Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Irwin Cotler writes to Dawit Isaak
Irwin Cotler writes to Dawit Isaak for PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Ken Whyte writes to Rahile Dawut
Ken Whyte writes to Rahile Dawut for PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Yann Martel writes to Selahattin Demirtaş
Yann Martel writes to Selahattin Demirtaş for the Day of Imprisoned Writer
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Em Dial writes to Maykel Osorbo
Dear Maykel — After reading your story, listening to your music, and meditating on the role of an artist in the fight for a more equitable world, I feel compelled to voice my …
Turkey: PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk under investigation for his writings
The Turkish authorities should not charge Nobel laureate and PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk with “insulting Atatürk” and the Turkish flag, PEN International said today, as an investigation has been launched into his novel Nights of Plague
From Hollywood to Homer: Star Wars as epic poetry
On November 4, 2021 at 7-8 pm EST, PEN Canada invites you to a free online discussion with Jack Mitchell as he discusses his retelling of the Star Wars myth in iambic pentameter — the metre of English epics like Paradise Lost and The Prelude — with the novelist Colin McAdam.
Q&A with Turkish journalist Arzu Yildiz, 2021 recipient of Humber College Scholarship
Arzu Yildiz is a Turkish journalist who has covered high profile murder cases and the illegal arms trade to Syria. She has worked as an editor and senior reporter in …
ARZU YILDIZ WINS 2021 WRITERS-IN-EXILE SCHOLARSHIP
Arzu Yildiz is the recipient of the 2021 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship, which provides peer mentorship to one member of PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile program each year.
Deepa Rajagopalan wins 2021 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award
Deepa Rajagopalan has won the 2021 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. Her short story Peacocks of Instagram, was chosen ahead of more than 130 submissions by jurors Donna Bailey Nurse, Kaie Kellough and Thea Lim.
Q&A with 2021 New Voices Winner Deepa Rajagopalan
Deepa Rajagopalan is completing her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, and is a graduate of the Creative Writing program from the University of Toronto. She is …