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Recent Coverage

These Distant Shores
Literary Review of Canada | April 2024

Margaret Atwood’s feminist paradox: The art and complicated politics of Canada’s most famous author
Toronto Star | November 19, 2023

Book | The Uncaged Voice: Stories of Writers in Exile
Syriawise | Oct 30, 2023

Book launch—The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile
The Morning Star | Oct 2023

Keith Ross Leckie on Celebrating the Power & Courage of Writers in Exile in The Uncaged Voice
Open Book | Oct 5, 2023

Gezahegn Mekonnen in conversation with James Cullingham on The Uncaged Voice book
Trent Radio | Oct 2023

Andrey Kurkov on bringing ordinary stories out of Ukraine’s ‘grey zone’
Globe & Mail | September 21, 2023

Immigrant journalists share stories of exile from their home countries
New Canadian Media | Sept 11, 2023

Halifax writer Christine Wu wins 2023 RBC/PEN Canada’s New Voices Award
CBC | August 9, 2023

Louise Dennys to step down as executive publisher and vice-president of Penguin Random House Canada
Globe & Mail | December 20, 2022

In 1992, Salman Rushdie made a secret visit to Canada. Writers & Company looks back, 30 years later
CBC | December 2, 2022

The world must stand with Salman Rushdie and writers like him
Globe & Mail | John Ralston Saul | September 28, 2022

After the attack on Salman Rushdie, we must continue to speak out
Special to the Globe & Mail | Grace Westcott | September 26, 2022

Hazara refugee from Afghanistan chosen for 2022 PEN Residency at George Brown College
Muslim Link | September 6, 2022

Attack on Salman Rushdie prompts reaction from writers, free speech advocates
Globe & Mail | August 12, 2022

PEN International joins 33 rights groups demanding independent investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
PEN International | May 30, 2022

Reza Baraheni’s Obituary
PEN International | April 8, 2022

Margaret Atwood & Omar El Akkad on dystopian hope
CBC Ideas | October 13, 2021

Obituary: Eritrean-Canadian journalist Aaron Berhane tirelessly advocated for a free press
Globe & Mail | June 11, 2021 (published), June 14, 2021 (updated)

Margaret Atwood introduces Graeme Gibson’s Perpetual Motion and Gentleman Death
Special to the Globe & Mail | Margaret Atwood | August 26, 2020

Toronto writer Em Dial wins PEN Canada’s 2020 New Voices Award
CBC | August 25, 2020

International sanctions should be used to protect journalists, free speech, Amal Clooney says in report
Globe & Mail | February 13, 2020

Archive

Canadian author Graeme Gibson dies at 85
Globe & Mail | September 18, 2019

Desmond Cole awarded $1,000 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize
Quill & Quire | December 14, 2017

Desmond Cole awarded 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression
CBC Books |December 14, 2017

Doc celebrates free speech at critical moment
Toronto Star | November 23, 2017

NOW editors pick the week’s best news-related events
NOW Magazine | November 22, 2017

Ottawa should finish the job on advocacy work by charities: Editorial
Toronto Star | November 17, 2017

Ashraf Fayadh Honored With PEN Canada One Humanity
Poetry Foundation | October 18, 2017

Chris Selley: Libraries feel the heat on freedom of speech
National Post | September 26, 2017

De Grasse one of ‘unabashed, unapologetic’ Canadians profiled in new book
CBC Sports | September 18, 2017

Writer and humanitarian Paola Gomez uses the arts to inspire and heal
Canadian Immigrant | August 3, 2017

Holt Renfrew Toasts Release of Glorious and Free: The Canadians
Globe and Mail | July 31, 2017

Internet watchdog concerned about Sandvine takeover bid
Record | July 3, 2017

Robert Fulford: How can Canada pretend that Saudi Arabia is an honourable, peaceful country?
National Post | May 12, 2017

A welcome end to charity audits: Editorial
Toronto Star | May 7, 2017

‘I’m writing articles, and I’m being tried as a terrorist,’ exiled writers in Canada pushing feds for quicker refugee processing of families
Hill Times | April 19, 2017

