020. This event, which was titled Kako ne...
Poetry session in Sarajevo
Photograph of literary event organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre as part of their "Poetry Session" series, which was held at Multimedijalni Centar Mak in Sarajevo on 13 February 2020....
Writers in Creative Reading in Sarajevo
Photograph of a literary event held by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre in collaboration with PEN International titled Pisci u kreativnom čitanju (Writers in Creative Reading), which took place at Multimedijalni...
Social Change workshop in Banja Luka
Photograph of participants of a workshop organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre in collaboration with PEN International titled Creative Writing: Journey to a Social Change. The first cycle of these...
Writers in Creative Reading poster
Poster advertising a literary event organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre in collaboration with PEN International titled Pisci u kreativnom čitanju (Writers in Creative Reading), which took place at Multimedijalni...
Creative workshop with Nedžad Ibrahimović
Photograph of participants of a workshop organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre in collaboration with PEN International titled Creative Writing: Journey to a Social Change. The first cycle of these...
Creative workshop in Banja Luka
Photograph of participants of a workshop organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre in collaboration with PEN International titled Creative Writing: Journey to a Social Change. The first cycle of these...
Round table event in Sarajevo
Poster advertising a round table event hosted by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, with support from the Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was held...
Regional Conference poster
Poster advertising a conference event organised by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre that was titled the Regional Conference of Literature and Culture for Peace: destruction, reconstruction, construction. This conference was held...
Celebrating the Centre's 20th anniversary
Poster advertising an event hosted by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Centre and the Heinrich Böll Foundation and held at Atelje Figure in Sarajevo on 31 October 2012 to celebrate the Centre's...
Programmes for the 7th and 8th Literary Awards
Programmes for the 7th and 8th editions of the Annual Literary Awards Festival, which was hosted by the USA West Centre and took place on the 28 October, in...
Women's Day performance at Volcano Theatre
Flyers in Welsh and English advertising an evening of poetry, stories and music that was organised by the Welsh Centre and held at Volcano Theatre in Swansea on 8...
Stage set for Standing Together
Photograph of the stage set for Standing Together/Efo’n Gilydd/ Pia Vınderime/Piştgiriye - a night of songs and poetry in Kurdish and in Welsh that took place on 26 June...
Ali Sizer with Kurdish performers
Photograph of the musician Ali Sizer with a group of women from the Kurdish Community Centre in Newport rehearsing for Standing Together/Efo’n Gilydd/ Pia Vınderime/Piştgiriye - A night of...
Performing Standing Together
Photograph of the performance of Standing Together/Efo’n Gilydd/ Pia Vınderime/Piştgiriye - a night of songs and poetry in Kurdish and in Welsh that took place on 26 June 2018...
Dafydd and Sheers at Hay Festival
Photograph of Fflur Dafydd, on the left, and Owen Sheers, on the right - chairs of the Welsh Centre - at the Hay Festival 2016, which was held from...
Glenys M. Roberts wins Translation Challenge
Photograph of Claire Richards, on the left, and Glenys M. Roberts, on the right, at the Her Gyfieithu (Translation Challenge) awards ceremony, which took place on 4 August 2016....
Eric Ngalle Charles speaks with Owen Sheers
Photograph of Eric Ngalle Charles, on the right, member of the Welsh Centre, in conversation with Owen Sheers, chair of the Welsh Centre, on the left, in a post-show...
Launch of The Other Tiger
Invitation to the launch of Gwyn, Richard. The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry From Latin America . Bridgend: Seren Books, 2016. This event launching Richard Gwyn's anthology of Spanish language...
Workshop with Eric Ngalle Charles
Photograph taken during a writing workshop that was held after a talk given by Eric Ngalle Charles, member of the Wesh Centre, who can be seen here seated at...
Africa Cymru event poster
Poster advertising an event organised by the Welsh Centre that was titled Africa Cymru . This event was held in the town of Criccieth on 23 June 2017 and...
