The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit ...

Nancy Huggett reads from her collection as she accepts her 2024 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award at a ceremony in October 2024. “To find the form that accommodates the mess, that’s the task of the ...

This is a free event and no registration is required. Please contact [email protected] if you require accommodation to ensure inclusion in this event. This Centre for Free Expression event is ...

Gezahegn Mekonnen Demissie is an Ethiopian journalist and filmmaker, one of the founding members of PEN Ethiopia, and Executive Director of Bridge Entertainment. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada, ...

This September, PEN Canada memberships are $40.00, reduced from the normal $75.00 fee for first-time members. Poets, essayists, novelists, journalists, playwrights, editors, translators, screenwriters ...

From its inception, PEN Canada has defended the right to freedom of expression enshrined in article 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In 2024, PEN International raised concerns ...

Dear President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, We, a group of leaders from human rights organizations, writers, and public media figures, appeal to you to grant clemency to Egyptian-British writer Alaa ...

The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week Creative Writing graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing in September ...