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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.
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 …
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 …
Join PEN Canada and Martin Amis for an intimate evening of conversation ranging from Saul Bellow to Donald Trump: incendiary politics, literature, and the madness of crowds.