PEN World Voices

The literary non-profit PEN couldn't decide which authors to invite to its first annual World Voices festival in New York, so it just invited all of them. From Atwood to Auster, Rushdie to Soyinka, the six-day gathering was a who's-who of global letters. Organized around a series of readings and roundtables — from panels on Cervantes and noir to a smirky evening with the Believer — the events set a new standard for literary festivals. -Toby Warner