“Engage” Partners’ Meeting in Barcelona
During the meeting, attended by the representatives of Det Fria Ordets Hus (Sweden), the Krakow Festival Office (Poland) and the National Centre for Writing (UK), the calendar of Engage!’s 2019 activities has been presented. The attendees have evaluated each institution’s evolution and results since the beginning...
Statement on the imprisoned Catalan writers and civil society leaders
PEN Català, along with the signatories listed below, denounces the excessive restrictions on the right to freedom of expression as a result of the disproportionate charges of rebellion and sedition filed against writers and civil society leaders Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, who have been...
Evaluation of experiences with young audiences in Belgrade (Serbia)
On Thursday January 17, the European project Engage led by PEN Català will be participating in a meeting to evaluate the projects that promote participation and access to European literary culture organised by SILO (Socially Inclusive Literature Operations). The meeting is in the Serbian city of...
What are teenagers reading?
Conversing about literature with a group of boys and girls in the third and fourth years of secondary school On November 9, and in the framework of the European project Engage Young Producers, lead by PEN Català we visited the Institut d’Educació Secundària Viladomat, located in...
Keep posted on Engage updates!
The European project, Engage! led by PEN Català continues with its activities. We are planning 2 focus groups in November in collaboration with the Secondary School IES Viladomat in Barcelona. The first one will take place on November 9th and will be formed by 14 girls...
Engage with young audiences: workshop in Krakow
"It was extremely surprising. I have never experienced such good partners, thematic… everything was extremely useful and helpful", Tina Popovič, Ljubljana UNESCO City of Literature (Slovenia) “This workshop was designed to challenge us to look at literature broadly, in different formats. We will take the inspiration...
Rereading libraries for young people. Dividing, creativity and trust: the Swedish example
Libraries with music, videogames, concerts, night-time games and workshops with youtubers. These are some of the proposals by the Punkt127, Club Dynamo and Stockholm Kulturhuset libraries. In early May, three Catalan librarians, at the invitation of the Catalan PEN centre, participated in an exchange in Sweden...
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