McEwan defends freedom of expression

Novelist Ian McEwan has defended free speech in an address to students at a US college, criticising the authors who pulled out of a PEN event that honoured the Charlie Hebdo journalists. Speaking at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania earlier this week, McEwan said freedom of expression “sustains all the other freedoms we enjoy”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]

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