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Applications open for 2025 Writers-in-Exile Humber Scholarship

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 2025. Humber’s Creative Writing …

Literary Events

Voices of Freedom reading series: March edition

March 30, 2025 | 2:00 PM  Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Free admission | open to the public Step into an afternoon of inspiration and storytelling as we present …

An Evening with Author Zalika Reid-Benta

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Take Action for Andrzej Poczobut: International Mother Language Day 2025

“Andrzej Poczobut, a voice for the silenced, is paying a devastating price for his unwavering commitment to truth and justice. Locked away, deprived of the very freedoms he seeks to …

Send a holiday greeting to an imprisoned writer

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TIFA 2022 — The Freedom to Write and to Read: Standing with Salman Rushdie

“Free Speech is the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.” — Salman Rushdie PEN Canada, Penguin Random House Canada, Toronto International Festival of Authors and Writers’ Trust of Canada …

Q&A with Chris Tenove on Toxic Disinformation