by PenSydney | May 31, 2025 | News
A letter written in January this year by imprisoned Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been made public for the first time. Now in his sixth year of unjust detention in China Yang Hengjun’s health has deteriorated rapidly. In defiance of the looming suspended death...
by PenSydney | May 31, 2025 | News
Students in NSW schools are watching a genocide in Gaza unfold on their phones, yet their teachers are banned from discussing the story with them. Celebrating students’ cultural backgrounds is encouraged, except if you’re Palestinian. Chris Breen...
by PenSydney | May 24, 2025 | News
We live in an era of unprecedented access to information, yet power and authority often present fiction as fact. As a writer and lawyer, Shankari Chandran recognises fiction’s limitations in delivering justice. But her interviews with survivors of Sri Lankan genocide...
by PenSydney | Mar 1, 2025 | News
Twitter is toxic, Threads is irrelevant – the world is moving to Bluesky and we’re joining them. Follow us @pensydney PEN Sydney has decided to join the rest of the PEN community by joining Bluesky. Follow us @pensydney for all the news you need about...
by PenSydney | Mar 1, 2025 | News
Creative Australia’s withdrawal of its selection of the artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino for the Venice Biennale is censorship. PEN Sydney has joined more than 4000 from the arts community in signing an open letter calling on Creative...
by PenSydney | Feb 28, 2025 | News
The ABC’s actions in the Antoinett Lattouf constitute censorship and are contravene its obligations towards its employees and public. Journalist Antoinette Lattouf is currently awaiting a decision in her Federal Court case against the ABC for unlawful termination. The...
