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One year after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched his invasion and muzzled Russian media, what have we learned from the war against Ukraine and against journalists? Join three Russian journalists who spoke at a CFE panel one year ago to see how they have refused to be silenced. How are Russia’s independent media fighting to expose the truth about the war? What are the challenges as the war heads into its second year?
Arzu Yildiz—featured writer for Freedom to Read Week 2023 The following extract is from The Street, an unpublished novel by Arzu Yildiz which is currently being translated from the original Turkish …
20th Annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival The Grab Date: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 7:00 pm Location: Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St W, Toronto PEN Canada is …
Join us on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 pm at the Hirut Ethiopian Jazz Club, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto to hear the work of four celebrated writers who have now …
In “The Ball,” poet Em Dial explores how the mythos of the overtly sexual and desperately self-loathing “quad***n” has been crafted by some of the most atrocious sides of science and history. Throughout this exhibition are poems, self-portraits, and artifacts through which an artist attempts to separate themself, their queerness, and their complex familial history from the disturbing resonance of the American imagination.
Censorship Is No Friend of Social Justice: Protecting Intellectual Freedom in Polarized Times WATCH THE RECORDING HERE January 25th 4:00 – 5:30 pm EST online Emily Knox in conversation with …
WATCH THE RECORDING HERE Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 EST In more than 15 years of operation, costing over $100 million, Canada’s federal whistleblower law has not protected …
Celebrating Salman Rushdie’s “Victory City” Be part of an unmissable evening celebrating the literary genius of Salman Rushdie. Two global stars of the book world, Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman, …
Down the Road, and a World Away — Join PEN Canada and Another Story bookshop as we celebrate an evening of creative writing by some of Canada’s most original new voices.
PEN Canada is thrilled to be partnering with Wordfest on the SuperFan Showcase series, in which notable Canadians engage in wide-ranging, generous conversation about writing and ideas with their favourite authors. When we approached Yann Martel, he loved the idea of an in-person show, but thought he would be the host, given how much he enjoys André Alexis’s work. Actually, it was André who asked for Yann – which demonstrates that this 75-minute event is going to be well-grounded in mutual admiration (although they will likely both recoil at the notion of super-fandom). Intelligent. Self-effacing. Unpredictable. Not to be missed.