This week: an interview with Southern Weekend’s former editor, Burma held its first-ever international literary festival, and the state of media in Pakistan.
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In this interview conducted, Gioconda Belli reflects on the legacy of the Sandinista movement, her hopes for Nicaragua, and the state of freedom of expression under Ortega.
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John O’Brien (Dalkey Archive Press) interviews Best European Fiction authors Igor Stiks (Croatia), Gonçalo M. Tavares (Portugal) and Peter Terrin (Belgium) at the Passa Porta Literary Festival. A Sampsonia Way exclusive.
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Carta del cubano Ricardo Gonzalez Alfonso, periodista y poeta exiliado en España, a los asistentes de la conferencia anual del Comité de Escritores en Prisión de PEN Internacional.
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The following speech was given by WiPC Chair Marian Botsford Fraser the opening event of the Passa Porta Literary Festival in Brussels. She talked about current cases in China, Afghanistan, Mexico and Cuba.
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In this interview, Paul Buekenhout, Passa Porta project coordinator, talks about this great, sui generis project. Passa Porta is Brussels’ international house of literature: a meeting place for readers and writers, a space where the link between Dutch, French, and foreign-language literature is reinforced.
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