NEXT EVENT The Writing Self with Roanna Gonsalves  |  Sunday 15th December
BOOK TICKETS
SEARCH
Events Literature

Your Right to Write, Your Right to Speak

Tuesday December 10, 2019
18:00 - 19:00
BOOK TICKETS
  • This event has passed.

“The pen is mightier than the sword”

(Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1839)

Or is it?

The Perth PEN Centre is one of 150 centres worldwide and the international organisation will soon celebrate its centenary. But what is an organisation named after a pen? And just what does it do? Why does it have a place in Perth?

Please come along to an open discussion with Dennis Haskell and Krishna Sen about these questions. Marcella Polain will then share some of PEN’s writers in prison work and some brief details about writers in prison currently supported by PEN International.

 

RSVP

You must have JavaScript activated to purchase tickets. Please enable JavaScript in your browser.
Tickets are not available as this event has passed.
+ Google Calendar+ iCal Export
People
A man smiling at a book in his hands
Dennis Haskell

Dennis Haskell is an Australian critic, poet and academic. His key areas of research are Australian Literature, Poetry from the Medieval period to the present, Creative Writing, South-east Asian Writing in English, Literary Modernism (1890-1939), Modernism and after, and Post-colonial.

Photo of Krishna Sen
Professor Krishna Sen

Professor Krishna Sen graduated from the University of Calcutta with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in History. She is an internationally recognized scholar of contemporary Indonesian and media studies and is fluent in several South and Southeast Asian languages.

Photo of Marcella Polain
Marcella Polain

Marcella Polain was born in Singapore and immigrated to Australia at the age of two with her Irish father and Armenian mother. She writes poetry, narrative fiction and lyric essays; her work has been published nationally and internationally, and in translation.

Venue
Centre for Stories
100 Aberdeen Street Northbridge
WA, 6003

Public Transport
The Centre is a ten minute walk from the Perth train station and the Perth Busport, and is serviced by regular CAT buses.

Parking
Parking is available at the CPP Aberdeen street car park (25 metre walk) or at Wilsons car park on Zempilas St (10 metres).

Access
Wheelchair access is provided. The Centre for Stories aims to be an inclusive and supportive community venue, please contact us if you have any questions.

More Events
A group of people sitting at desks looking at a person teaching
Apr
11
Who's Telling This Story? – Writing Workshop with Annabel Smith
A dynamic workshop exploring aspects of character, voice and point of view. Book Online
A portrait of a woman smiling.
Dec
15
The Writing Self with Roanna Gonsalves
This full-day workshop will focus on the craft of writing, self-care, and the literary industry. Book Online
An illustration of a person walking in the dark with a magnifying glass
Dec
12
Northbridge Crime Walk
Join Sean Cowan and take a walk in the footsteps of gangsters, murderers, drug dealers and sex workers in this 90-minute tour of Northbridge’s most notorious crime spots of yesteryear. Book Online
Graphic illustration of two people walking past each other in the street.
Mar
11
How Authors Earn Money
So, how exactly do writers make money? Annabel Smith pulls back the curtain and tells us exactly how. Book Online
© 2019 Centre for Stories / Site by Super Minimal