I asked ChatGPT to improve my latest novel and lost no sleep over the results. But I do worry about diverse voices being crowded out This summer two worlds – literature and technology – collided. News stories began appearing about authors suing OpenAI and Meta for using their works to train... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-01 06:00:07 UTC ]
After a survey revealed the stresses that authors face when placed in the spotlight for the first time, publishing houses and industry bodies have pledged extra training and pastoral careAuthor and publisher welfare has been a hot topic in the books industry of late. Publishing houses, trade... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-18 15:13:43 UTC ]
For many, staying indoors is an unsettling experience. It’s been heartening to see the imaginative leaps being taken by many organisations and artists to help us through – sitting-room gigs, free theatre streams, virtual tours of museums and archives and galleries – but given the limitless... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-04-06 11:36:00 UTC ]
English PEN has called for the release of Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif, who was arrested during a protest about the treatment of prisoners during the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 19:53:50 UTC ]
English PEN has set up a crowdfunding campaign to keep an historic copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has named its new director as Daniel Gorman, current executive director of the Shubbak Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN is publishing guidelines for writers attending international festivals in countries with poor human rights and censorship records. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN is marking the milestone of having supported 250 titles via its Writers in Translation programme, launched in 2006. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN’s Theodora Danek is joining Tilted Axis Press as co-publisher alongside founder Deborah Smith. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN is collaborating with BBC Proms on a new outreach project, Brave New Voices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has revealed it is embarking on a review of its policies after being accused of a potential conflict of interest with one of its board members. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN is celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth by holding an evening of readings with writers and creatives including Ted Hughes Award-winner Jay Bernard and Makar Jackie Kay. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Prominent human rights lawyer Philippe Sands QC is to be the new president of English PEN, taking over from Maureen Freely. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has awarded Amy Liptrot the PEN Ackerley Prize 2017 for her "exhilarating and rigourously unsentimental" memoir The Outrun (Canongate). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has appointed Antonia Byatt, director of 2016's Cheltenham Literature Festival, to step in as its interim director from 3rd July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors, the Publishers Association and English PEN are launching a joint campaign in aid of imprisoned writers worldwide, called Speak Out. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jo Glanville is stepping down as director of English PEN after being awarded an honorary visiting fellowship at the German university Arbeitsstelle Holocaustliteratur. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has reported a deficit of close to £90,00 in its annual report for the year ending 31st March 2016, describing it as "a challenging year". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A story collection smuggled out of North Korea - and translated by Man Booker International Prize-winner Deborah Smith - has been selected to receive a PEN Translation award from English PEN. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN is making five of its 12-strong team redundant following an organisational restructure. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]