Muslim man alleges aggressive cellphone seizure at Niagara border crossing
Niagara This Week | March 14, 2017

Celebrating Canada’s faith communities through writing
Christian Week | February 14, 2017

‘I have seen this before. We will not go silently.’
Maclean’s | January 20, 2017

Kingston writers group sponsors Syrian authors
Quill & Quire | January 12, 2017

Time for China to release writers, journalists and activists
The Guardian | December 10, 2016

New $25K Canadian literary prize focuses on religious faith
CBC Books | November 22, 2016

New national prize awards $25,000 for faith in literature
Quill & Quire | November 21, 2016

Surveillance chill on writers and journalists in Canada
Radio Canada International | November 16, 2016

UN offers The Rebel press accreditation for climate conference after environment minister’s intervention
Financial Post | October 30, 2016

Hey UN: leave the media censorship to North Korea
CBC News | November 7, 2016

Ottawa willing to intervene on behalf of The Rebel after journalists banned from UN climate conference
Financial Post | October 26, 2016

Lessons for Syria—from the Spanish Civil War
The Walrus | October 21, 2016

Adam Hochschild on writers who fight back against
Maclean’s | October 19, 2016

United Nations bars Ezra Levant’s The Rebel from climate conference
Financial Post | October 17, 2016

Surrey becomes Canada’s first International City of Refuge for persecuted writers and artists
The Indo-Canadian Voice | October 17, 2016

India must overhaul legal system, culture of intolerance has taken root: Report
Hindustan Times | September 20, 2016

Bravery, Resilience and Loyalty: The story of a new Canadian
Open Canada | September 19, 2016

Six young writers longlisted for New Voices Award
The Bookseller | August 16, 2016

Fatal Police Beating Of Somali Canadian Abdirahman Abdi Raises Alarming Questions
Vice | July 26, 2016

Legal Ethics: Telling it like it is
Canadian Lawyer | June 6, 2016

Barbara Kay: The scourge of anti-Semitic Jews
National Post | April 13, 2016

Toronto-based filmmaker freed from Iranian prison after year in detention
Global News | April 9, 2016

Michael Chan ups ante in suit against Globe and Mail
Toronto Star | March 31, 2016

Diaspora Kurds demonstrate to free Kaboudvand
Kurdistan 24 | March 31, 2016

Ellen Seligman, celebrated Canadian editor and publisher, dies
CBC Radio As It Happens | March 25, 2016

One of Canada’s top literary editors dies
Guelph Mercury Tribune | March 25, 2016

Ellen Seligman helped shape generations of Canadian writers
Toronto Star | March 25, 2016

Turkey’s climate of fear and censorship
Guardian | March 24, 2016

Libérez les écrivains turcs emprisonnés
Bibliobs | March 24, 2016

Anne Carson, Joseph Boyden, Thomas King to star in 2016 Blue Metropolis
Montreal Gazette | March 22, 2016

Anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal jeered at Toronto event
Times of Israel | February 26, 2016

Councillor calls for cancellation of author Max Blumenthal’s scheduled appearance because of his ‘anti-Israel’ writings
InsideToronto.com | February 24, 2016

Barbara Kay: Anti-Israel crusader Max Blumenthal does not deserve the honour of a PEN Canada audience
National Post | February 23, 2016

‘Writers’ Freedom’ NGO Mistakes Max Blumenthal For Credible War Correspondent
Jewish Press | February 23, 2016

Big 3
NOW Magazine | February 17, 2016

Max Blumenthal Invitation Stirs Controversy at Canada Writers Group
Forward | February 16, 2016

Canadian writers’ group rapped for inviting Israel critic Max Blumenthal to speak
Jewish Telegraphic Agency | February 16, 2016

Kingston literary group hopes to sponsor refugee writer and family
KingstonREGION.com | February 14, 2016

PEN Canada Questioned Over Anti-Israel Speaker Canadian
Jewish News | February 12, 2016

Kingston writers hope to sponsor refugee family
Kingston Whig-Standard | February 10, 2016

Ghost of Harper CRA audits linger for some charities
National Observer | January 21, 2016

