PEN Sydney - Freedom to Read. Freedom to Write.

Translation prize shortlist announced

The black witness must be believed

Amy McQuire gives the annual PEN Sydney Lecture

Sydney Belmarsh Tribunal

Experts pressure Prime Minister to save Assange

Sarah Malik for IWD

"I read not as a luxury but as if my life depended on it: reading was the lifeline that opened my horizons"

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PEN Sydney is based on the sovereign lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to the custodians of the many Countries of this continent upon whose stolen land we live and work.