Congratulations to Tishani Doshi and to all the other poets on the PEN Heaney Prize shortlist.
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2d agoTogether 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...
‘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. @englishpen.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social. www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
Congratulations Daniel Sluman, shortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize with PAIN SONGS www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p... Thank you @englishpen.bsky.social Have you read this profound and compelling collection yet? ninearchespress.com/publications...
Congratulations 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)
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2d agoTogether 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...
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. @englishpen.bsky.social @machapress.bsky.social www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
PEN Heaney Prize 2026 shortlist - English PEN
English PEN announces the six shortlisted titles for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026.
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I’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 💙🤍
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2d agoTogether 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...
We 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.
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2d agoTogether 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...
Together 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...
PEN Heaney Prize 2026 shortlist - English PEN
English PEN announces the six shortlisted titles for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026.
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On 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 Read the open letter: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Eritrea: 188 writers sign open letter to President Isaias Afwerki - News & Events - English PEN
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In 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 ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
Shortlist announced for PEN Presents x SALT - English PEN
English PEN has announced the translators shortlisted for the second round of PEN Presents x SALT, its programme funding the often-unpaid work of creating samples and promoting new international proje...
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#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. #FreeThemAll www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Belarus releases 25 political prisoners after US envoy's visit
Hundreds remain in prison, including journalists, trade unionists and others who supported the 2020 protests against Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s re-election. #EuropeNews
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#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. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/25-ye...
25 Years Disappeared: Proof of Life Now | King's College London
Shedding light on these untold stories while creating a space for informed discussion on freedom of expression, censorship, exile, and the human cost of silencing independent voices in Eritrea.
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🇪🇷 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. 🔗 Register ⤵️ buff.ly/5GgxCto
25 Years Disappeared: Proof of Life Now | King's College London
Shedding light on these untold stories while creating a space for informed discussion on freedom of expression, censorship, exile, and the human cost of silencing independent voices in Eritrea.
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📣 We're recruiting for a new Development and Admin Officer! We’re delighted to be working with @creativeaccess.bsky.social to recruit someone who will provide support across our organisation, spanning fundraising, membership, and grant-making. Find out more: www.englishpen.org/jobs/vacancy...
Vacancy: Development and Administration Officer - English PEN
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In 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 ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/w...
Winners announced for PEN Presents: Brazil - English PEN
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Can acts of solidarity – including protest and political organising – shape, influence, and alter our understanding and definition of literature itself? Join Wasafiri and @englishpen.bsky.social at @ibraaz.bsky.social on 23 September for the launch of our latest issue. buff.ly/NZ7gy8v
This week’s Women In Translation pick: Planet of Clay by Samar Yazbek, translated by Leri Price. Set during the Syrian Civil War, this moving novel follows Rima, a young girl who finds refuge in imagination. 🏆 Winner of @englishpen.bsky.social PEN Translates Award (2021).
'Real suffering is terribly mundane. It’s frightening how much suffering human beings can actually tolerate.' Today in #PENTransmissions, Joanna Elmy on hate, home, and brands. Read now ⤵️ pentransmissions.com/2026/08/04/a...
A World That’s Slowly Slipping Through Our Fingers: An Interview with Joanna Elmy
Joanna Elmy on hate, home, and brands.
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Tickets are now on sale for @juanapoetry.bsky.social's final workshop as Wasafiri's Translator in Residence (Endangered Languages). Presented in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social as part of their International Translation Day Programme. Book your space now!
Languages of Resistance: Indigenous Poetics Workshop Series with Juana Adcock
We’re thrilled to announce a series of four creative…
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Exciting! We're thrilled to support #ITD2026 and the programme looks exceptional! Get your tickets 👇
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are delighted to announce that International Translation Day returns on Wednesday 30 September, with an evening of conversations between translators and their allies. Join us for #ITD2026 at Brixton Library. Book now ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/translation/...
We are delighted to announce that International Translation Day returns on Wednesday 30 September, with an evening of conversations between translators and their allies. Join us for #ITD2026 at Brixton Library. Book now ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/translation/...
ITD 2026 English PEN - English PEN
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Internationally renowned contemporary artist Ai Weiwei @aiww.bsky.social has donated a limited-edition artwork to help raise critical funds toward English PEN’s fight for free expression. Read more: www.englishpen.org/posts/news/a...
Ai Weiwei artwork helps raise funds for English PEN’s fight for free expression - News & Events - English PEN
Internationally renowned contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has donated a limited-edition artwork to help raise critical funds toward English PEN’s fight for free expression.
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We're delighted to hear that THE LORD'S WAYS by Shady Lewis, translated by Katharine Halls, has received an @englishpen.bsky.social Translates grant! Read some of Shady and Katharine's work – an excerpt from Chapter One of Shady Lewis's third novel – on our website now.
A Brief History of Creation and Eastern Cairo by Shady Lewis, trans. by Katharine Halls
Read an excerpt from Chapter One of Shady Lewis's third novel, A Brief History of Creation and Eastern Cairo (Dar Elain, 2021), translated by Katharine Halls.
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We’d love to hear from you! Complete our short anonymous survey to help us better understand our audiences and be in with a chance of winning a bundle of PEN Translates books. Take the survey ⤵️ www.surveymonkey.com/r/YCWJVN6
Michele Mari has won his third PEN Translates award in a row from @englishpen.bsky.social for All the Iron in the Eiffel Tower! Can’t wait for people to read this masterpiece in the form of high-modernist detective story: www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p... @andotherstories.bsky.social
I’m extremely HERE for the gay Mexican vampire novel, which was only translated into English once before about 40ish years ago. But also these all look FABULOUS & many congrats to the translators
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re delighted to announce that 14 titles from 13 publishers, 7 languages, and 8 regions have won #PENTranslates awards. Discover the winners ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
Absolutely made up that Anna Lidia Vega Serova's short story collection Estirpe de papel has won a PEN Translates award - this is the form she is best known for in Cuba, and with Jennifer Shyue they couldn't be in better hands #PENTranslates
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re delighted to announce that 14 titles from 13 publishers, 7 languages, and 8 regions have won #PENTranslates awards. Discover the winners ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
There's a vampire novel, so I cant resist it... every new PEN Translates round is an infusion of beauty & urgency into our shelves! Can't wait for all of these.
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re delighted to announce that 14 titles from 13 publishers, 7 languages, and 8 regions have won #PENTranslates awards. Discover the winners ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
Congratulations to all the winners—translators, authors, publishers, and readers 📚
English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re delighted to announce that 14 titles from 13 publishers, 7 languages, and 8 regions have won #PENTranslates awards. Discover the winners ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...
