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Kern is the author of the recently published YA novel Boys and Girls Screaming (DCB/Cormorant Books), and the upcoming YA novel And Then There Was Us (Tundra/Penguin Random House/2024). He …
The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing in September 2024. The PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship (a full scholarship) is …
Do you know a Canadian who has helped a foreign imperilled writer? This prize is awarded annually to a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Canadian organization who in the past …
Do you know someone who has advanced freedom of expression in Canada? The PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize is awarded to an individual or group who has advanced freedom of expression …
When: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | 7 to 9:30 p.m. (Doors at 6:30 p.m) Where: Old Town Hall (460 Botsford Street, New Market, ON) How: Free admission | Light refreshments …
Photo: Alice Munro speaks at a 2009 PEN Canada event at the Toronto International Festival of Authors. Written by Bruce Walsh “Smallest photo the Globe ever ran,” we laughed. But …
PEN Canada’s Annual General Meeting will take place online Thursday, June 13 at 5:30 pm EDT, on Zoom. All PEN Canada members are encouraged to attend, and RSVP is required. A full AGM package (Agenda, Minutes …
The International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 26 press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations vehemently condemn the arrest of three Kurdish journalists last …
Free online from the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 7 p.m. EST Tuesday, January 23, 4 p.m. EST Zoom link: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 About this event The potential …
By Luis Horacio Nájera In the summer of 1995, while working as a crime reporter for El Diario, Ciudad Juárez’s most influential newspaper, my duties as a journalist clashed with …