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3.2 NEW VOICES AWARD 97 PEN Canada Awards Ceremony photography by Gary Beechey Oct 16, 2024

March 23, 2025

Q&A with Nancy Huggett, 2024 New Voices Award winner

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Nancy Huggett speaks to PEN Canada near the end of her yearlong PEN mentorship after winning the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award.

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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.

An Evening with Jamaican writer, Olive Senior

October 8, 2025

A conversation with the award-winning Jamaican poet and novelist.

The Word on the Street Festival in Toronto

September 27 – September 28, 2025

An free festival of booksellers, authors, and avid readers — come find the PEN Canada booth!

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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.