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The Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

From tomorrow, we’ll share poems celebrating Indigenous and Minoritised languages worldwide as @pen-tlrc.bsky.social launches its 6th Video-Poem Marathon for International Mother Language Day.

Explore last year’s video-poems: www.pen-international.org/tlrc

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Opportunity: CHASE Editorial Placement at Wasafiri An opportunity is available for a CHASE-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement.

Apply for an editorial placement at Wasafiri!
If you're a CHASE-funded PhD student in the UK in the humanities, this is a great opportunity to learn more about magazine publishing, academic journals, the literary industry, etc.

Apply by 26 Feb: buff.ly/QDOrI7U

African book publishing must reclaim the word ‘local’ African publishing needs a new language — and infrastructure — to turn its own “locals” onto the global stage.

Cassava Republic Press co-founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf makes an important distinction between how ‘local’ and ‘global’ are framed in #literary #publishing: neither are neutral, both carry value judgments about whose stories are 'universal' and 'worthy' of #international #acclaim: bit.ly/3Hx7dGC

🎯 Writers in Abuja! Want to get your manuscript closer to publication?

Register and attend Cassava Republic’s Inside the Editorial Room and learn how editors assess manuscripts & pitch your project for live feedback.

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Why are we reading less and how can we fall back in love with books?
In this episode, we revisit our favourite books from last year, talk about why reading feels harder now, and share practical to discover the joy of books.

Tune in and enjoy. 😊
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Advanced literacy series: Reading as Resistance — Dr. Rebecca Hall Join Dr. Rebecca Hall, author of Wake , for a spirited workshop series where she will guide participants on how to read deeply, and how to develop an effective annotation system that works for you to...

FREE BUT SPACE IS LIMITED AND YOU MIST REGISTER

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Prix Voix d’Afriques 2025 finalists announced The finalists of Prix Voix d’Afriques 2025 were announced by the jury chair Mohamed Mbougar Sarr on Saturday, October 18, 2025.

Prix Voix d’Afriques 2025 finalists announced
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Ibadan Book and Arts Festival 2025 starts October 24 The Ibadan Book and Arts Festival 2025, with the theme “The Past as Prologue to the Future,” will be held in the Nigerian town from October 24 – 25, 2025.

Ibadan Book and Arts Festival 2025 starts October 24
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Love this book.

This week’s recommendation is Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, which was banned in Kenya upon its release for exposing the struggles of ordinary people against greed and corruption.

A former PEN Vice President, Ngũgĩ has long stood with writers worldwide in defending the freedom to write.

2025 Emerging Voices Fellows | The PEN Ten Interview PEN America’s 2025 Emerging Voices Fellows provide insight into their creative processes and how they’ve developed as writers.

In our new PEN Ten interview, our 2025 Emerging Voices Fellows explore what inspires their writing and the community that they have found amongst other creatives. Read more: https://pen.org/2025-emerging-voices-fellows-the-pen-ten-interview/

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Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.

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OPT/Israel: Gaza ceasefire must be followed by steps to ensure accountability and the right to self-determination for Palestinians — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Exp... “ We are thrilled to see the war stop in Gaza and continue to call for a permanent end to the genocide, occupation, and apartheid. For over two years, millions of Palestinians lived through the horror...

“The fighting must never resume.” We welcome the ceasefire in Gaza and call for a permanent end to genocide, occupation, and apartheid. Justice, accountability, and the right to self-determination for Palestinians must follow.
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7 Books About the Power of Political Imagination - Electric Literature These authors from Palestine, Libya, Lebanon, and elsewhere use storytelling to assert their presence on stolen homelands

Books that imagine alternative futures for ravaged homes and stolen homelands, in Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, and Palestine.

Check out our new podcast episode, where we sat down with author Lauri Kubuitsile to discuss her novel The Scattering, which is against the backdrop of the Herero genocide and the Anglo-Boer War.

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NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award The Zimbabwean writer – who has been twice nominated for the Booker – won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, with her story Hitting Budapest

Well this is just lovely 📚

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Zimbabwean Writer NoViolet Bulawayo Wins the 2025 Best of Caine Award - JAY Lit The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo as the winner of the 2025 Best of Caine Award for her short story, "Hitting Budapest", which originally won the Pr...

NoViolet Bulawayo of Zimbabwe has won the 2025 Best of the Caine Prize for African Writing award! 🎉

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Was Dreamcount Chimamanda's new book worth waiting 10 years for? Check out what we thought in our latest podcast episode. Available at bookandlounge.com/podcast.

The first All-Black Girl Fantasy graphic novel anthology on Kickstarter is currently at $12k! We need to double this amount in one week to print this must-have graphic novel. It's 2025 and I can't believe we are the first Black girl fantasy graphic novel #comicbooks

🎤 New episode ⚠️
In this episode, we unpack the themes of identity, family dynamics, and the impact of Rastafarian culture in Safiya Sinclair's memoir, How to Say Babylon

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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in June 2025 - Reactor We're going to Mars, Jupiter, and even Alpha Centauri in June's new science fiction releases.

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Dialed To Heartbreak A story about digital-age love, quiet heartbreak, and the things sometimes left unsaid that could destroy a relationship even before it…

Dialed To Heartbreak
A story about digital-age love, quiet heartbreak, and the things sometimes left unsaid that could destroy a relationship even before it blossoms — from Uwagboe Efosa

Perfectly Imperfect Poems from Kenyan Moseka Ole Ntiyia

Perfectly Imperfect
Poems from Kenyan Moseka Ole Ntiyia

Ngugi and the Geology of Memory - Olongo Africa Download as PDFGoing to the university for the first time in the harmattan semester of 1991-92, I first realised how influential Ngugi wa Thiong’o was in the Nigerian literary and dramatic spheres.…

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Last week, we’ve issued a new statement on Gaza, condemning the ongoing genocide and calling for an #armsembargonow. Find out more ➡️ www.pen-international.org/news/optisra... @penmena.bsky.social

Macondo Literary Festival 2025 for Nairobi from September 19 The Macondo Literary Festival 2025, with the theme “Chronicles and Currents,” will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 19 – 21, 2025.

Macondo Literary Festival 2025 for Nairobi from September 19
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