Nominations open for the 2024 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize
Do you know a Canadian who has helped a foreign imperilled writer? This prize is awarded annually to a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Canadian organization who in the past …
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Nominations open for the 2024 Ken Filkow Prize
Do you know someone who has advanced freedom of expression in Canada? The PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize is awarded to an individual or group who has advanced freedom of expression …
PEN Canada to honour Egyptian-British democracy advocate on September 23 at Toronto International Festival of Authors
Image: Alaa Abd El-Fattah, courtesy of www.freealaa.org . Photo by Mosaab El-Shamy. TORONTO, September 19, 2023 — Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a leading pro-democracy writer imprisoned in Egypt, has won PEN Canada’s One …
Joan Leishman wins 2023 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize
TORONTO, September 19, 2023 – Joan Leishman, recently-retired CBC veteran journalist and longtime advocate for refugee writers, has won PEN Canada’s 2023 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize. The prize recognizes a Canadian …
Brandi Morin wins the 2023 Ken Filkow Prize
Photo credit: Ashford Hamilton Article was last updated Tuesday, September 19, 2023. TORONTO, September 18, 2023 – Brandi Morin, an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French journalist and best-selling author, has won the PEN …
Amy Lai wins 2021 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for Freedom of Expression
The journalist and legal scholar Amy Lai has been awarded the 2021 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for courageously reporting on the “threats faced by both individuals and democratic institutions” in her native Hong Kong, and for ground-breaking scholarship on freedom of expression.
Filkow Prize Awarded to Justin Brake at PEN Canada AGM
The attempt to silence Justin Brake is an attempt to silence freedom of expression.
Justin Brake wins 2018 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression
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.
Desmond Cole wins 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression
Desmond Cole has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression in Canada.