Meet the Judges for the 2021 Ken Filkow Prize
PEN Canada’s Ken Filkow Prize was established in memory of Kenneth A. Filkow, Q.C., a distinguished Winnipeg lawyer and active member of PEN Canada’s Canadian Issues Committee. The award honours …
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Deadline Extended: RBC/PEN Canada 2021 New Voices Award
Deadline Extended! RBC/PEN Canada 2021 New Voices Award PEN Canada is now accepting English language submissions for the RBC/PEN Canada 2021 New Voices Award. The annual award aims to encourage …
Q&A with Ava Homa, inaugural PEN/Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholar
Ava Homa is a journalist, activist, and critically-acclaimed author of “Daughters of Smoke and Fire” (HarperCollins, 2020). She holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor.
PEN Canada Successfully Intervenes in Sec. 91 Challenge to Canada Elections Act
PEN Canada has successfully intervened before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s (CCF) challenge to the constitutionality of section 91(1) of the Canada Elections Act.
Bangladesh’s Embattled Bloggers:
As the trial for the killing of Avijit Roy reaches a verdict, a friend recalls the atmosphere at the Ekushey Book Fair a year after the iconic secularist was murdered.
Q&A with Maria Saba, 2020 PEN/Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholar
Maria Saba is the 2020 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholar. An Iran-born writer, storyteller and arts educator, Saba has published three books and over a hundred articles, interviews, and stories.
COVID-19 has Deepened Our Dependence on Surveillance Technology
Largely without public debate – and absent any new safeguards – we’ve become even more dependent on a technological ecosystem that is notoriously insecure, poorly regulated, highly invasive and prone to serial abuse.
Maria Saba Wins PEN Canada-Humber College Scholarship
Maria Saba is the recipient of the 2020 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.
Q&A with New Voices Winner Em Dial
A Q&A with Em Dial, winner of the 2020 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award.
Emily Dial Wins 2020 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award
Poet Em Dial wins PEN Canada’s New Voices Award for 2020 August 27 (Toronto) Emily (Em) Dial has been chosen as the winner of PEN Canada’s 2020 New Voices Award. …