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Authors including Adam Foulds, Henning Mankell and William Sutcliff will attend the third Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) taking place this May.
The authors will join a number of international writers and artists taking place in the festival which runs from 1st-6th May.
Patron Philip Pullman said: "Carrying words from one mind to another is one of the most important things that human beings can do. Every literary act, whether it's a great epic poem or an honest piece of journalism or a simple nonsense tale for children is a blow against the forces of stupidity and ignorance and darkness–and we should esteem them and treasure them and defend them all to the same degree.
"The Palestine Festival of Literature exists to do just that—and I salute it for its work. Not only this year but for as long as it's necessary."
PalFest will travel to a range of cities including Jerusalem, Ramallah, Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus.
Chair and founder of PalFest, Ahdaf Soueif, said: "There's tremendous energy to PalFest, and huge amounts of goodwill pushing it forward and encouraging it to grow. This is a literary festival that makes a difference, both to the hosts and to the visitors."