PEN Canada unequivocally condemns the Alberta government’s decision to pursue policies that are likely to lead to widespread ...

For more than a decade, the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award has recognized excellence in emerging, yet-to-be published Canadian writers. The 2025 prize is currently open for submissions — unpublished ...

Step into an afternoon of inspiration and storytelling as we present Voices of Freedom at Hirut Jazz Cafe in Toronto’s east end. This reading series, hosted by the Writers in Exile group of PEN Canada ...

George Brown College consistently ranks among Greater Toronto’s Top Employers, thanks to our focus on employee wellness, diversity and inclusion, professional development opportunities, and generous ...

PEN Canada’s Annual General Meeting will take place online on Thursday, June 12 at 5:30 pm EDT, on Zoom. All PEN Canada members are encouraged to attend, and RSVP is required. A full AGM package ...

Gezahegn Mekonnen Demissie is an Ethiopian journalist and filmmaker, one of the founding members of PEN Ethiopia, and Executive Director of Bridge Entertainment. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada, ...

In a world where hundreds of writers and journalists are threatened and freedom of expression and liberal democracy face an uncertain future, you, as a patron, can help to defend these freedoms as a ...

PEN Canada is thrilled to be partnering with Wordfest on the SuperFan Showcase series, in which notable Canadians engage in wide-ranging, generous conversation about writing and ideas with their ...

As every year, on November 15, the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN calls for urgent international action to protect writers and journalists across the globe, who increasingly find themselves … ...

TIFA, PEN Canada and CBC Radio’s IDEAS present Notes On An Invasion: Masha Gessen and Andrey Kurkov in conversation on Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

When you become a writer member of PEN, you join many of Canada’s most distinguished writers, translators and editors as part of a global community of literary professionals from more than a hundred ...

From its inception, PEN Canada has defended the right to freedom of expression enshrined in article 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In 2024, PEN International raised concerns ...