PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.
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 …
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.
Jaclyn Desforges answers questions about narrative form, inspiration, and the craft of writing.
Jaclyn Desforges has won the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award for unpublished writers aged 17-30.
The attempt to silence Justin Brake is an attempt to silence 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.
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.
Join PEN Canada and Martin Amis for an intimate evening of conversation ranging from Saul Bellow to Donald Trump: incendiary politics, literature, and the madness of crowds.
Desmond Cole has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression in Canada.
Poet Mikko Harvey is the 2017 winner of the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award for unpublished writers aged 17-30.