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@peninternational.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.social#Türkiye: Kurdish writer and PEN member Suzan Samancı faces bogus terror charges over posts supporting Kurdish rights, and a travel ban stopping her returning home to Switzerland.
We urge the authorities to lift the ban and drop the charges.
Read more ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
@pensydney.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.social🕊️ Acclaimed writer, editor and publisher Hilary McPhee AO, has died aged 85. In 2016, The Hilary McPhee Award for an essay published in Meanjin was established by the University of Melbourne. 📸 Hilary McPhee, by Jacqueline Mitelman, National Portrait Gallery.
@ginsbergpoem.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.social@billymills.bsky.social - Howl and Other Poems Reissue - allenginsberg.org/2026/10/t-o-...
@peninternational.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.socialSix years ago today, Vietnamese writer and pro-democracy activist Pham Doan Trang was arrested. She's serving 9 years for her writing on democracy & human rights.
Vietnam must release Trang and all writers jailed for their words. Read our letter to Rubio: www.pen-international.org/news/vietnam...
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@irishpen.bsky.socialWe stand in solidarity with Suzan Samanci and urge the Turkish authorities to allow her travel home to Switzerland. Story below.
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@englishpen.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.socialTogether with @irishpen.bsky.social & the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize 2026 shortlist. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony held at the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds.
Find out more & book now ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.social‘Tishani Doshi’s dextrous, vibrant and vital poems delight and shimmer.'
Huge congratulations to Tishani Doshi, whose fifth poetry collection Egrets, While War is shortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026.
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@irishpen.bsky.socialWe're delighted to announce the shortlisted titles for the 2026 PEN Heaney Prize with partners @englishpen.bsky.social & @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social The winner will be announced, 1st December at the Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds in partnership with @nationalpoetrycentre. Tkts www.englishpen.org
@nlireland.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.social#OnThisDay, 29 August 1890, the National Library of Ireland first opened its doors. 📖
And we’ve been welcoming readers, researchers and curious minds ever since! 🏛️
Discover the story of the Library: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/our-history
@jacqbetula.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.socialTickets for my discussion with Fintan O'Toole and Mick Heaney, titled Fieldwork: The Public Life of Seamus Heaney, which will take place at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, on Oct. 17th, as part of @circlingpoetry.bsky.social are now online.
@janeclarke.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.social@janeclarke.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.socialVery excited to tell you about this new show in the Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray on 2 October 2026. An invitation to reflect through music & poetry on care, loss & renewal and to reconnect with the earth we love.
Details & Booking below.
@martinadalton.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.socialReally looking forward to this! It would be lovely to see you there!❤️📖🎶🎤 @thegallerypress.bsky.social
@junec.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.socialI had the pleasure of reading and blurbing this fabulous short story collection by Órfhlaith Foyle, published by @doirepress.bsky.social It's wonderfully witchy and weird, the *lure* that pulls you in is so strong & off ye fly into magic worlds and strange Celtic voices. Bummed to be missing launch.
@peninternational.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.social#Ukraine: 12 million books, one-third of Ukraine's annual book production, destroyed in just two months. We join PEN Ukraine in condemning mounting Russian attacks on Ukraine's cultural heritage.
Read more: www.pen-international.org/news/ukraine...
@penmalta.bsky.socialReposted by @irishpen.bsky.socialPEN Malta is outraged by the acquittal of Yorgen Fenech on charges of commissioning the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. An acquittal on this charge does not settle who ordered her killing, it leaves that question open. 🧵
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