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The annual PEN Lecture at the Sydney Writers Festival.  The Black Witness must be believed, insists Amy McQuire. Black Witnesses have been silenced...

Louise Milligan - Picture credit: Simon SchluterWriting and publishing a book about a controversial public figure is like diving into shark-infested...

A Tibetan writer arrested by Chinese police nearly three years ago has been confirmed to be serving four years in prison for “splittism and...

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...