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Deadline for applications: Friday, August 23, 2024 Remuneration: Stipend of $4000/month ($40/ hr @ 25 hrs/week) George Brown College, Department of English and Communication, Toronto, Canada Term: September 2024 – …
Nancy Huggett has won the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. For her winning submission, Revelation, she will receive a $3,000 cash prize and mentorship from a Canadian author. …
PEN Canada asked the Iranian-Canadian writer Maria Saba about politics, freedom of expression and the challenges faced by Iranian writers and journalists in diaspora communities. PEN Canada: Iranian lawyers, writers, …
At the 2024 annual general meeting, PEN Canada announced its latest Annual Report, titled The Things We Could Not Carry. Alongside an accounting of the last year’s activities and the …
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 …
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 …