by Blick | Jun 26, 2023 | News
The PEN community mourns the passing of writer and President of PEN Myanmar, Nyein Chan (henceforth referred to by his pen name, Nyi Pu Lay). On 21 June 2023, Nyi Pu Lay died following a heart attack. Since the coup, Nyi Pu Lay had been living in hiding, preventing...
by Blick | Jun 24, 2023 | News
Bread and Roses was secretly filmed with the use of multiple covert cameras in the weeks following the fall of Kabul. Picture courtesy of cinematographer Sami Murtaza. “You only oppress women,” the young woman says to the Taliban fighter. “I told...
by Blick | Jun 23, 2023 | News
On the 13th of July PEN Sydney hosted “Tales of the Wind,” an evening of Uyghur poetry, food and dance to help raise money for The World Uyghur Writers’ Union. “To write in an indigenous language today is far more than a political statement: it is a heroic act of...
by Blick | Jun 5, 2023 | News
Ann Patchett on twitter When tragedy came to Nashville, when a person with a gun shot to death three children and three adults at a local school in late March, internationally acclaimed writer Ann Patchett did what booksellers do — invited people in. Report by Lisa...
by Blick | Jun 5, 2023 | News
Robert Adamson on a wharf on the river. Photograph by Hazel Johnston In July of 2022, following a pattern of several decades, my family and I visited Robert Adamson and his wife, the photographer Juno Gemes, at their home on Cheero Point, on the Hawkesbury River north...
by Blick | Jun 5, 2023 | News
Behrouz Boochani made many public appearances and attend many events during his recent visit, including a dinner held by the Kurdish Youth Association in Blacktown, Sydney, in late January attended by members of Sydney PEN. His appearance at Parliament House was in...
