Listen to Riz MC performing a new poem speed-written in response to the launch of international writing and education project Writers Bloc at the Free Word Centre.
Writers including Kamila Shamsie and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discuss education around the world at the launch of pioneering writing and education project Writers Bloc.
Ahead of his exhibition of cartoons at the Free Word Centre, ARTICLE 19 report on the ongoing legal proceedings between the Malaysian Government and political cartoonist Zunar.
Every child has a right to go to a good local school and shouldn’t be turned away on the grounds of wealth, religion or ability, says Francis Gilbert.
Yesterday, Tuesday 24 January, John Kampfner of Index on Censorship and Jonathan Heawood of English PEN appeared at the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press. Kampfner stressed that his, and Index's, fundamental concern is that 'misplaced increase in restrictions on the media will limit the public's right to know [...] Simply ask yourself: did…
Controversy surrounding the 1988 novel The Satanic Verses has reignited after its author Salman Rushdie cancelled his appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Rushdie pulled out of a scheduled appearance following apparent threats of assassination (reported subsequently to be fictitious). In response to his absence British Indian author Hari Kunzru and three other writers, Jeet Thayil, Ruchir Joshi and Amitava Kumar,…
In advance of her course on Free Speech and Literature, Dr Sophie Mayer finds out why Arizona State has banned The Tempest from its school curriculum.
Steve Wasserman reads Deer Park, a short story by Chinese author Han Dong, translated into English by Nicky Harman