November 17, 2015 – JRS’s presidency closing letter to the PEN Membership November 16, 2015
Dear PEN Members, Dear Friends,
A last monthly letter to say thank you and to report on the 81st Congress in Quebec City.
First, the obvious, we have a new President. Jennifer Clement, a wonderful novelist. She was President of PEN Mexico when we organized our first new style international delegation in 2012, so I ...
September16, 2015 – October Letter from John Ralston Saul International President, to the PEN membership August 2015 Letter from John Ralston Saul
International President of PEN International
to the PEN membership.
September 10, 2015
Dear PEN members, Dear friends,
There are moments when civilizations throw away the ethical value of that word, civilization. They lose the credibility needed to be taken seriously. The question is, can they get it back? History is surprisingly indulgent. But ...
August 16, 2015 – September Letter from John Ralston Saul International President, to the PEN membership August 2015 Letter from John Ralston Saul
International President of PEN International
to the PEN membership.
September 15, 2015
Dear PEN members, Dear friends,
There are moments when civilizations throw away the ethical value of that word, civilization. They lose the credibility needed to be taken seriously. The ...
24 July, 2015 – July Letter from John Ralston Saul International President, to the PEN membership June 2015 Monthly Letter from
John Ralston Saul, International President
to the PEN membership
July 09, 2015
Dear PEN members, dear Friends,
For many people outside the world of writers, publishers, translators – whether we are writing for books or newspapers, blogs or the screen – it must seem that we lead contradictory lives. We do no more ...
13 May, 2015 – May Letter from John Ralston Saul International President, to the PEN membership May Letter from John Ralston Saul
International President, to the PEN membership.
May 13, 2015
Dear PEN members, dear friends,
This spring we undertook an ambitious three country intervention in Latin America. Sixteen PEN centres took part. We called it the PEN Summit of the Americas and it unfolded as we moved from Honduras to Nicaragua ...
