Q&A with 2021 New Voices Winner Deepa Rajagopalan
Deepa Rajagopalan is completing her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, and is a graduate of the Creative Writing program from the University of Toronto. She is …
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Q&A with Amy Lai, winner of the 2021 Ken Filkow Prize
Amy Lai is a lawyer and author of “The Right to Parody” (Cambridge University Press) and an upcoming book on free speech and higher education (under contract with University of Michigan Press). She is the winner of PEN Canada’s Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression.
The gratitude gap: What does Canada owe refugees, and what do they owe us?
The gratitude gap: What does Canada owe refugees, and what do they owe us?
Daniel Ortega and the Crushing of the Nicaraguan Dream
Nicaraguans now find ourselves with no recourse, no law, no police to protect us. Habeas corpus has been replaced by a law that allows the state to imprison people who are under investigation for up to 90 days. Who will they come for next?
Empowering Arab Voices: A Q&A with Abdulrahman Matar
Abdulrahman Matar is a Syrian-born writer, journalist, poet and novelist. He is a member of PEN Canada’s Writers in Exile group, the Syrian writers’ Association, and the Writers’ Union of …
Remembering Aaron Berhane
Aaron Berhane’s sudden passing from Covid-19 on May 1st was a devastating blow to PEN’s Writers-in-Exile group, which he chaired.
Q&A with Ava Homa, inaugural PEN/Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholar
Ava Homa is a journalist, activist, and critically-acclaimed author of “Daughters of Smoke and Fire” (HarperCollins, 2020). She holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor.
Bangladesh’s Embattled Bloggers:
As the trial for the killing of Avijit Roy reaches a verdict, a friend recalls the atmosphere at the Ekushey Book Fair a year after the iconic secularist was murdered.
Q&A with Maria Saba, 2020 PEN/Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholar
Maria Saba is the 2020 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholar. An Iran-born writer, storyteller and arts educator, Saba has published three books and over a hundred articles, interviews, and stories.
COVID-19 has Deepened Our Dependence on Surveillance Technology
Largely without public debate – and absent any new safeguards – we’ve become even more dependent on a technological ecosystem that is notoriously insecure, poorly regulated, highly invasive and prone to serial abuse.