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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EWC welcomes The Czech Writers’ Association as new member
NEWSROOM

EWC welcomes The Czech Writers’ Association as new member

The European Writers’ Council is delighted to ann
The Authors Guild’s 2018 Author Income Survey
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The Authors Guild’s 2018 Author Income Survey

The Authors Guild’s 2018 Author Income Survey, the la
Defending the ecosystem for books and writers
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Defending the ecosystem for books and writers

In this survey, writers were asked to tell what they ne
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WRITERS IN ITALY: INCREASINGLY POOR?

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USA: 42 % DECLINE IN AUTHORS’ EARNINGS
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USA: 42 % DECLINE IN AUTHORS’ EARNINGS

January 5, 2019 Authors Guild (US)-Survey Shows Drastic
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BEHIND THE SCREENS

European Survey on the remuneration of audiovisual auth
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»Worldwide Reading« for Freedom of Expression

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APPEAL OF INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS’ FORUM

IAF is continuing its research into authors earnings th
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More Surveys on writers’ and translators’ earnings

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WRITERS’ INCOME IN FINLAND

Writers’ median income for writing fiction in Finland
EWC recommends: Defending the ecosystem for books and writers
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EWC recommends: Defending the ecosystem for books and writers

»The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from
STUDY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE (UK): WHAT WRITERS NEED TODAY
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STUDY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE (UK): WHAT WRITERS NEED TODAY

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

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    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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