When Salman Rushdie kissed Bob Rae
Toronto Star | December 12, 2015

Freedom of expression in Canada needs resuscitation
Toronto Star | November 5, 2015

The Diary: Randy Boyagoda
Financial Times | October 30, 2015

Better is possible: A preview of tonight’s PEN Canada benefit at IFOA
National Post | October 22, 2015

Dimming the beacon of free speech
Toronto Star | October 16, 2015

PEN International Congress 2015 highlights threats to freedom of speech in Canada
Quill & Quire | October 15, 2015

Barbara Kay: PEN International’s criticism of Harper hypocritical considering its own omission
National Post | October 14, 2015

PEN slams Canada for freedoms erosion
Radio Canada International | October 14, 2015

Harper’s security blanket
Telegram | August 31, 2015

Margaret Atwood: Preston Manning, Man of the Future
National Post | August 28, 2015

The Beaverton: How much further can comedic satire go in Canada?
Globe and Mail | August 21, 2015

Firing of Toronto Editor Shows Inner Workings of Chinese Media in Canada
Epoch Times | August 13, 2015

Ontario cabinet minister sues the Globe and Mail over stories about CSIS concerns
National Post | August 7, 2015

Free Expression Is Slipping Away
Huffington Post | July 3, 2015

How to sway Riyadh to free Badawi
Globe and Mail | July 2, 2015

Bill C-51 is a threat to reconciliation
Globe and Mail | June 22, 2015

Britain should treat Saudi Arabia as a pariah state
Telegraph | June 17, 2015

B.C. author wins first PEN award
Winnipeg Free Press | June 13, 2015

NGO wars: China has ‘serious challenges,’ too
Financial Post | June 1, 2015

Twelve laws that make freedom of expression in literature, cinema and art difficult in India
Scroll.In | May 22, 2015

C-51: Crowdsourced report aims to stop Canada’s slide into ‘surveillance society’
CBC | May 21, 2015

Lawrence Solomon: Pussyfooting with China
Financial Post | May 21, 2015

Groups call on India to repeal laws threatening free expression, democracy
India Gazette | May 21, 2015

PEN raises concerns about India using outdated laws to curb free speech
Scroll.in | May 20, 2015

On World Press Freedom week, no one poses a greater threat to free expression than Stephen Harper
Rabble.ca | May 4, 2015

National Post View: PEN boycotters have made themselves look like rank imbeciles
National Post | May 4, 2015

Charlie Hebdo, free speech and the problem with writer celebrity
Rabble.ca | May 1, 2015

Le bon goût et la mort
Le Devoir | April 30, 2015

Sometimes writers should shut up and write: Salutin
Toronto Star | April 30, 2015

We celebrated Charlie Hebdo’s right to offend — and some took offence
Globe and Mail | April 29, 2015

Barbara Kay: Michael Ondaatje and the PEN Six get it horribly wrong
Toronto Star | April 27, 2015

From death threats to limbo: A Colombian refugee’s 12 years of waiting in Canada
Metro | April 17, 2015

Stephen Maher: Can you remind us how you care about your opponents’ rights too, Mr. Harper?
National Post | April 17, 2015

The TSO’s turfed pianist was exhibit A in a bad week for free speech: Knelman
Toronto Star | April 12, 2015

PEN Canada blasts TSO for cancelling concert
Toronto Star | April 9, 2015

Is that photo you just took illegal?
Yahoo! News Canada | April 9, 2015

Haroon Siddiqui’s parting reflections on career and country
Toronto Star | April 1, 2015

Serious access to information reform is needed in Canada
Georgia Straight | March 31, 2015

La Loi sur l’accès à l’information devrait être étendue à d’autres organismes
Radio-Canada | March 31, 2015

Opinion: Saudi Arabia’s continued imprisonment of Raif Badawi is shameful
Montreal Gazette | March 18, 2015

We all should worry about cellphone searches
Globe and Mail | March 16, 2015

Would you trust a secret police force to this man?
NOW Magazine | March 4, 2015

Alison Gordon was a trailblazer in ‘man’s world’ of baseball
Globe and Mail | February 26, 2015

