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Mahsa (Zhina) Amini was a 22- year-old Kurdish Iranian woman whose death in custody following her arrest by  Iran’s “morality police” has sparked...

“Allah is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed Bhagwan” – Sami Shah, by way of Friedrich Nietzsche.  It should be safe for me to write that....

On Wednesday 31 August 2022 the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) announced in a statement that Arash Ganji was being transferred to Rajaei-Shahr...

Creative Commons licenced image – author CKThe assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie is an attack on freedom of expression.  In it there is a...

In this moving ceremony Frank's brother Arthur joined by many of his personal and professional friends paid tribute to his originality, creativity...

Dear friends and comrades in Kurdish PEN, Please accept our warmest greetings from PEN Sydney. We would like to extend our congratulations for your...

Sydney PEN joins with PEN International and the Philippine PEN Center in expressing its gravest concern over the recent conviction of journalists...

Photo credit: Kylie Melinda SmithFrank Moorhouse structured his 2005 semi-fictional memoir Martini around his favourite drink. He was fascinated by...

Sydney PEN is saddened to hear of the death of acclaimed writer Frank Moorhouse, a long time supporter of PEN and, since 2005, a member of our...

PEN Sydney condemns the decision by the UK Home Secretary to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the USA to face trial.  We join his...

Julian Assange has been in Bellmarsh prison now for more than three years and soon faces extradition to the USA and potentially worse prison...

PEN Sydney AGM 11 am 19 June 2022 at JOZO cafe, 495 Oxford Street Paddington PEN Sydney will hold its AGM on Sunday 19 June at 11 am at JOZO cafe in...