PEN in the news

Read what others are saying about PEN Canada… Louise Dennys to step down as executive publisher and vice-president of Penguin Random House Canada Globe & Mail | December 20, 2022 The …

Celebrating Salman Rushdie’s “Victory City”

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, …

Q&A with Amber Bracken, Canadian photojournalist and winner of the 2022 Ken Filkow Prize

Amber Bracken is a Canadian photojournalist who has reported extensively on the impacts of colonization, often affecting Indigenous peoples in North America. PEN Canada awarded her the 2022 Ken Filkow Prize for her courageous coverage of  the 2021 coastal pipeline protests on Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation territory in British Columbia. Bracken has also won the Contemporary Issues category of the 2017 World Press Photo awards and in 2022 won the overall World Press Photo of the Year.

Silencing Kashmir — Threats to Press Freedom

CFE Virtual Forum Series: #1 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom Wednesday March 2, 2022 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm EST ryerson.zoom.us/j/99993018972 In Kashmir, press freedom has virtually disappeared. Journalists in …