Who is Saudi activist Raif Badawi?
Al-Monitor | February 6, 2015

La mobilisation continue autour de Raif Badawi, blogueur saoudien condamné à 1.000 coups de fouet
Le Vif | February 19, 2015

Blogger Raif Badawi’s long struggle for freedom of expression
Deutsche Welles | January 30, 2015

No more Saudi business as usual
Globe and Mail | January 22, 2015

Stephen Harper keener about free expression away from home: Delacourt
Toronto Star | January 17, 2015

Saudi blogger’s second flogging session postponed for medical reasons: 50 lashes down, 950 to go
National Post | January 16, 2015

Beyond Freedom of Speech for white men
Rabble.ca | January 12, 2015

The most irritating book I read this year: Salutin
Toronto Star | January 1, 2015

Publication of Baraheni’s works facilitated: son
Iran’s Book News Agency | December 14, 2014

Le temps presse pour Raif Badawi
La Tribune | November 21, 2014

Jailed Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Honored by PEN Canada
Huffington Post | November 8, 2014

David Cronenberg in conversation with Mark Kingwell
Quill & Quire | October 24, 2014

PEN Canada décerne un prix à Raif Badawi
La Presse | October 23, 2014

City Nights: PEN Canada Benefit
Toronto Star | October 23, 2014

The Canada-Honduras trade agreement: A stain on Canada
Rabble.ca | October 23, 2014

Imprisoned Saudi Blogger Given Canadian Award
Epoch Times | October 22, 2014

Five Years After the Coup
Briarpatch Magazine | September 1, 2014

Charitable tax credits should be abolished
Postmedia News | August 28, 2014

Nothing to see here, folks
Telegram | August 20, 2014

Reminder: You have a right to photograph and film the police
Canada.com | August 14, 2014

The War On Charities
Planet S Magazine | August 7, 2014

CRA audits are fine
Calgary Herald| August 6, 2014

PEN Canada sous la loupe de l’Agence du revenu
Radio-Canada Les samedis du monde | August 2, 2014

Canada Revenue Agency refuses to divulge audit tactics targeting charities
Globe and Mail | August 1, 2014

PEN Canada, the little charity that could – speak out
Hill Times | July 30, 2014

Revenue Canada charity audits continue to stir the political pot
Radio Canada | July 29, 2014

Terence Corcoran: Charities that don’t flout rules have nothing to fear from CRA audit
Financial Post | July 28, 2014

Is there a resurgence of censorship in Canada?
Toronto Star | July 26, 2014

Does Canada Revenue have a political agenda?
CBC The National | July 25, 2014

CTV National News [12:00 minute mark]
CTV National | July 25, 2014

Charities under the microscope [53:00 minute mark]
CBC Power & Politics | July 25, 2014

Charities not looking for fight with Revenue Canada
CBC Power & Politics | July 25, 2014

Canadian Charities: Criticize the Government and Pay
Huffington Post | July 25, 2014

CRA says charities audit was designed to probe all political groups
Globe and Mail | July 25, 2014

‘Preventing poverty’ not a valid goal for tax purposes, CRA tells Oxfam Canada
CBC | July 25, 2014

PEN audit will come back to haunt Tories
Toronto Star | July 24, 2014

Pen and the politics of charity
Globe and Mail | July 24, 2014

Conflict grows over charity audits
Radio Canada International | July 24, 2014

Canada Revenue Agency says ‘preventing poverty’ not allowed as goal for charity
Canadian Press | July 24, 2014

VIEW: Is PEN the latest target of Harper’s selective tax audits?
Tyee | July 24, 2014

Don Cayo: Tax audits aimed at Harper government critics should worry all Canadians
Vancouver Sun | July 24, 2014

Why is Harper punishing charities while letting tax cheats off the hook?
iPolitics| July 23, 2014

CRA smacks PEN Canada with audit in latest of Harper government’s attack on charities
Vancouver Observer | July 22, 2014

PEN Canada cooperates with controversial political-activities audit
Quill & Quire | July 22, 2014

Political Audit
CBC Metro Morning | July 22, 2014

The Canada Revenue Agency becomes an arm of the PMO
Rabble | July 22, 2014

Les activités de l’organisation caritative Pen Canada sous la loupe de l’ARC
Presse Canadienne | July 21, 2014

