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INVITATION
7TH
INTERNATIONAL WRITERS IN PRISON COMMITTEE CONFERENCE
Glasgow,
Scotland
4-6
April 2008
14 January 2008
The
Scottish PEN Centre of International PEN and Karin Clark, Chair of
International PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee, invite the Chairs and
representatives of national PEN Centre Writers in Prison Committees to
attend the 7th International Writers in Prison Committee
Conference. This event will be held over 2 ½ days from Friday 4 April to
Sunday 6 April 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland.
The
Conference provides an opportunity for all those involved in the WiPC based
in over 60 Centres world-wide to meet and to discuss the work of the
Committee, to make recommendations for the future and to establish a
campaign programme for the next three years. The overall goal is to further
International PEN’s campaign for an end to the repression of writers and
writing worldwide
You
are also invited to attend a public session organised by Scottish PEN titled
The Freedom Game: The Future of Our
Liberty. The aim of this session is to allow PEN delegates and others to
share their own best practice in engaging with young people so that by the
end of the session those participating have arrived at
a better understanding of how positive results might best be
achieved. The session will include speakers, a workshop and discussion.
A
preliminary draft agenda is attached. If you have any further ideas or
comments, please contact us.
We
very much hope that we will see you all in Glasgow. Please return the
attached form by 15 February 2008. Also
please indicate any topics you would like to see discussed at the
Conference.
For
further details contact Sara Whyatt sara.whyatt@internationalpen.org.uk
With
best regards,
Karin
Clark
Chair