Upcoming Events 2012!

 

San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series

 

14 Feb 2012. 00:00 - 00:00
Teatro Angela Peralta, san miguel de allende, Mexico

 

San Miguel de Allende PEN will hold its 2012 lecture series at Teatro Angela Peralta:

Jan 17, Eva Hunter, “Becoming a Writer: From 8th Grade English Class to Artistry with Words.”

Jan 24 Lars Svanstroem, “Day of the Dead: Ethnohistory with Photos”

 Jan 31, David Lida, “Mexico Noir: A Cosmopolitan Journalist Finds the Dark Side of Provincial Mexico While Seeking Justice.”

Feb 7 Teresa Nicholas and Gerry Helferich, “Book Partners: Living Together, Writing Together.”

 

Feb 14 Austin Briggs, “Ezra Pound: My Fascist/Traitor/Lunatic/Anti-Semite/Genius Poet.”

 

Feb 21 Elizabeth Starcevic, “Literary Trends: What’s New with Latinos/as in the United States.”

 

San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series

 

15 Feb 2012. 16:00 - 18:00
Garden Restaurant, san miguel de allende, Mexico 

San Miguel de Allende PEN and Sol present the Writers Aloud Series series.

 There are a series of events already underway on the theme ‘English Writing in Mexico’. It runs until 15 March 2012

Nov. 4, James Cervantes, Teresa Nicholas

 Nov. 16 Carl Selph, Lynda Schor

 Dec. 7 Tony Cohan

 Dec. 16, Sam Hamill

 Jan. 4, Marianne Rogoff, Wendy Carlisle

 Jan. 18 Susan Mc Kinney, Deborah Kent Stein

 Feb 1, Anne Nicolai, Carol Merchison, John Simonds

 Feb. 15, Joseph Dispenza

 Feb. 22 Catherine Mayo, Gerard Helferich

 Feb. 29 Eva Hunter and Bill Pearlman

 March 15 Margaret Tallis and Carolyn Roberts

 All events Wednesday at 4 in the garden restaurant at the library, 70 pesos

 Coordinated by Eva Hunter

 

 

PEN International Congress planning meeting


17 Feb 2012. 00:00 - 00:00
tbc, seoul, South Korea 

Ahead of the 78th PEN Annual International Congress, Executive Director Laura McVeigh, International President John Ralston Saul, International Secretary Hori Takeaki and Board Member Marketa Hejkalova will meet with members of Korean PEN. The Congress will bring together members of PEN Centres and invited guests from around the world to take key decisions, exchange skills and experiences, and celebrate the 90th year of PEN International.