Pen Canada hit with political-activities audit by Canada Revenue Agency
Canadian Press | July 21, 2014

List of charities undergoing tax audits
Canadian Press | July 21, 2014

Feds hang Mohamed Fahmy out to dry
NOW Magazine | June 26, 2014

Canada-Honduras trade agreement adopted by senate, awaits royal assent
iPolitics | June 18, 2014

Liberal Blogger Sentenced To 10 Years And 1,000 Lashes In Saudi Arabia
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight | May 8, 2014

Not too late to change Canada-Honduras trade deal
Embassy – Canada’s Foreign Policy Newspaper | Apri 10, 2014

Canada should press Honduras on free speech : John Ralston Saul
Ottawa Citizen | April 9, 2014

PEN Canada Brings Report On Murdered Journalists In Honduras To Washington
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight | March 26, 2014

Dina Meza: a journalist living dangerously in Honduras
Toronto Star | March 26, 2014

Dark days for the creative class in India: Siddiqui
Toronto Star | February 15, 2014

Honduras: People resist despite fraud and violence
Workers World | February 15, 2014

Sochi 2014: world authors join protest against Putin
Guardian | February 6, 2014

Global community needs to hear diversity of Russian opinion
Toronto Star | February 6, 2014

Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity (Interview with Dina Meza in Spanish)
Radio Canada International | February 3, 2014

Honduras: Journalists’ lives in grave danger
Infosurhoy | February 3, 2014

Honduras: A Battleground for Journalism
Latino Post | February 1, 2014

PEN Canada partners with Hot Docs on a new series
Quill & Quire | January 31, 2014

Report assails violence against journalists in Honduras
LA Times | January 30, 2014

Honduras trade agreement gets support from liberals, opposition from NDP
iPolitics | January 29, 2014

Honduras: Rising Violence Against Journalists Unpunished
International Business Times | January 27, 2014

New report highlights growing violence, impunity in Honduras
Knight Center, Journalism in the Americas | January 27, 2014

Telecom firms being asked what data they are giving to police, intelligence agencies
Globe and Mail | January 23, 2014

Luis Horacio Nájera: In Honduras, it’s open season on journalists
National Post | January 23, 2014

Crimes of the Past, Crimes of the Future — an excerpt from Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity
Huffington Post | January 23, 2014

Report details deaths of 32 journalists in Honduras
Newsroom Panama | January 23, 2014

Harper must address online surveillance in Canada, says advocacy group
Global News | January 17, 2014

What Toronto Can Teach The Rest Of The World About Living Well
Huffington Post | January 9, 2014

Sheila Heti and Jian Ghomeshi:Memoir in the Selfie Age
Hazlitt | December 7, 2013

CBC Radio Q [53:30 mark]
CBC Radio Q| December 3, 2013

NSA leaks: UK government reaction eroding freedom, rights groups warn
Guardian | November 14, 2013

IFOA 2013: An evening with Stephen King
The Arts Scene | October 26, 2013

Review: Stephen and Owen King open the International Festival of Authors
Toronto Star | October 25, 2013

CBC evening newscast: Arts and Entertainment
Late Night CBC TV News from Toronto | October 24, 2013

Stephen King and son Owen King on family and fiction
CBC’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi | October 24, 2013

PEN Canada award honours blogger Dieu Cay (Vietnamese, newscast)
Voice of America | October 24, 2013

PEN Canada award honours blogger Dieu Cay (Vietnamese, article)
Voice of America | October 24, 2013

Blogger Dieu Cay wins the “One Humanity Award” (Vietnamese)
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders | October 23, 2013

Blogger Dieu Cay wins PEN Canada award (Vietnamese)
Four Methods blog | October 23, 2013

Blogger Dieu Cay wins PEN Canada award (Vietnamese)
Nguoi Viet | October 22, 2013

