A Question of Trust: reporting on Ciudad Juárez’s serial killings
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 …
Author: PEN-Canada
Alaa Abd el-Fattah – follow-up letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Originally published by English PEN | Photo of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, courtesy of freealaa.net. Photo by Mosaab El-Shamy. April 17, 2024 Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group …
Meet the jury for the 2024 New Voices Award
PEN Canada is now accepting submissions for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award encourages new writing and provides a space where unpublished writers (age 17 and …
Norway: Lack of justice for the attempted murder of PEN International Vice President William Nygaard
Originally published by PEN International | Photo: Eirik Solheim (CC BY-SA 2.0) “PEN International stands with its Vice President William Nygaard, who over 30 years ago nearly paid the ultimate …
MacLennan Lecture | Book challenges and their impact on Canadian communities, a round table discussion (hybrid)
When: Thursday April 25, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. EST Where: Hybrid event (in-person, and streaming online) How: Free to attend, register online Book challenges are on the rise and affect …
A Climate of Sorrow
By Marcello Di Cintio For the past six months, since the most recent horrors in Gaza began, I’ve been using my Gazan friends’ Facebook activity as proof-of-life. I begin to …
Online Harms Bill: the good, the balanced and the alarming
This preliminary response was originally published on March 29, 2024 in PEN Canada’s monthly newsletter, as part of the Grace Westcott’s President’s Message. Subscribe to get monthly updates sent to …
Geographies of the Imagination | Event in Toronto
PEN Canada invites you to enjoy an evening with poets whose works offer imaginative worlds resonant with the aftershocks of recent history, diasporas, and vibrant new cultural landscapes. On Wednesday …
Poetic Voices, In Bud and In Bloom | Event in Montreal
Join us in person in Westmount (Montreal) at the Atwater Library Adair Auditorium for the Atwater Poetry Project’s upcoming event: Poetic Voices, In Bud and In Bloom. Featuring 2023 …
Submissions open for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award
PEN Canada is now accepting English-language submissions for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished writers are …