The former secretary of state spoke with author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the PEN World Voices Festival

Colson Whitehead, Leïla Slimani, Adam Gopnik, and Maxine Beneba Clarke are among the writers who spoke

The actor is in town to discuss stepping away from the camera and picking up his pen

The Sudanese Australian writer was scheduled for an event titled “The M Word: No Country for Young Muslim Women”

This year some 165 writers representing more than fifty nationalities are scheduled to participate