Watch “The Grab” at Hot Docs, March 10 @ 7pm
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 …
Events
Voices of Freedom #3 — readings from exiled writers
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 …
You’re invited to the launch of Em Dial’s Virtual Poetry Exhibition THE BALL
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 – recording available now
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 …
Canada’s War on Whistleblowers – recording available now
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”
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 – Poetry Readings by Canada’s New Voices in Toronto and Montreal — October 27 and 29
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.
SuperFan Showcase, Calgary: André Alexis & Yann Martel – this Wednesday October 5th
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.
The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson in Conversation with Colm Tóibín
SUPERFAN SHOWCASE SERIES — A MEETING OF GREAT MINDS BY PEN CANADA & WORDFEST Thursday, Mar 31 @ 9 PM – 10:10 PM EDT FREE LIVESTREAM EVENT REGISTER HERE We …
Afghanistan: The War Against Journalists
CFE Virtual Forum Series: #2 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom Wednesday April 6, 2022 4:00pm to 5:30pm ryerson.zoom.us/j/91941276567 In the world’s longest-lasting war, Afghan journalists faced kidnappings and killings while …