The 2025 PEN America Literary Gala held on May 15 was grounded in a collective response to the divisive issues of the day that drive PEN America’s mission to defend free speech and …

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country. PEN America has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools …

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an ambitious and highly organized communications assistant to support its growing …

PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans provides a list of books banned in the 2023-2024 school year. PEN America found 10,046 instances of individual books banned, affecting 4,231 …

Apr 10, 2025 · PEN America is honored to announce the Finalists for the 2025 Literary Awards. Our awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning authors, editors, translators, and …

PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of …

The World Voices Festival, founded in 2004 by Salman Rushdie, Esther Allen, and Michael Roberts is PEN America’s celebration of international literature and writers.

Jan 24, 2025 · PEN America counted more than 10,000 instances of school book bans in the 2023-2024 school year, nearly triple the number in the previous year. Book bans in United …

Jun 3, 2025 · Since 2021, PEN America’s Freedom to Read Program has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools nationwide. We have raised national awareness of a …

Dec 12, 2024 · This is the list of the most banned books in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the PEN America Index of School Book Bans. Bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen …