The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit ...

Nancy Huggett reads from her collection as she accepts her 2024 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award at a ceremony in October 2024 ...

The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week Creative Writing graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing in September ...

PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.

PEN Canada joins a coalition of human rights leaders, writers, and public figures in urging the Egyptian authorities to grant ...

The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week Creative ...

The RBC / PEN Canada New Voices Award is an annual award that aims to encourage new writing and provide a space for unpublished Canadian writers. The prize is open to all genres of writing: writers ...

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, ...

PEN Canada was founded in 1983. We are a nonpartisan organization of writers and readers. One of our central roles is to defend the right to freedom of expression. We raise our voices against domestic ...

This is a free event and no registration is required. Please contact [email protected] if you require accommodation to ensure inclusion in this event. This Centre for Free Expression event is ...

In July 1960, International PEN established a committee to monitor countries “where writers had been imprisoned because they spoke or wrote their minds.” Initially, the Writers in Prison Committee ...