PEN Canada envisions a world where
writers are free to write,
readers are free to read,
and freedom of expression prevails
PEN Canada envisions a world where
writers are free to write,
readers are free to read,
and freedom of expression prevails
PEN Canada is now accepting submissions from unpublished writers aged 17-30 and currently residing in Canada. The deadline for submissions is April 3. The winning submission will receive $1000.
Listen to the full audio recording of our Surveillance After Snowden panel discussion held at Toronto Reference Library as part of Freedom to Read Week.
PEN Canada protests the withdrawal by the publisher Penguin of Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History, the third book to be withdrawn this year.
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on Oct. 7 2006. Alan Cumyn reflects on her role in Russia and her enduring voice in the world.
Finding the Words: Writers on Inspiration, Desire, War, Celebrity, Exile, and Breaking the Rules