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.