Reading list: Black Bodies, White Spaces
Ahead of our Black History Month event, a complementary reading list, with authors from across the diaspora, telling stories of revolution, hidden history, and getting into good trouble. These nine …
Author: PEN-Canada
You can’t read that: Banning kids’ books in Canada and the United States
By Jennifer Lanthier A dramatic rise in book challenges and book bans targeting what are often called “diverse books” in children’s literature is sweeping North America. While the bans are …
Seeking Nominations: board of directors
PEN Canada’s Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for its board of directors. What we are looking for: Candidates must show an interest in literature and freedom of expression and a commitment …
Don Gillmor leads workshop for PEN’s Writers in Exile
Don Gillmor (centre) leads the workshop for the writers, including Bushra Elfadil (left) and Lidiia Karpenko (right). In January, eight members of PEN’s Writers-in-Exile group gathered around a table in …
PEN Canada condemns disinvitation of antiracism advocates from presentation to Supreme Court of Canada clerks
PEN Canada condemns the abrupt cancellation of invitations to three anti-Black racism advocates scheduled to appear at a January 15 presentation to the law clerks of the Supreme Court of …
Black Bodies, White Spaces | Event in Toronto
PEN Canada, Sutherland House Press and Hungry Eyes Media invite you to an intimate, free event set in Toronto’s Davenport neighbourhood. The event honours Black History Month, female creatives and …
PEN condemns China’s suspended death sentence of Yang Hengjun
6 February: PEN International joins the undersigned PEN Centres in condemning the handing down of a suspended death sentence to Australian writer Yang Hengjun, five years after he was detained and …
PEN Canada calls for dismissal of charges against Brandi Morin
PEN Canada is deeply concerned at the Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) arrest of Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin and calls for the immediate dismissal of all charges against her ahead …
PEN International joins CPJ and partners calling on the EU to help journalists in Israel-Gaza war
January 24: On Wednesday, PEN International joined the Committee to Protect Journalists and 16 other partner organisations in sending a letter to Josep Borrell, the High Representative for the European …
Iran: additional retaliatory sentence against writer and Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi must be quashed
19 January 2024: PEN International and the undersigned PEN Centres condemn the retaliatory 15-month sentence against writer, human rights defender, and Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, resulting in a combined …