Valentines for Palestines - Writers at Risk Emergency Fund

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Wednesday 14th February 2024

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Valentines for Palestines - Writers at Risk Emergency Fund

The Common Press will be joining 20+ indie shops across the UK to raise funds for the PEN Emergency Fund for Writers at Risk. Grab an entry ticket to join the gathering on 14th February from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm. There will be exciting raffle prizes and all profits/donations from the event will go towards the PEN Emergency Fund for writers.

#Valentines4Palestine

About the PEN Emergency Fund

Based in the Netherlands, the now globally operating PEN Emergency Fund was founded by the writer A. den Doolaaard in 1971. It supports seriously persecuted writers and journalists, sometimes living in exile, with a once-only allowance that helps them (and in special cases, their families) to make ends meet when, for instance, they need to flee the country immediately or require urgent medical attention following abuse. Every year dozens of writers throughout the world are provided with aid.

About English PEN

English PEN is one of the world's oldest human rights organisations, championing the freedom to write and read. We are the founding centre of PEN International, a worldwide writers’ association with 130 centres in more than 90 countries. With the support of our members – a community of readers, writers, and activists – we protect freedom of expression whenever it is under attack, support writers facing persecution around the world, and celebrate contemporary international writing with literary prizes, grants, events, and our online magazine PEN Transmissions.

Raffle Prizes :

Polari Press:

Signed copy of the limited first edition poetry book 'a finger in derek jarman's mouth' by Simon Maddrell
'Erase Her' and 'Police Are Toilets' A4 Risograph prints by James McDermott and Peter Collins (https://polari.press/product-category/art-prints) + A3 print of 'Protest Slogans' from the same series

Granta: