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The new Finnish PEN website
The new Finnish PEN website has been published! The website reform has been needed and planned for a long...
The Swedish PEN: Dissident Blog – Turkey Issue
“It was an obvious decision to devote this Dissident Blog to Turkey. Since July 2016 we have seen a steady...
Women Writers at Risk 27.9.2017 Arkadia International Bookshop
Finnish PEN organizes a literature event in support of writing women all over the world. Writers Tuuve Aro, Riina Katajavuori,...
Sirpa Kähkönen is the new president of The Union of Finnish Writers
Sirpa Kähkönen, the president of writers’ freedom of expression association Finnish PEN, has been elected as the president of The...
Nordic PEN centres and Estonian PEN gather in Helsinki
Members from Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish PEN centres are gathering in Helsinki to a network meeting on...
Remember to register for Priceless Words seminar
Priceless Words – The Nordic-Estonian Freedom of Speech Seminar takes place on 9.9. in Helsinki. The registration is available still...
The registration to the seminar Priceless Words begins
Priceless Words – The Nordic-Estonian Freedom of Speech Seminar Estonian PEN and the Nordic PEN centres are gathering in Helsinki...
Thai authorities ban a journalist’s trip to Helsinki
Thai journalist’s ban from joining UNESCOs Press Freedom Day conference in Helsinki violates freedom of expression Finnish organizations promoting freedom...
Literature without borders 18.3
Seminar examines the Nordic literary field from a multilingual perspective The Nordic countries are becoming more and more multilingual, and...
PEN on the Charlie Hebdo anniversary
On the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack dissenting voices must be protected 7 January 2016 On the anniversary of...
Poet Ashraf Fayadh must be released
Finnish PEN and more than 60 other international organisations have joined a letter in support of poet and artist Ashraf...
Statement of the Polish PEN club
Finnish PEN supports the statement by Polish PEN: Statement of the Polish PEN Club 22 November 2015 Following a series...
Open letter to President Erdoğan
7 September 2015 Dear President Erdoğan As writers, journalists and members of PEN, we are writing to express our extreme...
Cross-Border Civil Society Dialogue 4.7.
40 Years since Helsinki Final Act 40 years ago, the CSCE – Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe –...
A Statement From The Nordic PEN Centres Regarding The Attacks in Copenhagen
The attack on the Saturday meeting in Copenhagen, where people came together to discuss freedom of expression in the face...
80. PEN International congress in Bishkek
80. PEN International congress in Bishkek The 80. PEN International congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, was held 29.9.-2.10.2014. The Finnish PEN...
Finnish PEN presents: Four poets, four languages
You are heartily invited to listen to the poetry of the writers Tua Forsström, Kári Tulinius (IS), Jarkko Tontti and...
Café Freden 20 November 2013
Svenska Fredsvänner i Helsingfors invites you to a common evening with Writers for Peace, Finland at Fredshemmet, Dagmarsgatan 13 B...
Vladimir Neklyaev free in Belarus
The Belorusian authorities announced today that Vladimir Neklyaev (Ulazimir Njakljajeu) is free. He was arrested and put in jail in...