@englishpen.bsky.socialJacqueline Rose, winner of the #PENPinterPrize 2026, has announced Palestinian playwright, actor, and theatre director, Ali Abu Yasin, as this year’s Writer of Courage.
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@englishpen.bsky.social@englishpen.bsky.socialThere are a final few tickets left for tonight’s #PENPinterPrize ceremony where Jacqueline Rose will accept the award and announce this year’s Writer of Courage. Join us at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social or watch online.
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@englishpen.bsky.social'The point of all this, is: the refusal of an erasure is the beginning of a journey.'
In #PENTransmissions, Elhum Shakerifar on The Conference of the Birds and the Global Sumud Flotilla.
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@englishpen.bsky.social'Charge the phone! Keep documents near the door! Check whether the bank card works! Ask whether the road is safe! Call your mother and steady your voice!'
In #PENTransmissions, Parham Ghalamdar on thresholds, drawings, and war.
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@englishpen.bsky.socialOur translation grant for publishers, #PENTranslates, including PEN Translates x @saltatchicago.bsky.social, is NOW OPEN for submissions!
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@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.socialCongratulations to Tishani Doshi and to all the other poets on the PEN Heaney Prize shortlist.
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.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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@ninearchespress.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.socialCongratulations Daniel Sluman, shortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize with PAIN SONGS
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Have you read this profound and compelling collection yet?
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@poetrysociety.org.ukReposted by @englishpen.bsky.socialCongratulations to the PEN Heaney Prize 2026 shortlist! Egrets, While War (Tishani Doshi) Mer de Glace (Małgorzata Lebda, trans. Mira Rosenthal) Dwelling (Máighréad Medbh) plastic (Matthew Rice) Pain Songs (Daniel Sluman) October (Nur Turkmani)
@maighreadmedbh.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.social I'm delighted and honoured to have been shortlisted for the Pen Heaney prize, with five brilliant writers, and to be acknowledged by the judges, whom I respect so highly.
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@matthew-rice.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.socialI’m thrilled and grateful to be shortlisted for The PEN Heaney Prize. Thanks to the judges, @englishpen.bsky.social, and above all @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for publishing the book 💙🤍
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.socialWe are thrilled that MER DE GLACE by Małgorzata Lebda, tr. Mira Rosenthal and PLASTIC by Matthew Rice have both been shortlisted for the 2026 PEN Heaney Prize.
@englishpen.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.
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@englishpen.bsky.socialIf you want to learn more about the lives of the disappeared writers and journalists and the current state of freedom of expression in Eritrea, join us for an event tonight (online and in person at King’s College London).
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@englishpen.bsky.socialOn the 25th anniversary of the Eritrean government’s crackdown against free and independent media, 188 international writers stand in solidarity with disappeared Eritrean writers and journalists. #Eritrea #ProofOfLife
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@englishpen.bsky.socialIn partnership with @saltatchicago.bsky.social, we’re thrilled to announce the shortlisted translators for PEN Presents x SALT, an iteration of our ongoing #PENPresents award for sample translations.
Discover the full shortlist ⤵️
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@peninternational.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.social#Belarus: We welcome the long-awaited release of cultural figures Andrej Alaksandraŭ, Dzmitryj Kołas and Dzmitryj Hałavač. We urge justice for the violations they suffered, including their forced exile, and call for an end to the repression.
@peninternational.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.social#EVENT: On 18 Sept, We join PEN Eritrea in Exile, English PEN and the Global Cultures Institute at King’s College London come together for “25 Years Disappeared: Proof of Life Now” to remember disappeared Eritrean journalists and writers and demanding answers.
@kingsartshums.bsky.socialReposted by @englishpen.bsky.social🇪🇷 Join us on 18 September to uncover the untold stories of Eritrean writers who have been forcibly disappeared.
Hosted by the Global Cultures Institute, @peneritrea.bsky.social, @englishpen.bsky.social and @peninternational.bsky.social for the #ProofOfLife campaign.
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@englishpen.bsky.socialIn partnership with @britisharts.bsky.social, we’re thrilled to announce the winners for PEN Presents: Brazil, an iteration of our ongoing #PENPresents award for sample translations.
Discover the winners and read the samples ⤵️
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