Upcoming PEN Events‏ : Brooklyn Book Festival

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09-09-2010

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WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO HOW TO HELP WORLD VOICES ADVOCACY PRESS SAVE THE DATE September 27: PEN Women's Literary Workshop Join Ilsa Gilbert and the rest of the workshop for an evening of readings and socializing. >> More October 13: 2010 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony Winners of this year's awards will be honored at Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center. >> More October 19: State of Emergency: Censorship by Bullet in Mexico Join PEN for an evening of solidarity with Mexican journalists. >> More November 8: New Members/ New Books Party PEN welcomes new Members and honors those who have had new books published this year. >> More FIND PEN ONLINE · Facebook · Twitter · Blogspot · iTunes · YouTube · Flickr PEN at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival When: Sunday, September 12 Where: Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, Brooklyn Heights, NYC As part of this year's Brooklyn Book Festival, PEN will host a special bookend quiz event, an anniversary reading, and an authors' lounge featuring a podcast series of author interviews. Be sure to stop by booths 63 and 64 near the International Stage to meet with PEN Members and staff, and learn how you can get involved with PEN's mission to protect freedom of expression in the U.S. and abroad. PEN will also be holding a raffle for special prizes and subscriptions to PEN publications throughout the festival. PEN Quiz Night When: Friday, September 10 Where: St. Ann's Warehouse, 38 Water Street, DUMBO What time: 7-10 p.m. With Jami Attenberg, Jane Ciabattari, Lisa Dierbeck, Rivka Galchen, David Haglund, Joseph O'Neill, Wesley Stace, Justin Taylor, and more The first-ever PEN Quiz Night debuts at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Don't miss the chance to compete with (and against!) your favorite authors. >> More PEN Freedom to Write: A 50th Anniversary Celebration Reading When: Sunday, September 12 Where: International Stage, Brooklyn Book Festival What time: 10-11 a.m. With Cathy Park Hong, Roxana Robinson, Sarah Schulman, Vera B. Williams, and Xiaoda Xiao Join us as we celebrate five decades of PEN American Center's efforts on behalf of imperiled writers across the globe. Members and friends of PEN will take the stage to remember and honor their colleagues who have been persecuted for their views. >> More PEN Prison Writing Program Raffle When: Friday, September 10; Sunday, September 12 Where: PEN Quiz Night; PEN Booth, Brooklyn Book Festival Make a donation to PEN's Prison Writing Program and enter a raffle to win two tickets to a performance of Orlando, an adaptation by Sarah Ruhl of the Virginia Woolf novel. >> More