Nasrin Sotoudeh to Receive PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award
TORONTO (April 8, 2019) – Nasrin Sotoudeh, the Iranian human rights lawyer renowned for her defense of women’s and children’s rights, will receive the One Humanity award at PEN Canada’s …
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Meet the Judges for the 2019 New Voices Award
PEN Canada is currently accepting submissions for the 2019 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. The competition is for unpublished writers aged 17-30. The winner receives a $3,000 cash prize and …
SOLD OUT: 2019 PEN Gala Dinner
PEN Canada pays tribute to the life and work of Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson in a conversation with Rick Mercer. Join PEN Canada as we honour literary power couple Margaret …
2019 PEN Gala Dinner with Margaret Atwood, Graeme Gibson, and Rick Mercer
PEN Canada pays tribute to the life and work of Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson in a conversation with Rick Mercer. Join PEN Canada as we honour literary power couple Margaret …
Onder Deligoz Receives Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship
Humber supports PEN Canada’s mission to champion freedom of expression and to value the indispensable role writers play in our civic and cultural life.
2018 New Voices Award: Q&A with Jaclyn Desforges
Jaclyn Desforges answers questions about narrative form, inspiration, and the craft of writing.
Jaclyn Desforges wins RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award
Jaclyn Desforges has won the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award for unpublished writers aged 17-30.
Filkow Prize Awarded to Justin Brake at PEN Canada AGM
The attempt to silence Justin Brake is an attempt to silence freedom of expression.
Justin Brake wins 2018 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression
Justin Brake has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize. The $1,000 prize is awarded annually to an individual or group whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada.
Night in Review: 2018 PEN Canada Gala with Martin Amis
Christopher Hitchens memorably described Martin Amis’s style as “a synthesis of astonishing wit and moral assiduity.” Both were much in evidence as Amis spoke with the novelist and biographer Charlie Foran at PEN Canada’s 2018 gala dinner.