PEN International and ICORN tackle impunity and crisis of freedoms at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra at the Frankfurt Book Fair
PEN International joins the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) at the Frankfurt Book Fair alongside 7,450 exhibitors from 104 countries.
Under the heading Safe not Silent, twelve ICORN writers and artists; Mansur Rajih, Asli Erdogan, Ali Dorani, Suzanne Ibrahim, Hamid Sakhizada, Manal Al-Sheikh, Tutul, Sahar Mousa, Arya Aramnejad, Gunel Movlud, Khalid Albaih, Fatemeh Ekhtesari, will share stage with a blend of partners, artists and experts in all together 25 events from Wednesday 16 to Sunday 20 October.
Wednesday
1600 A TRIBUTE TO DAPHNE CARUANA GALIZIA on the second anniversary of her assassination. With PEN International president Jennifer Clement and others
Thursday
1500 THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING IN THE AGE OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS AUTHORITARIANISM Ahmedur Rashid Tutul in dialogue with Frankfurt Book Fair director Juergen Boos, moderated by Fritt Ord director Knut Olav Åmås
Friday
1300 FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TURKEY The cases of Zehra Dogan and Selahattin Demitas. With PEN International’s Burhan Sonmez, Jennifer Clement and Carles Torner