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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...

Congratulations to the translators shortlisted in this year's NSW Premier’s Translation Prize. The prize was proposed by PEN Sydney and is funded...

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...

To mark International Women's Day 2023, PEN International and PEN Sydney are featuring the case of Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido...

Today PEN International, PEN Sydney, PEN America and 34 other Centers in the PEN literary and free expression network released a joint statement,...

In the hands of bad actors—whether public or private—generative AI tools can supercharge existing threats to free expression.In this statement...

İlhan Sami Çomak was a wide-eyed university student from a Kurdish village when 29 years ago he was detained in Istanbul by Turkish authorities.  He...

In September, Burmese poet Maung Yu Py was released following his detention in March 2021. We continue to call for the immediate release of all...

If you love the SWF and have time, why not volunteer for SWF? A long term partner of PEN Sydney - providing us with support to deliver one of our...

Ali AsadollahiThe death in police custody of the young Iranian-Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, for wearing ‘inappropriate attire,’ instigated a...

PEN Sydney statement for Mahvash Sabet PEN Sydney strongly condemns the detention of Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet in Evin prison, Tehran who...

Aida Amidi a member of the IWA board PEN Sydney  and PEN America today condemned the recent arrests of three Iranian writers—Roozbeh Sohani, Aida...