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Nominations open for the 2025 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize
Do you know a Canadian who has helped a foreign imperiled writer? The Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize is an annual award which recognizes a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Canadian organization …
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PEN Canada sponsors Made in Exile program at Hot Docs Festival
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2025 runs April 24 to May 4 in Toronto. For the first time in Hot Docs Festival history, a new program — Made …
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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 …
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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 …