Jailed Democracy Dissident Wins Award
Democracy Chronicles | October 21, 2013

The Stamp Collector: The Play
CBC Here and Now Toronto | October 18, 2013

The Stamp Collector
CBC Here and Now Toronto | October 15, 2013

Photos: Bare it for Books calendar unveiled
Quill & Quire Blog | October 3, 2013

Freedom to photograph under threat
Toronto Star | July 28, 2013

RCMP arrested journalist in New Brunswick
Canada.com | July 4, 2013

Censorship in the digital age: ‘Words are more powerful than ever’
Globe and Mail | April 24, 2013

Stephen King and son Owen to open IFOA’s PEN benefit
Toronto Star | April 16, 2013

Stephen King to kick off Toronto’s International Festival of Authors
CBC News | April 16, 2013

Authors bear more than their souls in Bare It for Books
Montreal Gazette | April 16, 2013

The semi-nude fundraising calendar: sweetly tasteful or totally twee?
Globe and Mail | March 6, 2013

The Stamp Collector by Jennifer Lanthier, illustrated by François Thisdale
Book Dragon | March 3, 2013

Authors uncover the goods for PEN
Winnipeg Free Press | March 2, 2013

Hope Through Stamps
Metro Morning | March 1, 2013

Big Brother Is Watching Your Bookshelf
Huffington Post | February 26, 2013

Prose in the nude: Canadian authors get naked for Bare It For Books calender
National Post | February 19, 2013

Twenty Years Ago, Salman Rushdie Surprised Toronto
Torontoist | December 7, 2012

Salman Rushie, Under Fatwa, Onstage
Hazlitt | December 6, 2012

Sci-lenced: A PEN Canada Evening on Scientists’ Freedom of Expression
Toronto Review of Books | October 24, 2012

PEN Canada Benefit with Wole Soyinka, Miriam Toews, Azar Nafisi (Video)
Book Shorts | September 30, 2012

Vancouver theatre community takes on the Prime Minister
Vancouver Sun | July 19, 2012

Moose Jaw is the write place for word-lovers
Star Phoenix | July 12, 2012

Book about fallen Chinese official a testament to journalistic courage
Globe and Mail | June 20, 2012

“Funny Strange”: TRB Tweets Calvin Trillin, Seán Cullen, and Charles Foran on Mordecai Richler
Toronto Review of Books | May 18, 2012

Funny Strange: Calvin Trillin and Charles Foran on satire and Mordecai Richler
National Post | May 16, 2012

Calvin Trillin, Sean Cullen and why Mordecai Richler is funny
Globe and Mail | May 15, 2012

PEN Canada: On Guard for Freedom of Expression
LawNow (36.4, pp. 38-46) | March/April 2012

Harper in China: Prime Minister urged to speak forcefully and against human rights abuses in China
Toronto Star | February 2, 2012

Journalist in B.C. fears deportation to Mexico
CBC News | January 19, 2012

Free speech boost will rally neo-Nazi cyberhate, say human rights activists
Global BC | December 14, 2011

The hyperlink case: freedom vs. the floodgates
Globe and Mail | October 22, 2011

Left to Die in Africa’s North Korea
National Post | September 21, 2011

The Prisoner of Asmara
Toronto Star | September 21, 2011

The lethal war on Mexico’s journalists
Globe and Mail | June 3, 2011

Anti-G20 protester launches constitutional challenge
Toronto Star | November 15, 2010

PEN, Writers Union back Mistry’s book battle
CBC News | October 21, 2010

Richard Ford urges us to pay attention
Globe and Mail | October 21, 2010

Richard Ford: National Interest
National Post | October 15, 2010

PEN focuses on ‘Blogfather’ in Iranian prison
CBC News | October 20, 2010

To silence the hate, speak out against it
Winnipeg Free Press | July 12, 2010

Beyond Green Gables
Toronto Star | April 29, 2010

Canada’s clampdown on free speech
Boston Globe | March 27, 2010

Supreme Court creates new public interest libel defence for press and bloggers
Canadian Press | December 23, 2009

John Ralston Saul to lead International PEN
CBC News | October 21, 2009

International Festival of Authors brings literary stars to Toronto
CBC News | October 21, 2009

Chinese dissident saved by Canada details horror
Toronto Star | July 26, 2009

Row over 9/11 novel at Canadian university
Guardian | September 8, 2006