by PenSydney | Oct 16, 2026 | News
Pham Doan Trang is the 2026 recipient of an award that promotes democratic freedoms and universal human rights. Pham Doan Trang is the 2026 recipient of the ‘Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk’ from The Vaclav Havel Centre, founded in 2012 to...
by PenSydney | Oct 7, 2026 | News
A legend of the Australian publishing industry is remembered Acclaimed writer, editor and publisher Hilary McPhee AO, has died aged 85.She was a founding director, with Di Gribble, of McPhee Gribble (1975–89), chairof the Australia Council for the Arts and of the...
by PenSydney | Sep 30, 2026 | News
Dedicated defender of social justice, freedom of speech and expression dies aged 82. Carol Dettmann OAM, publisher and activist, who spent many years as acommittee member of Sydney PEN, has died aged 82. Loving and beloved wife for 50 years of Nicholas Dettmann and...
by PenSydney | Sep 27, 2026 | News
Human Rights groups call on the US Congress to do all it can to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai from detention in China. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on the United States Congress to use “all available diplomatic means and opportunities”...
by PenSydney | Sep 27, 2026 | News
PEN Sydney congratulates Cheng Lei, who is set to become the next president of PENMelbourne. The organisation will ratify her appointment at its next AGM in December. Lei is a journalist, playwright, and broadcaster who was detained by Chinese authorities inAugust...
