PEN Canada publishes Annual Report 2024/2025
The 2024/2025 annual report, I Hope This Letter Finds You Well, explores the power of letter writing as a tool of connection and advocacy. Edited by poet and writer Eli …
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Meet the jury for the 2025 Ken Filkow and Marie-Ange Garrigue prizes
PEN Canada is seeking nominations from peers and civil society partners for two annual awards: the Ken Filkow Prize, for advancing freedom of expression in Canada, and the Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize, …
Open letter calling for the Government of Venezuela to immediately release human rights defender Eduardo Torres
June 9, 2025 Nicolás Maduro Moros Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Jorge Rodríguez Gómez Presidency of the National Assembly of Venezuela. We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are …
PEN Canada condemns Alberta’s book banning initiative
PEN Canada unequivocally condemns the Alberta government’s decision to pursue policies that are likely to lead to widespread book bans in the province’s schools. In May, the government announced plans …
PEN Canada alarmed by CTV’s cancellation of fact-checking segment following online backlash
PEN Canada is deeply concerned by CTV’s abrupt cancellation of a planned election misinformation segment, following what appears to be pressure from online harassment. Earlier this month, journalist Rachel Gilmore …
Meet the jury for the 2025 New Voices Award
PEN Canada is accepting submissions for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award encourages new writing and provides a space for unpublished writers (age 17 and over). …
PEN Canada, PEN America, and PEN Québec joined today in a united call for books and literature to flow freely across our shared border.
Amid rising political tensions between the U.S. and Canada, and escalating threats of a broader trade war, the downstream effects of tariffs on writers, readers, publishers, and booksellers will be …
Joint letter to the Art Museum of the Americas | PEN Canada, PEN America and Artists at Risk Connection
Art Museum of the Americas 201 18th St NW Washington, DC 20006 To the Executive Director and members of the board, the Art Museum of the Americas CC Minister of …
Submissions open for 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award
PEN Canada is now accepting English-language submissions for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished writers are …
Q&A with Nancy Huggett, 2024 New Voices Award winner
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, …