by Blick | Mar 14, 2023 | News
It was just over 20 years ago that I walked through the front doors to do an arts and law degree. I was 18, a bookish and shy young Muslim woman from a western Sydney public school. I was exhilarated and so excited by the life I wanted at a big city university like...
by Blick | Mar 8, 2023 | News
Congratulations to the translators shortlisted in this year’s NSW Premier’s Translation Prize. The prize was proposed by PEN Sydney and is funded by Multicultural NSW, with a trophy sponsored by PEN Sydney. The prize is intended to acknowledge the contribution...
by Blick | Mar 8, 2023 | News
Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunals of the Vietnam War, the Belmarsh Tribunal convened in Sydney University’s Great Hall on March 4, for a full-house event co-chaired by legal and media identities Mark Davis and Mary Kostakidis. Mr Assange has now been...
by Blick | Mar 7, 2023 | News
To mark International Women’s Day 2023, PEN International and PEN Sydney are featuring the case of Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez, imprisoned since July 2021 for her criticism of the Cuban government, and for participating in the...
by Blick | Feb 28, 2023 | News
Today PEN International, PEN Sydney, PEN America and 34 other Centers in the PEN literary and free expression network released a joint statement, celebrating the release of writers Arash Ganji and Reza Khandan Mahabadi, and calling on authorities to end their...
by Blick | Feb 17, 2023 | News
In the hands of bad actors—whether public or private—generative AI tools can supercharge existing threats to free expression. In this statement signed by PEN Sydney and other PEN Centres we call on the government of Türkiye to uphold freedom of expression and access...
