PEN Canada envisions a world where
writers are free to write,
readers are free to read,
and freedom of expression prevails
PEN Canada welcome news of Liu Xia’s release from China and commemorate the work of Liu Xiaobo on the first anniversary of his death on July 13, 2017.
PEN emerged during a moment of postwar optimism regarding the potential of human fellowship to overcome the contingencies of geopolitical power.
PEN calls upon the Israeli authorities to end the judicial harassment of Tatour and immediately and unconditionally release her.
Jaclyn Desforges answers questions about narrative form, inspiration, and the craft of writing.
The Turkish authorities should end their continuing onslaught on freedom of expression and lift the state of emergency.
PEN Canada invites applications from creative writers for the position of PEN Canada Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College from August 27, 2018 – December 14, 2018.
Jaclyn Desforges has won the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award for unpublished writers aged 17-30.
The attempt to silence Justin Brake is an attempt to silence freedom of expression.
PEN International is deeply concerned about the detention of Wael Abbas, a prominent Egyptian blogger and political activist. He has been arbitrary detained since his arrest on 23 May 2018, when several armed agents from the Egyptian security service raided his home, blind-folded him and took him to an undisclosed location. During the raid, the […]
Justin Brake has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize. The $1,000 prize is awarded annually to an individual or group whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada.
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