Project: Know Her Words is an initiative of PEN International’s Women Writers Committee to highlight the best writing by women writers from around the world.
All PEN Centers were invited to share 10 titles from their country’s best books by women authors to encourage cross-cultural understanding, book clubs between PEN Centers, further readings and author presentations.
According to the instructions we received from PEN International, the list can be made up of any textual genre and it is not necessary to include exclusively books by women members of PEN Greece.
The Board of PEN Greece decided to appoint an independent 3-member committee for the selection of the titles, which was made up of the following, whom we sincerely thank for their kind cooperation and editing of the whole project: Sotiria Georganti, Manolis Pimplis, Katerina Fragou.
Introducing VOLUME 1.
The list of these 10 books is only the beginning, since there is the prospect of further selections to follow.
It is released in printed form (as a booklet) and will be distributed by members of PEN Greece at the following International Exhibitions:
α) London Book Fair 2024, 12-14 March 2024
β) Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024, 8-11 April 2024
γ) Festival du Livre de Paris 2024, 12-14 April 2024
δ) Liber 2024, Βαρκελώνη 2-4 October 2024
ε) Frankfurter Buchmesse, 16-20 October 2024
στ) Sharjah International Book Fair 2024, November 2024
ζ) FIL Guadalajara 2024, 30 November – 8 December 2024
We sincerely thank everyone who contributed to the implementation of the project.
