We're immensely proud to announce another posthumous literary award for Victoria Amelina, the 2025 Moore prize for human rights writing - read more here irishpen.com/2026/01/08/v...

Delighted to work with @englishpen.bsky.social & @irishpen.bsky.social on this year's PEN Heaney Prize. Congrats to Tom Paulin, winner of the 2025 award for Namanlagh @faberbooks.bsky.social. The prize was presented at @nlireland.bsky.social on Monday evening: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

A beautiful piece ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @cynthiayoderauthor.bsky.social @robincogan.bsky.social @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @elaineblackman.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social

Scottish PEN supports the international global campaign to free #MarwanBarghouti We condemn his continued imprisonment, his violent mistreatment & denial of legal rights whilst imprisoned. @amnestyuk.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

The INDEX Institution in Lviv has launched the second open call for the Victoria Amelina Fellowship for writers: www.index-ukraine.org/en/news/vidk... @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

Release Narges now! @irishpen.bsky.social

We wholeheartedly support the condemnation of the violent arrest of Narges Mohammadi some days ago in Iran. We join our colleagues in @peninternational.bsky.social in calling for her immediate release. Please repost & support her campaign for freedom.

Woohoo! 👏👏

Together with @irishpen.bsky.social and the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce Tom Paulin’s Namanlagh @faberbooks.bsky.social as the winner of the #PENHeaneyPrize 2025, awarded tonight at the @nlireland.bsky.social. Find out more ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/t...

We're delighted to announce with @englishpen.bsky.social & @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social the winner of the PEN Heaney Prize is Namanlagh by Tom Paulin. It's a wonderful collection! Congratulations to all our finalists, and huge thanks to the judges Sasha Dugdale, Séan Hewitt & Zaffar Kunial 👏🍾

Scottish PEN’s annual Naomi Mitchison Lecture for 2025, “The Menace of Hope at the Back of Life: Practical Philosophies of Protest, Permaculture, and the Pen” – will be delivered by Professor Alison Phipps at the University of Glasgow on 11 December.

More than 1,800 banned titles in the 2023–2024 school year contained sex-related content. In a new interview, bestselling YA author @malindalo.bsky.social explains the necessity of reading those works in full before considering pulling them from shelves: pen.org/malinda-lo-i...

This year, you can follow along LIVE, as the An Post Irish Book Awards are going to be live-streamed. You can be in on all the action and watch as each winner is announced. Starting TOMORROW AT 9PM! WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/user/AnPostIRE

Dublin poets! Come join us together with @englishpen.bsky.social & The Seamus Heaney Estate for the announcement of the PEN Heaney Prize 2025. @nlireland.bsky.social Monday 1st December - details for booking below 👇👇🏾👇🏼👇🏿👇🏼

And here's the PEN/Heaney Prize 2025 shortlist! We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are delighted to partner once more with @englishpen.bsky.social and the Estate of Seamus Heaney. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony at @nlireland.bsky.social National Library of Ireland.

#Georgia: We condemn the sentencing of former PEN Georgia president Paata Shamugia to 5 days in prison for taking part in peaceful protests and urge the authorities to uphold fundamental rights. www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...

We’ve joined @englishpen.bsky.social’s campaign: PENWrites x Day of the Imprisoned Writer.Bookshops: take part in the letter-writing campaign on 15 November in solidarity with imprisoned writers around the world. Find out more: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

@irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @theferret.scot @scotnational.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @amdondo.bsky.social

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@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social @libertyhq.bsky.social @defendourjuries.bsky.social @asls.org.uk

This is journalist, Furkan Karabay, 29 yrs old who has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey since May 2025, charged with insulting his president in his news reports. His next trial is 2nd December & he faces 6-15 years in prison if sentenced. We call for his release. Please repost for Furkan.

Today marks 97 months since the brutal assassination of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia in #Malta 97 months without full justice for her killing. Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne #JournalismIsNotACrime @peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social

Our Vice President @lizzie4.bsky.social is one of over 20 pro-Palestine activists in Scotland arrested under the Terrorism Act since the proscription of Palestine Action. Scottish PEN stands in solidarity with Lizzie, her comrades, & condemns the proscription. www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...

