short story

  • Ghana and the Literary Industry

    Ghana and the Literary Industry

    Elizabeth Johnson on the literary scene in Ghana, who’s building it, and the value of publishing on the continent.

  • An Irresistible Contradiction: An Interview with Idza Luhumyo

    An Irresistible Contradiction: An Interview with Idza Luhumyo

    Idza Luhumyo, winner of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize, discusses short stories, agency, and power.

  • My Literary Form(s)

    In the run-up to London Book Fair 2014, where Korea is the market focus, Han Kang writes about women that turn into plants, the intuitive process in choosing between prose and poetry, and what the future holds for her writing

  • In their leaves

    To celebrate World Book Day, we’re publishing a short story by Carole Martinez, translated by Howard Curtis.

  • Two stories by Sławomir Mrożek

    A special dispatch from PEN Atlas this week features two stories from Sławomir Mrożek, the Polish author and cartoonist who died recently, and will be remembered for his surreal and subversive work

  • Stolen Eyes

    In advance of his UK tour this week, acclaimed writer and painter Mahi Binebine treats PEN Atlas readers to a short story