• Coffee Corner

    Coffee Corner

    Bushra al-Maqtari on how Sana’a, Yemen, has changed. Translated by Sawad Hussain.

  • PEN Atlas Q&A: Mohsin Hamid

    In the first in a series of author interviews about migration and otherness, we speak to novelist and writer Mohsin Hamid.

  • Is there a crisis in storytelling?

    In an era of increasing self-censorship and blurred lines between truth and fiction, the acclaimed author and translator considers the effects of a tumultuous year on literary creativity.

  • The immortal bird

    To celebrate UN Arabic Language Day, poet and professor Atef Alshaer shares the history, richness and possibilities for the lingua franca of the Arabic world.

  • PEN Atlas Q&A: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

    In conversation with the prolific author, playwright and academic to mark the publication of his latest memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver.

  • The story of The Book of Dhaka

    The arts editor of the Dhaka Tribune reports from the city’s thriving annual literary festival, where writers and translators came together for a special launch of the latest Comma Press ‘City in Fiction’ anthology – The Book of Dhaka.

  • On Babel, hospitalities and waves

    The founder of Babel festival reflects on its genesis and investigates the role of translation and multilingualism in fostering community.

  • Fragments

    The winner of the European Prize for Literature 2009 writes six new short stories for PEN Atlas to mark the publication of her newest book, Trysting.

  • Not another diversity panel

    The editor of The Good Immigrant on the creation of the book and bringing change to the publishing industry.

  • The night before

    The author of One Hundred Shadows on the Yongsan Disaster, the novel as a song and light that can emerge from darkness.

  • New Books in German at 20

    Editor Charlotte Ryland and acting editor Jen Calleja discuss the last – and next – twenty years of the magazine.

  • The 2016 PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award speech

    Bangladeshi publisher, writer and activist Tutul was chosen by 2016 PEN Pinter Prize winner Margaret Atwood as the recipient of the 2016 International Writer of Courage Award.

  • The 2016 PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award speech [in Bangla]

    শুভ সন্ধ্যা। এখানে যারা উপস্থিত আছেন তাদের সবাইকে আমার আন্তরিক শুভেচ্ছা ও ভালবাসা। ধন্যবাদ পেনকে, বিশেষ করে ইংলিশ পেনকে। আমাকে এখানে আমন্ত্রণ জানিয়েছেন এবং কথা বলার সুযোগ দিয়েছেন বলে। আমি আন্তরিক ধন্যবাদ ও কৃতজ্ঞতা প্রকাশ করছি মার্গারিট উড এর প্রতি। মার্গারিট আজ তার এক অর্জনের সাথে আমাকে অংশীদার করে নিলেন। আমি খুব খুব আনন্দিত এবং…

  • Translators of the world, unite!

    An emerging translator reports from the frontline of International Translation Day 2016 at the British Library.

  • Why Kahramana?

    A contributor to forthcoming sci-fi anthology Iraq+100 (Comma Press) reveals the meaning behind the title and implication of their story.

  • How I wrote The Winterlings

    The renowned Galician author muses on unusual strikes of inspiration and casts the writer as excavator of stories that already exist within.

  • Write, write, otherwise we are lost

    The translator and activist reflects on the role of literature in a country in crisis, ahead of English PEN’s event ‘PEN Atlas presents: the View from Turkey’ on 19 September.

  • The hairy adolescent

    An extract from In Other Words (Bloomsbury), the latest title from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.

  • L’adolescente peloso

    An extract from In Other Words, the latest title from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.

  • L'adolescente peloso

    An extract from In Other Words, the latest title from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.

  • PEN Atlas Q&A: Hiromi Kawakami and Allison Markin Powell

    The author and translator of The Nakano Thrift Shop chat to PEN Atlas about literary influences, food, the beauty of everyday life and the linguistic differences between Japanese and English.