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September 11, 2025

Onder Deligoz awarded George Brown College PEN Writer-in-Residence

As the resident, Deligoz will engage directly with students by visiting classrooms as a guest speaker, discussing issues of freedom of expression, human rights, and the importance of democracy.

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Voices of Freedom reading at Toronto Reference Library

November 12, 2025

An evening of inspiration and storytelling with the Writers in Exile. This special 10th edition of the series will take place at a new location: the Toronto Reference Library.

The Power of the Pen in Troubled Times: Crafting Change in Apocalypse

October 29, 2025

Featuring Riley Yesno and Em Dial. Part of a webinar series on craft and purpose.

Graeme Gibson Talk: Notes on the New America

October 28, 2025

Rachel Maddow and Rebecca Solnit in conversation on the seismic changes taking place across the US political landscape.

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Legacy Event: the Graeme Gibson Talk

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An annual conversation between writers with expert knowledge of an urgent political, social, cultural or economic issue.

Previous speakers include John Vaillant (Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast), Catherine Abreu (global climate policy expert), Maria Ressa (Nobel laureate), Ron Deibert (Citizen Lab founder), Omar El Akkad (One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This) and Margaret Atwood.