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“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 …
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 6-8 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM) William Doo Auditorium, New College 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto Join author Zalika Reid-Benta, alumna of Victoria College and Caribbean …
Tala Motazedi, a queer screenwriter from Iran, has had a very busy year indeed as the PEN Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College. Her work at the College began in September. …
PEN International’s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee is seeking submission for their annual Video-Poem Marathon in Indigenous and Minoritized Languages. The marathon will launch February 21, 2025 (International Mother Language …
PEN would like to thank Patrick Crean for leading a writing workshop this past weekend with our Writers in Exile. Seventeen writers took part in the workshop, each an immigrant …
Thank you to all of our patrons, members, donors, supporters, volunteers, writers, readers, peers, and friends who have been a part of the PEN community in the past year. We …
Every year in December, members of the PEN community come together to write messages of solidarity, support and hope to their fellow writers imprisoned or killed for practicing their right …
The Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, has been a devastating and prolonged conflict led by the Syrian government under Bashar al-Assad. The conflict has caused immense humanitarian suffering, …
PEN Canada today commended the Government of Canada for removing more controversial parts of Bill C-63, particularly the heavy-handed hate speech penalties. The government heeded concerns expressed by a wide …
This week, we signed an open letter, alongside 20 organizations and experts, urging the Canadian government to reject the UN draft Convention on Cybercrime. The draft is up for approval …