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.

The December Boneshaker reading series will feature Spencer Gordon and Margo Lapierre reading from their work. Hosted by PEN Member, Lillian Necakov. A PEN Empty Chair event in support of Azerbaijani blogger Rashad Ramazanov.

Six women directors follow female journalists who courageously and tirelessly work in their field despite a myriad of threats and challenges.

In 1992, PEN Canada members smuggled Salman Rushdie into the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto amidst a fatwa calling for his assassination.

A discussion about the killing of journalists who dared to expose the authoritarian government as well as the larger threat to democracy in India.

Jesse Wente, Desmond Cole and Rachel Giese join moderator Jesse Brown for a panel discussion asking: just how glorious and free are we?

Book Launch: Being Kurdish in a Hostile World by Ayub Nuri 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Ben McNally Books 366 Bay St., Toronto Free Admission, All [...]

PEN members and friends are invited to see Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei accept the Adrienne Clarkson Prize for Global Citizenship.

Join us Sunday, September 24 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Harbourfront Centre for the 28th annual Word On The Street Festival.

Adela Navarro will discuss the hostile climate for free expression in Mexico at Ryerson University on September 13.