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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 Unpublished writers are …
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, …
Thursday, March 20, 2025 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm D.G. Ivey Library, New College 20 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C7 REGISTER HERE The Forum for Caribbean Writers and Readers Presents: An …
March 5, 2025: PEN Canada joins a coalition of human rights leaders, writers, and public figures in urging the Egyptian authorities to grant clemency to Egyptian-British writer Alaa Abdel-Fattah. See …
The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week Creative Writing graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing in September 2025. Humber’s Creative Writing …
March 30, 2025 | 2:00 PM Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Free admission | open to the public Step into an afternoon of inspiration and storytelling as we present …
The following letter (PDF version) sets out PEN Canada’s concerns with the charges brought against Yves Engler, a Canadian writer. Mr. Engler was detained in Montreal on Thursday February 20, …
Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, whether you are a librarian, bookseller, educator, student, or …
“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 …
Wednesday May 7, 2025 at 7 p.m. EST Zoom link: https://torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 The return of Donald Trump to the White House has seen not only an unprecedented assault on media freedoms, including lawsuits, …