World Poetry Day: Take action for Maung Yu Py (Myanmar)
“The story of Maung Yu Py, is the story of all those who are detained, harassed and persecuted for exposing injustices and defending freedom of expression through poetry. The PEN …
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A PEN By the Book event: ‘Damned Funny: Faith, Fiction and the Hilarity of Hell’
Join us for an evening of humour with authors Randy Boyagoda and John Irving A free online event on January 20th 7:00-8:00 pm. REGISTER HERE John Irving and Randy Boyagoda are novelists …
Urgent Call to Action in Response to the Crisis in Afghanistan
We write to you now as individuals and organizations deeply engaged in Canada’s response to the Afghan crisis, including those involved in efforts to help evacuate vulnerable persons from Afghanistan in an effort to bring them to Canada. These are the individuals most at risk of violence and reprisals following the Taliban takeover in mid-August 2021.
ARRESTED CANADIAN JOURNALISTS: CAJ LETTER TO CANADA’S PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER
The RCMP must be held accountable for their repeated violations of the rights of media in Canada. As the minister responsible for their oversight, we demand that you take immediate steps to investigate and correct the RCMP’s actions and to ensure that going forward, journalists’ right to report will be protected in this country.
The Aaron Berhane Educational Pilot Project – free ESL program for Writers in Exile
PEN Canada and George Brown College have joined forces to honour Aaron Berhane’s legacy with a free program of English as a Second Language classes for Writers in Exile.
The Aaron Berhane Memorial Student Scholarship
Aaron Berhane was an award-winning journalist who dedicated his life to human rights and was a tireless advocate for the freedom of expression. It is with great sadness that the …
Turkey: PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk under investigation for his writings
The Turkish authorities should not charge Nobel laureate and PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk with “insulting Atatürk” and the Turkish flag, PEN International said today, as an investigation has been launched into his novel Nights of Plague
From Hollywood to Homer: Star Wars as epic poetry
On November 4, 2021 at 7-8 pm EST, PEN Canada invites you to a free online discussion with Jack Mitchell as he discusses his retelling of the Star Wars myth in iambic pentameter — the metre of English epics like Paradise Lost and The Prelude — with the novelist Colin McAdam.
Q&A with Turkish journalist Arzu Yildiz, 2021 recipient of Humber College Scholarship
Arzu Yildiz is a Turkish journalist who has covered high profile murder cases and the illegal arms trade to Syria. She has worked as an editor and senior reporter in …
ARZU YILDIZ WINS 2021 WRITERS-IN-EXILE SCHOLARSHIP
Arzu Yildiz is the recipient of the 2021 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship, which provides peer mentorship to one member of PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile program each year.