PEN Canada’s annual general meeting will take place on at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the Arts and Letter Club

Eritrean poet, journalist and fiction writer Eden Eyasu shares her story and the challenges of re-settling in Canada.

Junot Díaz (This is How You Lose Her) interviewed by Sunil Yapa (Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist). about diaspora, globalization, and those we reach towards--economically, geographically, personally--when we write.

An intimate dinner with authors Junot Díaz and Rawi Hage at Toronto's George Restaurant.

This year's Freedom to Read Week panel will discuss the intricacies of reporting and reading on conflict in Gaza.

Dr. Len Findlay, University of Saskatchewan, will examine the historical interplay of fame and infamy, information and authority.

Two distinguished Canadian experts will discuss what C-51 will mean for our freedom of expression and civilities.

The international literature festival Berlin (ilb) calls on all individuals, institutions, schools and media outlets that care about justice and freedom to participate in a worldwide reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh, on 14 January 2016.

Many recent hate speech cases in Canada and elsewhere involved religion. This talk will examine some of these controversies.

On Nov. 15, PEN Canada observes the Day of the Imprisoned Writer to focus attention on the unjust imprisonment of writers around the world.