Event: ‘All the Arts of Resilience’ – Liz Jones AO Reflects on Life, Work and...
PEN Melbourne celebrates 40 years of International Women’s Day, International PEN Women Writers Committee and the work of the (IPWWC) Widely acknowledged as a vibrant leader, mentor and advocate for...
View ArticlePEN Melbourne needs a new Treasurer!
PEN MELBOURNE VOLUNTEER TREASURER POSITION DESCRIPTION PEN Melbourne is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation. The PEN Melbourne budget is modest. The PEN Melbourne Treasurer: • holds cheque...
View ArticleThe Wheeler Centre Anniversary Series: Writing Counts – Story and Advocacy –...
Thursday 12 March 2015, 2:00PM – 5:00PM Presented by: Arnold Zable (back by popular demand!) Rating: Emerging Type: Workshop Advocacy, social justice and calls to action can be found in columns,...
View ArticlePIWWC at the UN Status of Women Commission: Lucina Kathmann reports on her...
Hello PEN people and anyone interested in the lives of women, I am Lucina Kathmann reporting on Wed. March 11 from the basement of the UN building in New York, where I am attending sessions of the...
View ArticleEvent: Worldwide Reading Commemorating Centenary of the Armenian Genocide
PEN Melbourne invites you Worldwide Reading Commemorating the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide Tuesday April 21, 6.30 pm – 8.30pm Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne This is a...
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PEN Melbourne joins coalition calling for restored internet services in Nauru
Nauru. Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images The tiny island of Nauru has shut down services on the internet. The island nation of Nauru may be tiny — it’s only 21 square kilometers (8.5 square miles) —...
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PEN Melbourne Essay 2015: ‘Terror At Home’, by Ben Eltham
Over the past year, PEN Melbourne has produced two essays that examine deep concerns around recent legislative challenges to freedom of expression in Australia. In the first essay, Freedom of speech...
View ArticleNauru’s president defends Facebook ban, says social media has ‘power to...
In a follow-up to PEN Melbourne’s ‘call to action’ on the blocking of Facebook services in Nauru: From ABC News ‘Pacific Beat': Nauru’s president Baron Waqa has launched a fiery defence of his...
View ArticleEvent: PEN Mildura Indigenous Writing Award
PEN Melbourne is delighted to announce the inaugural Mildura Indigenous Writers Award, in association with the Mildura Writers Festival. The award is open to local Indigenous Writers of 16 years and...
View ArticlePEN Melbourne needs a new Writers in Prison Officer
About the role Are you passionate about freedom of expression and human rights? PEN Melbourne is looking for a Writer In Prison Officer whose role is to support and advocate for writers in many...
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