This will be wonderful ... and just a few tickets remaining! @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

Looking forward to @irishpen.bsky.social event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social It will be incredible to hear İlhan Sami Çomak read his poetry in person. dublinbookfestival.com/event/day-of...

Join us at our Festival Hub where Claire Gleeson and June O’Sullivan will be in conversation with Sophie Grenham about their beautifully written and deeply affecting debuts exploring resilience and hope in the most challenging of times 🎟️ bit.ly/4oFBS4C

I've really enjoyed reading Assembling Ailish and The Marriage Vendetta. I'll be interviewing their authors Sharon Guard and Caroline Madden on Sat 8th Nov at 2pm in Ballyogan Library for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Do join us! Tickets are free dublinbookfestival.com/event/what-l...

Incredible programme of events next Thursday at @dublincityuni.bsky.social Grab your tickets now: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-... @sarahgilmartin.bsky.social @colmkeegan.bsky.social @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

Join us Saturday 8 November at @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for this panel discussion with Gustav Parker Hibbett, Sam Furlong, Sophie White and Molly Twomey, as they explore writing the body 🎟️ bit.ly/3WqJOL1

This Friday, we gather for No One Is Guaranteed Safety, a vigil in front of the Mexican Embassy in London honouring journalists murdered or disappeared in Mexico. Join us on the day or RSVP here: forms.gle/P3gobp2aVxtU... #NoOneIsGuaranteedSafety

Where are the "Israel breaks ceasefire again" headlines? Why don't the BBC, Guardian etc, have this image on their front pages? "18 members of the Abu Dalal family — mostly women and children — were killed after Israel bombed their home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza last night."

We're delighted to have you on board, Declan @declanmeade.bsky.social - and we echo your suggestion. Join us!

Happy to have recently joined the board of Irish PEN and would encourage more writers to become members. Find out more here: irishpen.com/become-a-mem...

#Sudan: PEN International joins @ifjglobal.bsky.social and others in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Sudanese journalist Muamar Ibrahim, reportedly detained on 26 October by RSF in El Fasher. Read more ⬇️ www.ifj.org/media-centre...

And here's the PEN/Heaney Prize 2025 shortlist! We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are delighted to partner once more with @englishpen.bsky.social and the Estate of Seamus Heaney. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony at @nlireland.bsky.social National Library of Ireland.

Congratulations to all shortlisted for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social! We’re delighted to see so many #DBF25 authors included. Visit our programme to find out when and where you can hear them chatting about their books ✨ bit.ly/43fSKXt

The Day of the Imprisoned Writer is coming up on 15 November. Do take part!

Calling all indie bookshops... 📣 Take part in our #PENWrites letter-writing campaign in solidarity with writers in prison for Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November. Find out more & sign up ⬇️ www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

Together with @irishpen.bsky.social & the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize 2025 shortlist. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony held at @nlireland.bsky.social. Find out more & book now ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

Thanks to Roisín O’Donnell for judging our short story competition. Here are her comments on the winning & highly commended entries to be published in Issue 4 @irishpen.bsky.social @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

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Join us at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University Belfast for this very special event celebrating the superb Kurdish poet Ilhan Sami Çomak. Booking is FREE on Eventbrite. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Free Irish PEN @irishpen.bsky.social event in Belfast. Tickets open now on Eventbrite. Irish PEN is a human rights organisation for writers of all levels. Why not consider joining? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ilhan-sami...?

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#China: Today, on the 10-year anniversary of the kidnapping of poet, bookseller and PEN member, Gui Minhai, 65 PEN Centres around the world renew our demand for his immediate and unconditional release. Read our joint statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/china-p... #FreeGuiMinhai

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Delighted to do a session for Freedom to Write 25 - what a great group from all over the island. John Hewitt Society and @irishpen.bsky.social - these writers are ones to watch! Great to see the Shared Island Initiative in action!