The creation of the International Parliament of Writers under the direction of its past and current presidents, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie and Vaclav Havel, Autodafe is a biannual periodical that aims to reflect the social and political realities of the world in which we live. Contributors to the first issue include: Jacques Derrida, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Drabble, Paul West, Russell Banks, Antonio Tabucchi, Wole Soyinka, Christian Salmon and a further 20 internationally respected writers.