Next Speaking Engagements
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Joanne has addressed audiences, given readings and moderated discussions around the world, speaking on a wide range of topics including:
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her own fiction |
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the writer’s role in imagining societies |
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literature as a bridge between cultures |
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issues of freedom of expression worldwide |
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the role of the writer in peace |
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the imagination as home |
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women in literature |
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prisms of fiction and journalism |
Selected Events and Talks:
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PEN/Faulkner Talk and Discussion of No Marble Angels, IDEA Public Charter School, Washington, DC, November 25, 2008. |
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Reading and discussion: Power, Politics and the Prism of Literature -Azar Nafisi, Marie Arana and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies,
Washington, DC, November 3, 2008. Listen to podcast. |
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Reading and discussion: International PEN Congress. Maria Mercedes Carranza School, Bogota, Columbia, September 17, 2008. |
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Reading: No Marble Angels and The Dark Path to the River, Village Books, Pacific Palisades, CA, June 20, 2008. |
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Reading: No Marble Angels and The Dark Path to the River, Shore Books, Long Beach, CA, June 19, 2008. |
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Freedom of Expression Campaign for 100-Day Countdown to Beijing’s Olympics, Hong Kong, April 30-May 3, 2008. |
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International PEN’s Literary Festival: Free the Word—A Celebration of World Literature London, England, April 11-13, 2008. |
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“Under the Tongue”— A Festival of African Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI, April 15-16, 2008. |
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Reading: No Marble Angels and The Dark Path to the River, Metropolis Books
440 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, March 29, 2008. |
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"Fiction and Survival: Imagination, Migration and Diaspora-A Panel Discussion" with Nadeem Aslam, H.G. Carrillo, and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, moderated by Judith Plotz at George Washington University, Marvin Center Amphitheatre, February 25, 2008. |
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Reading with contributors from Electric Grace, Politics and Prose Book Store, 5015 Connecticut NW, Washington DC, December 5, 2007. |
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International Secretary’s Address, International PEN Congress, Dakar, Senegal, July 4-11, 2007. |
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“Gathering in Istanbul For Freedom of Expression” Istanbul, Turkey
May 25-27, 2007. |
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“Short Stories: The Preservation of Multiculturalism and Diversity”, Ankara Short Story Conference. Keynote Speaker, Ankara, Turkey, May 19-23, 2007. |
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“Freedom to Write? Our Obligation to Protect Expression”, Associated Writing Programs Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 3, 2007. (Podcast available here or here) |
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Hong Kong Conference. Asia/Pacific/ International PEN conference. Hong Kong, February 2-5, 2007. |
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“The Role of PEN in the Contemporary World.” Keynote speaker at Japan PEN meeting, Tokyo, Japan, February 6, 2007. |
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Zagreb Literary Festival, Talk and Reading from “The Tutor” in No Marble Angels, Zagreb, Croatia, November 3, 2006. |
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“Strange Times, My Dear: Freedom to Write Literary Festival”, Brown University, Providence, RI, November 14-17, 2006. |
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“Does Freedom of Expression Have a Limit?” Gothenborg Book Fair, Gothenborg, Sweden, September 21, 2006. |
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“Hospitality Without Borders,” Gothenborg Book Fair, Gothenborg, Sweden, September 21, 2006. |
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“I Left My Shoes in Macedonia”, Ohrid Conference and International PEN Translation and Linguistic Rights Meeting, Ohrid, Macedonia, September 15-16, 2006. |
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International Secretary’s Address, International PEN Congress, Berlin, Germany, May 22-28, 2006. |
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The Role of PEN in the Contemporary World” at the International Peace Committee Conference in Bled, Slovenia, March 30, 2006 (Talk available under Other Publications/Articles on this website) |
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PEN/Faulkner talk and discussion of No Marble Angels at Bell Multicultural High School, Washington, DC., February 15, 2006. |
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PEN/Faulkner talk and discussion of No Marble Angels at Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, DC February 16, 2006. |
A number of the talks above will be available at www.internationalpen.org.uk/
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