PEN America announce 2026 World Voices festival with Judith Butler and Bill McKibben
The 2024 festival was cancelled after multiple authors pulled out over the non-profit’s stance on the Israel-Gaza warThe literary free speech organization PEN America has announced plans for their 2026...
By Owen Myers · The Guardian World
The 2024 festival was cancelled after multiple authors pulled out over the non-profit’s stance on the Israel-Gaza war The literary free speech organization PEN America has announced plans for their 2026 World Voices festival . The four day event will take place in New York and Los Angeles from 29 April to 2 May and feature writers from over 140 countries, with in person appearances from authors including Judith Butler , Bill McKibben , Cory Doctorow , Megha Majumdar and Katie Kitamura. In a press release, the event is billed as a “testament to literature’s ability to unite us, and to counteract the closed mindedness that has resulted in a nationalist maelstrom. It continues to affirm PEN America’s commitment to championing writers and their work.” Continue reading...