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Free the Word! 2011: Translating Power

How do literary writers speak truth to power? What can novels, plays and poems say about world politics? Does censorship provoke new forms of creativity? And why is there so little contemporary British literature about political power?

Published: February 7, 2011

When: Wednesday, 6. April 2011
To: Monday, 11. April 2011
Where: London, Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3GA
Host: In association with International PEN
Contact: (020 7324 2535)
More info: www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/freetheword2011/

This year’s Free the Word! Festival will bring together the finest names in international writing alongside top British writers for five days of discussions, performances and readings. Do join us for what promises to be a very special series of public events, celebrating English PEN’s founding principle of worldwide literary fellowship in this, PEN’s 90th anniversary year.

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