India: Detention of writer and human rights defender, Teesta Setalvad, is latest assault on civil society
PEN International is alarmed by reports that writer and human rights defender, Teesta Setalvad, has been detained by the Indian authorities.
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Fareh Malik wins 2022 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award
June 24, 2022 — Fareh Malik, a poet from Hamilton, Ontario has won the 2022 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices award. The jury described his collection, Streams that Lead Somewhere as an intense “portrait of what it’s like to feel othered and alienated by daily doses of hate.” The citation noted the poems’ “tenderness and throat-grabbing use of imagery” and Malik’s “wide range of voices and tones to convey a nuanced spectrum of emotions and a laser sharp critique of Canada’s blatant and covert systemic racism”
Mariam Al Zier wins the inaugural Marie-Ange Garrigue prize
PEN Canada’s inaugural Marie-Ange Garrigue prize has been awarded to Mariam Al Zier.
Amber Bracken wins the 2022 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize
The Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken has won PEN Canada’s 2022 Ken Filkow Prize for advancing freedom of expression in Canada.
2022 PEN Canada Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College
PEN Canada invites applications from creative writers in our Writers in Exile group for the position of Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College for the fall semester (August to December 2022) with …
Call for applications from Writers-in-Exile for full scholarship at Humber School for Writers 2022
Humber School for Writers Creative Writing (Correspondence) Program The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile group for its 28-week graduate certificate program commencing in September 2022. The PEN …
GRC Survey — Attacks On Journalists’ Reputations
We are seeing more frequent and sophisticated efforts to discredit journalists. PEN Canada and the Committee to Protect Journalists are working with the team at the Global Reporting Centre (University of British Columbia) to investigate …
30th Toronto Jewish Film Festival, June 9 – 26
PEN Canada is once again partnering with the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. This year’s annual festival is scheduled to take place from June 9th – 26th. There are three films that our …
Press freedom in Canada — What about student journalists?
CFE Virtual Forum Series: #4 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom — Friday June 10, 2022 3:00pm to 4:30pm Canada’s protection for press freedom does not seem to extend to student …
19th Annual Human Rights Watch Toronto Film Festival — free screening of Mujer de Soldado
PEN Canada is a Community Partner for the 19th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival hosted in partnership with HotDocs. On Saturday May 28th at 3:00 pm, there will be …