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News and books from previous New Voices Award winners

For more than a decade, the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award has recognized excellence in emerging, yet-to-be published Canadian writers. The 2025 prize is currently open for submissions — unpublished …

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Canada: A second Ukraine? Reflections from the Writers for Peace Committee Meeting

The Writers for Peace Committee, founded in 1984, is a committee of PEN International. Each year, the committee meets in Bled, Slovenia, with this year’s meeting (April 7-10, 2025) focusing …

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We Start from Scratch, but We Don’t Come from Nothing

Arzu Yildiz at work as a court reporter in Ankara, Turkiye. Photo taken inside the courthouse. Written by Arzu Yildiz Do Canadian media truly reflect the voices and colours of …

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More than ever, Free Expression Matters | message from PEN Canada president

This letter first appeared in our March 2025 newsletter. You can subscribe to PEN Canada’s monthly newsletter to receive the latest free expression news and hear about our PEN community.  …

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PEN Canada sponsors Made in Exile program at Hot Docs Festival

The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2025 runs April 24 to May 4 in Toronto. For the first time in Hot Docs Festival history, a new program — Made …

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PEN Canada alarmed by CTV’s cancellation of fact-checking segment following online backlash

PEN Canada is deeply concerned by CTV’s abrupt cancellation of a planned election misinformation segment, following what appears to be pressure from online harassment. Earlier this month, journalist Rachel Gilmore …

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Meet the jury for the 2025 New Voices Award

PEN Canada is accepting submissions for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award encourages new writing and provides a space for unpublished writers (age 17 and over). …

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PEN Canada, PEN America, and PEN Québec joined today in a united call for books and literature to flow freely across our shared border.

Amid rising political tensions between the U.S. and Canada, and escalating threats of a broader trade war, the downstream effects of tariffs on writers, readers, publishers, and booksellers will be …

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Joint letter to the Art Museum of the Americas | PEN Canada, PEN America and Artists at Risk Connection

Art Museum of the Americas 201 18th St NW Washington, DC 20006 To the Executive Director and members of the board, the Art Museum of the Americas CC Minister of …

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Submissions open for 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award

PEN Canada is now accepting English-language submissions for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award.  The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished writers are …

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From the Archives: What I Have Learned from Exiled Journalists

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