Day of the Imprisoned Writer - 15 November 2011
International PEN Sydney Centre would like to invite members and guests to the annual commemoration of the Day of the Imprisoned Writer on Tuesday, 15 November 2011.
The event will be held in Lecture Room 4G, Level 4, City Campus (Blake Library) at the University of Technology, Sydney. The library is located on the corner of Ultimo Rd and Quay St. Doors will open at 6pm for a 6.30pm start.
The Day of the Imprisoned Writer is an international day observed annually on November 15 to recognise and support writers who stand up for the basic human right to freedom of expression, and to commemorate writers killed and imprisoned during the previous year.
Keynote speakers for the evening are Julian Disney, Professor and Director of the Social Justice Project at the University of NSW and Chair of the Australia Press Council, and Katharine Gelber, Associate Professor in Public Policy and author of “Speech Matters: How to Get Free Speech Right” (UQ Press 2011). The MC for the evening will be Australian author and Sydney PEN Life Member Thomas Keneally AO.
This event is free. RSVP to executive@pen.org.au.