A coalition of publishers and literary agencies are teaming with PEN America on an initiative meant to counter a growing trend of harassment against members of the literary community. PEN America, the ...

With authors facing harassment and threats driven by book bans, PEN American has teamed with three major publishers, as well as authors and other literary organizations, to launch a new program ...

Actor, filmmaker and author B.J. Novak will host next month's PEN America gala at the American Museum of Natural History.

The free speech organization’s flagship book prizes were presented on March 31 at Manhattan’s Town Hall, marking a robust ...

The award honors outstanding work from writers and translators published within the last year. See the winners here!

The New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick and celebrated philosophical writer Kwame Anthony Appiah will chair the event ...

NEW YORK — PEN America announced Thursday that interim CEOs Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf have been appointed to permanently oversee the century-old literary and free expression organization ...

However, the governor did not veto the ban on DEI at Kansas public institutions when the legislation crossed her desk in 2024 ...