Beyond Censorship: Power, Silencing and Resistance
Event Information
Description
Join Authors' Club, Media Diversified, Index on Censorship, and the Jhalak Prize for a discussion of the ways in which dissenting voices are structurally silenced - and the many ways to resist. Sunny Singh (author and Jhalak Prize co-founder), Sarah Shaffi (literary editor and journalist), Catherine Johnson (author and Jhalak Prize inaugral judge) and Jamilah Ahmed (author and literary agent) will share their own experiences on how institutions and structures operate in subtle legal ways to silence voices that are considered discomfitting, challenging and dangerous. They will also reflect on the ways in which contemporary writing and publishing continues to find means of resisting such unofficial forms of censorship.
As part of Banned Books Week UK (23-29 September 2018).
Visit: www.bannedbooksweek.co.uk for more information.
Accessibility
If you are a wheelchair user or have access requirements then please contact the venue: 020 7930 9871 or email: events@indexoncensorship.org for more information as the venue is not currently fully accessible.
Organiser Index on Censorship
Organiser of Beyond Censorship: Power, Silencing and Resistance
Index on Censorship is a nonprofit that campaigns for and defends free expression worldwide. We publish work by censored writers and artists, promote debate, and monitor threats to free speech.
We believe that everyone should be free to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution – no matter what their views.
Index’s aim is to raise awareness about threats to free expression and the value of free speech as the first step to tackling censorship.
Index relies entirely on the support of donors and readers to do our work.
