UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

23

June

EWC at the Creators Conference

Brussels (Belgium)
https://europeanwriterscouncil.eu/creatorsconference-23june-program/

18-19

June

EWC at the Symposium FIL – Women in the literary sector (Switzerland)

Bern (Switzerland)
https://www.fairlesen.ch/

24-25

May

EWC at the IFRRO European Group Meeting 2022

Oslo, Norway

20

May

EWC at the CRIMINALE (Germany)

Iserlohn, Germany
https://www.die-criminale.de/criminale-aktuell.html

9-13

May

EWC at the WIPO SCCR/42 meeting

Geneva & online

29

April

EWC at Week for Freedom of Expression

Haus des Buches, Frankfurt am Main (Germany) + Livestream
https://www.woche-der-meinungsfreiheit.de

22

Nov

EWC at the 9th Conference on Authors’ Rights

Academy of Arts, Berlin + Livestream
https://urheber.info/conference-2021
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#freewordsbelarus: 36 Presidents, Chairs and board members of 33 writers’ and translators’ organisations from 22 countries representing 120,000 authors, join voices to support the democracy movement in Belarus.
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#freewordsbelarus: 36 Presidents, Chairs and board members of 33 writers’ and translators’ organisations from 22 countries representing 120,000 authors, join voices to support the democracy movement in Belarus.

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On 15 November, the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN I
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EWC welcomes La Société des Gens de Lettres (Society of French Literati) as new member

“We are their voice. We defend authors and their
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Brussels, 8 October 2020 Open Letter to the EU Com
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EWC welcomes Όμιλος Λογοτεχνίας και Κριτικής (Literature and Criticism Association) as new member

“For the Literature and Criticism Association Cyp
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EWC welcomes Forfatterforbundet, The Norwegian Society of Authors as new member

“In tough times we stand strongest together. That
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Private Copying Compensation: Joint Statement of Organisations representing Authors, Performers, Publishers and Creative workers at EU level

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EWC welcomes The Syndikat, The Association of German Language Crime Writers as new member

“By joining the European Writers’ Council,
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EWC welcomes The Society of Hungarian Authors – Szépírók Társasága as new member

In the current domestic cultural-political climate buil
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THE EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE FOR LITERATURE REVEALS THE 2020 ANTHOLOGY

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The European Union Prize for Literature moves its 2020 ceremony online!

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International & European Solidarity for Belarus and EWC Member The Union of Belarusian Writers (UBW)

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The EWC condemns the detaining of poets and translators in Minsk and the action against Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich

The European Writers’ Council condemns the detaining
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 moves online – exhibitions cancelled

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The EWC Annual General Meeting 2020 was successfully held online

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Stop the attempts to divide Belarusian society!

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JOINT STATEMENTS

  • DSA Plenary vote: Broader KYBC obligations but a missed opportunity to secure a safer online environment for consumers and businesses

    Creativity Works!, the leading European coalition of the creative and cultural industries, says: “Members of the European Parliament have missed an …

  • DSA: Disappointing IMCO vote, but a genuinely safe and trustworthy online environment is still possible, says Creativity Works!

    Creativity Works!, the leading European coalition of the creative and cultural industries, demands: “The IMCO report is a missed opportunity to …

  • Belarus: Radical crackdown against the Free Word

    The European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the European Writers Council (EWC) call …

  • Authors’ Group press statement on the transposition of the 2019 EU Copyright Directive.

    The Authors’ Group deeply regrets the slow pace of implementation of the 2019 Copyright Directive and calls on all EU Member …

  • AUTHORS GROUP POSITION – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF ARTISTS AND THE CULTURAL RECOVERY IN THE EU

    The Authors’ Group is Europe’s leading Authors’ network representing hundreds of thousands of authors, including writers, literary translators, composers, songwriters, film/TV …

  • #freewordsBelarus #standwithBelarus #justice4Belarus : The EWC and CEATL call upon the Ministers of Culture of the EU Member States to take urgent steps required to end the violence and repression against writers, translators and the independent cultural scene in Belarus.

    On the International Solidarity Day with Belarus, announced by opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for 7 February 2021, 46 authors’ and 35 …

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  • Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores
  • Sanasto, the Finnish Authors’ Copyright Society

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  • The Union of Finnish Writers
  • The Norwegian Non-fiction Writers and Translators Association
  • The Swedish Writers’ Union
  • The Swedish Association of Educational Writers
  • The Society of Swedish Authors in Finland
  • The Norwegian Authors’ Union with the support and funding by KOPINOR
  • The Norwegian Writers for Children with the support and funding by KOPINOR
  • The German Writers’ Union (VS)
  • The Cultural Fund of Germanlanguage Authors e.V
  • The Förderverein Buch e.V.

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  • CCFG       www.culturalcreators.eu
  • CW!       creativityworks.eu
  • #FREEALLWORDS   freeallwords.org
  • IFRRO   ifrro.org
  • PLR       plrinternational.com
  • WIPO    wipo.int

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