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Over 100 Nobel Laureates sign open letter in support of Ales Bialiatski
Photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 PL (from PEN International website) May 21, 2023: PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by 103 Nobel Laureates, …
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Join our 2023 Annual General Meeting
2023 Annual General Meeting PEN Canada’s AGM will take place on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 5:30 pm ET on Zoom. Please RSVP by Monday June 12th, 2023 via the form below. …
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June 1 – 31: The Great Canadian Giving Challenge!
Great Canadians Celebrate Freedom of Expression In the month of June, every $1 you donate to PEN Canada through our CanadaHelps.ca campaign page enters PEN in a chance to win …
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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 …