PEN Canada envisions a world where
writers are free to write,
readers are free to read,
and freedom of expression prevails
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.
Albert Camus said: “Free press may be good or bad; but unfree press is definitely bad.”
This essay is the winning entry from the 2016 Escribir sin Miedo competition for investigative/public interest journalism in Honduras. The competition was established in 2015 as a joint initiative by PEN Canada and PEN Honduras.
Finding the Words: Writers on Inspiration, Desire, War, Celebrity, Exile, and Breaking the Rules