A Friday discussion at Frankfurter Buchmesse brought together international authors to discuss writing in a politicized era.
PEN Pinter Prize: India’s Arundhati Roy Gets UN Backing
Amid widespread world press coverage of charges in Modi’s India, the Booker winner Arundhati Roy prepares to receive the PEN Pinter Prize.
Salman Rushdie Appears at Frankfurt’s Saturday Gala
In one of his first in-person appearances since he was attacked in 2022, Salman Rushdie is to speak at Frankfurt Book Fair’s Literature Gala.
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s News Conference in Germany: ‘The Democracy Fair’
Frankfurt Book Fair’s one-month-preview news conference emphasized the show’s programming in ‘politics, philosophy, and poetry.’
At Frankfurter Buchmesse: Politics and Policy in the Pavilion
Programming at Frankfurt Pavilion in October will feature issues in politics and publishing’s role in the protection of democracy.
The UK’s Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing: Longlist
The Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing honors fiction and nonfiction with a longlist of titles you may not know.
PEN America and the UN’s Karima Bennoune on Artists and Risk
PEN’s new ‘Safety Guide for Artists’ outlines issues, protocols, and resources for those working for freedom of expression and publication.
2018 Frankfurt Recap: Mild Increase in Attendance, Book Trade and Political Discussions
The Frankfurt Book Fair releases attendance numbers, and PP looks back at the week’s discussions of international book trends and political issues.
At Frankfurt: The #OnTheSamePage Human Rights Project Central to Book Fair
‘The abridgement of the rights of a single individual is a breach against each and every one of us,’ the Library of Alexandria’s Ismail Serageldin, for Frankfurt’s #OnTheSamePage campaign.
PEN America Names Some $350,000 in Literary Honors for 2018
PEN America’s annual raft of awards honors both single titles and bodies of work, is worth nearly US$350,000. Among this year’s winners are Edmund White, Edna O’Brien, and Ursula K. Le Guin.
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