Writing Freedom: The English PEN Roadshow

A Guildford Book Festival Event

When?

Saturday 15 October 2011, 16:30

Where?

Lecture Theatre M, Lecture Block, University of Surrey

Open to:

Public, Staff, Students

Admission price:

£5, students and concessions £3, English PEN members free

Admission information:

Tickets only available from the Guildford Book Festival box office (01483 444334/444789) and online (www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk)

Saturday 15 October 2011

16:30 tea and coffee, 17:00 PEN Roadshow

 

Carole Seymour-Jones, Deputy President, English PEN

Moris Farhi, Former President of PEN International Writers in Prison

Professor Marion Wynne-Davies

Amanda Finelli, English PEN, University of Surrey Project Coordinator

Shaun Keaveny, author of 'Toast the Nation' and presenter on BBC Six Music

For ninety years, English PEN has been fighting for the freedom to write and the freedom to read at home and abroad. We continue our celebrations with a series of performances around the country of Writing Freedom, a spoken word celebration in which today’s authors draw on the words of those who have led PEN’s fight over the last century, from HG Wells to Monica Ali. How do the free speech battles of the past affect writers and readers today?