Catalunya: Beth Nesaf? event flyer
Flyer advertising a conference that was co-organised by the Welsh Centre in collaboration with Mercator International and the Assemblea Nacional Catalana titled Catalunya: Beth Nesaf? (Catalonia: What's Next?). This...
Idrissa Camara and George Gumisiriza
Photograph of Idrissa Camara, on the left, founder and director of Ballet Nimba (2010-) and George Gumizirisa, on the right, poet and author, at a literary evening organised by...
Participants of Africa Cymru
Photograph of participants of an event organised by the Welsh Centre titled Africa Cymru, which was held in the town of Criccieth on 23 June 2017. Standing at the...
George Gumisiriza and Sally Baker
Photograph of speakers in conversation at an event organised by the Welsh Centre titled Africa Cymru, which was held in the town of Criccieth on 23 June 2017. Here,...
Vietnamese Abroad Centre's 40th anniversary
Photograph of guests at a gala held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Vietnamese Abroad Centre. This event, which was held in Washington on 31 March 2018, was...
Centre's 11th Congress in Toronto
Collage of photographs of members of the Vietnamese Abroad Centre at the Centre's 11th Congress, which was held in Toronto on 15-17 December 2017. Lloyd Duong, president of the...
Gudziak recieves Vasyl Stus Award
Photograph of Mykola Riabchuk (on the left), honorary president of the Ukrainian Centre, awarding Borys Gudziak (on the right), Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Philadelphia (2019-), the...
Speakers at Free The Word!
Photograph of speakers at a Free The Word! event that was held by the Ugandan Centre at Kyambogo University (KYU) in Kampala, most likely in 2017.
Performance at Free The Word!
Photograph of students performing at a Free The Word! event that was held by the Ugandan Centre at Kyambogo University in Kampala (KYU), most likely in 2017.
Student performance at Free The Word!
Photograph of students performing at a Free The Word! event that was held by the Ugandan Centre at Kyambogo University in Kampala (KYU), most likely in 2017.
Audience at Free The Word!
Photograph of students of Kyambogo University (KYU) in Kampala at a Free The Word! event that was held by the Ugandan Centre, most likely in 2017.
Free The Word! speaker
Photograph of a speaker at a Free The Word! event that was held by the Ugandan Centre at Kyambogo University (KYU) in Kampala, most likely in 2017.
Free The Word! at Kyambogo University
Photograph of a Free The Word! event underway at Kyambogo University (KYU) in Kampala, organised by the Ugandan Centre and most likely held in 2017.
Students at Free The Word!
Photograph of students of Kyambogo University (KYU) in Kampala at a Free The Word! event that was held by the Ugandan Centre, most likely in 2017.
Cengiz Bektaş receieves 2018 Poetry Award
Photogaph of participants of a ceremony held in Istanbul on 21 March 2018, World Poetry Day, to award Cengiz Bektaş the Turkish Centre's 2018 PEN Poetry Award. From left...
Panel at Diyarbakir Book Fair
Photograph of speakers at a panel event held during the TUYAP Fairs and Exhibitions Organisation's Diyarbakir Book Fair, which took place in Diyarbakir on 25-30 September 2018. This panel...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer in Istanbul
Photograph of panellists at a conference organised for Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November 2018 and held at Cezayir Toplantı Salonu'nda (Algeria Meeting Hall) in Istanbul. This...
Peace Committee event in Ankara
Photograph of panellists who spoke at conferences held in the cities of Ankara, Diyarbakir and Izmir, which were organised by PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee under the leadership...
Launch of Canımı Yakma!
Photograph of participants on stage at the launch of Çay, Merve, ed. Canımı Yakma! (Don’t Hurt Me!). Istanbul: Kırmızı Kedi Yayınları, 2016. This anthology, which was created by the...
Peace Conference in Diyarbakır
Photograph of panellists at the PEN 2016 Peace Conference in Diyarbakır, which was held on 25 September 2016 in Turkish, Kurdish and English. From left to right are: Halil...
Performance at the Casa della Musica
Photograph taken during the last of a series of reading performances in which the Trieste Centre took part, at the Casa della Musica, in Trieste, between 2014 and 2015.
