PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.
When: Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. Where: Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Join us for an inspiring literary afternoon, at this month’s Voices of Freedom reading …
The author on her collection of poems, Hungry Ghosts, and “how food can bring together what trauma tears apart.”
Peter Showler Photo credit: Hill Times PEN Canada congratulates Peter Showler on being named to the Order of Canada, an honour he richly deserves. Peter recently stepped off the PEN …
Join this free online event about Digital Transnational Repression on June 6th 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Canadian-based writers and journalists face increasing threats from authoritarian governments trying to intimidate and silence …
Down the Road, and a World Away — Join PEN Canada and Another Story bookshop as we celebrate an evening of creative writing by some of Canada’s most original new voices.
Fareh Malik is a spoken word poet from Hamilton, Ontario and the winner of the 2022 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. His new book Streams that Lead Somewhere is available from Mawenzi Press. In its citation the New Voices Award jury praised Malik’s “tenderness and throat-grabbing use of imagery” and his “wide range of voices and tones to convey a nuanced spectrum of emotions and a laser sharp critique of Canada’s blatant and covert systemic racism.”
Meet the Jury for the 2022 New Voices Award PEN Canada is now accepting submissions for the 2022 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award seeks to encourage new …
Now accepting submissions for the RBC PEN Canada 2022 New Voices Award PEN Canada is now accepting original English language submissions for the RBC PEN Canada 2022 New Voices Award. …
Andrew Pyper, author of The Damned and The Demonologist, wrote this note to Saudi Arabian blogger and author, Raif Badawi, who is serving a 10 year prison sentence and facing 1000 lashes.
PEN Canada nominates Nadine Sander-Green for the 2015 PEN International New Voices Award PEN Canada is pleased to announce short-story writer Nadine Sander-Green as the 2015 Canadian nominee for the …