PEN Canada envisions a world where
writers are free to write,
readers are free to read,
and freedom of expression prevails
Marian Botsford Fraser’s recollection of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Chinese poet Liu Xiaobo.
Liu Xiaobo who is suddenly ‘free’ isn’t free at all; but let us celebrate this great man’s greater, more lasting freedom, so terribly earned: to be back in the arms of his beloved.
Avie Bennett, publisher and supporter of PEN Canada, passed away on June 2, 2017. Douglas Gibson reflects on Bennett’s life and work.
Do you have photos of the 1992 PEN Canada Benefit featuring Salman Rushdie?
PEN Canada member Kim Echlin profiles the Gudran Association for Art and Development in Egypt.
Report on Inspiritus Press’ pop up street reading tour for National Poetry Month and PEN Canada.
PEN Canada member Kim Echlin reports back from the 2017 Cairo Literature Festival, held February 11-16.
Notes from Toronto poet Lillian Necakov on a poetry reading marathon and fundraiser held January 18, 2017.
On December 25, 2016, three days after his release from prison, Egyptian Novelist Ahmed Naji published the following message on his Facebook page.
Over these past months we have watched as Turkey, a country with an extraordinary cultural heritage in all the arts, has once again become the largest prison for journalists in the world.
Finding the Words: Writers on Inspiration, Desire, War, Celebrity, Exile, and Breaking the Rules