Nimble Feathers certificate to Renaud Dossavi
Certificate delivered by the writers club Nimble Feathers to Renaud Dossavi, general secretary of the Togolese Centre (2016-), on 15 May 2018, for his participation to the Festival Littérature...
Nimble Feathers certificate to PEN Togo
Certificate delivered by the writers club Nimble Feathers to the Togolese Centre on 15 May 2018, for his participation to the Festival Littérature et Arts (FesLArts) organised by the...
La Nuit des Auteurs round table
Photograph of a round table on the Togolese literature during the La Nuit des Auteurs event, on 2 December 2017, at the Hakuna Matata Centre, in Lomé. This event,...
Speaker on Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2016
Photograph of a member of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre speaking at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre for Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November...
Speaker on World Poetry Day
Photograph of a member of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre speaking at an event organised by the Centre for World Poetry Day on 21 March 2016. This event was...
Presenting on World Poetry Day
Photograph of a member of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre speaking at an event organised by the Centre for World Poetry Day on 21 March 2016. This event was...
80th PEN Congress panellists
Photograph of delegates taking part in a panel event held during the 80th PEN International Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, which was held from 29 September to 2 October 2014....
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2016 speakers
Photograph of guest speakers at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre for Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November 2016. This event was co-organised with...
Nyima Tso on World Poetry Day 2018
Photograph of Nyima Tso, secretary and treasurer of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre (2016-), speaking at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre for World Poetry Day...
World Poetry Day 2018 in Sarah
Photograph of speakers and the audience at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre for World Poetry Day on 21 March 2018. This event was held at...
Lhoudoup Palsang on Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Photograph of Lhoudoup Palsang, president of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre (2016-19), speaking at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre for Day of the Imprisoned Writer...
Panellists and guests at Norbu House
Photograph of guests and speakers gathered for a panel discussion held on 7 April 2017 at Hotel Norbu House in Dharamsala titled Intersection of Language, Culture and Identity. This...
Speakers at Language, Culture and Identity event
Photograph of speakers at a panel discussion held on 7 April 2017 at Hotel Norbu House in Dharamsala titled Intersection of Language, Culture and Identity. This event was co-organised...
Language, Culture and Identity event flyer
Flyer for a panel discussion held on 7 April 2017 at Hotel Norbu House in Dharamsala titled Intersection of Language, Culture and Identity. This event was co-organised by the...
Lhoudoup Palsang on World Poetry Day
Photograph of Lhoudoup Palsang, president of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre (2016-19), speaking at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre for World Poetry Day, 21 March...
Day of Imprisoned Writer 2017 flyer
Poster displaying the details of an event held for Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November 2017. This event was co-organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre and...
Holding the Day of Imprisoned Writer report
Photograph of members of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre holding reports with the English title "A Report on Imprisoned Tibetan Writers", which was issued to guests at an event...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer with Kirti Rinpoche
Photograph of guests at an event held for Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November 2014. The guest of honour at this event was His Eminence the 11th...
Lokdun interviewed in Dharamsala
Photograph of Lokdun, vice-president of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre (2016-22), being interviewed during an event held for Day of the Imprisoned Writers, 15 November 2018. This event was...
Geshe Lhakdor and Tashi Tsering
Photograph of Venerable Geshe Lhakdor, on the left, Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) and a trustee of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility, and Tashi...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2018, Dharamsala
Photograph of guests at an event held for Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November 2018. Those seated at the table are the guests of honour: Venerable Geshe...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2017, Dharamsala
Photograph of members of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre holding reports at an event organised by the Centre for Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November 2017. This event...
Nyima Tso on World Poetry Day 2016
Photograph of Nyima Tso, secretary and treasurer of the Tibtan Writers Abroad Centre (2016-), speaking at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre on World Poetry Day,...
Photograph collage of World Poetry Day speakers
Collage of photographs of speakers who took part in an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre for World Poetry Day, 21 March 2016. This event was held...
World Poetry Day 2016 in Dharamsala
Photograph of a speaker and the audience at an event organised by the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre on World Poetry Day on 21 March 2016. This event was held...