PEN Canada envisions a world where
writers are free to write,
readers are free to read,
and freedom of expression prevails
As the trial for the killing of Avijit Roy reaches a verdict, a friend recalls the atmosphere at the Ekushey Book Fair a year after the iconic secularist was murdered.
In the fall of 2019, PEN Canada collaborated with Ryerson’s Community Engaged Learning & Teaching (CELT) initiative and Literatures of Modernity graduate program in the Faculty of Arts to bring members of our Writers-in-Exile network into the classroom.
Six women directors follow female journalists who courageously and tirelessly work in their field despite a myriad of threats and challenges.
Author and blogger Raihan Abir will receive the PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize at the PEN Canada benefit at the International Festival of Authors, October 22.
The savage murder of an editor of Bangladesh’s only LGBT magazine in Dhaka is another tragic example of the government’s gross failure to protect intellectuals, activists and writers.
The tragic and brutal murder of Rezaul Karim Siddique must be investigated immediately and thoroughly.
Law student Nazimuddin Samad was murdered in Sutrapur, Dhaka, on April 6, 2016.
PEN is deeply concerned by reports that The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam is facing 38 lawsuits for criminal defamation and sedition.
Joint letter calls on the Canadian government to help a citizen’s Bangladeshi husband recover in safety from a brutal attack.
PEN International and English PEN express both solidarity and our concern ahead of the upcoming Dhaka Literary Festival.
Finding the Words: Writers on Inspiration, Desire, War, Celebrity, Exile, and Breaking the Rules