An Evening with Author Zalika Reid-Benta
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 6-8 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM) William Doo Auditorium, New College 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto Join author Zalika Reid-Benta, alumna of Victoria College and Caribbean …
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Q&A with Tala Motazedi, PEN Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College
Tala Motazedi, a queer screenwriter from Iran, has had a very busy year indeed as the PEN Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College. Her work at the College began in September. …
Submissions: 5th Marathon of Video-poems in Indigenous and Minoritized Languages
PEN International’s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee is seeking submission for their annual Video-Poem Marathon in Indigenous and Minoritized Languages. The marathon will launch February 21, 2025 (International Mother Language …
Patrick Crean leads workshop for PEN Writers in Exile
PEN would like to thank Patrick Crean for leading a writing workshop this past weekend with our Writers in Exile. Seventeen writers took part in the workshop, each an immigrant …
A PEN year-in-review
Thank you to all of our patrons, members, donors, supporters, volunteers, writers, readers, peers, and friends who have been a part of the PEN community in the past year. We …
Send a holiday greeting to an imprisoned writer
Every year in December, members of the PEN community come together to write messages of solidarity, support and hope to their fellow writers imprisoned or killed for practicing their right …
After Assad: five Syrian and Arab writers on what’s next
The Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, has been a devastating and prolonged conflict led by the Syrian government under Bashar al-Assad. The conflict has caused immense humanitarian suffering, …
PEN welcomes changes to Bill C-63, Online Harms Act
PEN Canada today commended the Government of Canada for removing more controversial parts of Bill C-63, particularly the heavy-handed hate speech penalties. The government heeded concerns expressed by a wide …
PEN urges government to reject UN draft Convention on Cybercrime
This week, we signed an open letter, alongside 20 organizations and experts, urging the Canadian government to reject the UN draft Convention on Cybercrime. The draft is up for approval …
Censoring Books in Schools and Libraries: What does it mean for our future?
Ira Wells in conversation with James L. Turk Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 7 p.m. EST Link to Zoom event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 In his new book, On Book Banning, Ira Wells …