Voices of protest
From China to Chile, Turkey to Malawi, we pay tribute to writers who have suffered for their right to write
A war on words
Scratching poems on cell floors, or making ink from the brick powder of the walls, Burmese writers have managed to continue writing despite imprisonment and censorship. Aida Edemariam reports.
Jack Mapanje reads Retinal Screening, Christmas 2006
Pamuk believed to be in exile in US
The Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has reportedly left his home country to live in America amid fears for his life. The Nobel laureate is believed to be at risk of assassination in Turkey following the murder of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink last month. Threats appeared to have been made against Pamuk by the man who confessed to orchestrating the murder.
Writing of Jordan, dreaming of Palestine
'There is a Sudanese culture'
In the face of Sudan's long conflict between the supposedly Arabic north and African south, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi's poetry blends influences from both. Richard Lea meets him.
Acquittal for Turkish novelist
Police out in force as Turkish writer is acquitted
Taking control of the ghosts
A new UK-based website displays the writing of survivors of torture and asylum seekers from all over the world, Mark Oliver reports.
Date set for Shafak trial in Turkey
The first hearing in the trial of the Turkish novelist Elif Shafak will take place in Istanbul on September 21, an event she describes with eloquent understatement as being "unfortunate timing". It is four days before she is due to give birth.
In Istanbul, a writer awaits her day in court
'I want to continue the life I had before'
Earlier this year, Turkey's bestselling novelist Orhan Pamuk faced prison for daring to 'insult' his country. Now, he tells Aida Edemariam in his first British interview since the case was thrown out of court, he wants to get back to what he does best - writing books.
Our Old Bed by Abdullah al Ryami
A Table and Two Coffees read by Carlos Reyes-Manzo for Guardian Unlimited Books
Una mesa y dos café (Español)
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