The winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Anne Applebaum, tells her audience, ‘Don’t let skepticism decline into nihilism.’
German Peace Prize: Scherbakova To Honor Applebaum
A co-founder of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Memorial International, Irina Scherbakova delivers Anne Applebaum’s laudation at Frankfurt.
In Scotland: the Trivedi Science Book Prize Names a 2024 Shortlist
Six shortlisted titles are named at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in the Royal Society’s £25,000 Trivedi Science Book Prize.
Anne Applebaum Wins the German Book Trade Peace Prize
The journalist, essayist, and author Anne Applebaum wins the German Book Trade’s Peace Prize for her work’s focus on democracy and peace.’
UK: Ed Yong’s ‘Immense World’ Wins the Royal Society Prize
‘We could all use a little more empathy in the world,’ the 2023 Royal Society Prize laureate Ed Yong says.
Belarus One Year After the Election: Writers, Translators, Journalists Speak Out
Three leading writers’ organizations in Europe call for coordinated response to the Lukashenko regime’s brutality.
Lukashenko Regime To Close PEN Belarus in Minsk
As PEN Belarus is told it’s to be shut down, PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel speaks of ‘when a government silences and stomps on its writers.’
Germany’s Publishers Demand That Belarus Release Roman Protasevich
The Börsenverein has partnered with Frankfurter Buchmesse and nine other institutions in a petition pressing for the activist’s release.
Top Arab-World Authors at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
At this year’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, a roster of writers is curated by the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. (Sponsored)
PEN Belarus Leads Activists’ Response to Roman Protasevich’s Arrest
Demanding the detained writer’s release, the Belarusian PEN Centre unites with sister agencies on the freedom to publish.
- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2