Centres

The members of International PEN are the PEN Centres and their members.

The Centres are autonomous organisations that organise their own programme of activities that work towards the guiding principles of International PEN and the Charter. These include producing publications, literary prizes and public literary events as well as community programmes focusing on education and engagement with reading and writing. Centres work with International PEN through the regional programmes to develop activities and Centre capacity. The Centres can also elect to be members of the different Committees to be part of their work on freedom of expression issues, women writers, translation and linguistic rights and writers for peace.