Since, Gilmore has reported that members of affiliated organizations have attempted further intimidation by threatening to doxx the reporter’s home address, by sharing images depicting the sexual ...

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 Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit.

PEN Canada’s Nominating Committee invites self-nominations for its Board of Directors. We particularly welcome those with a background or interest in fundraising and / or events. Board members are ...

The Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize is awarded annually to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who has provided significant help to a writer or journalist outside Canada who has faced threats, violence ...

Moderated by leading journalist and editor, Jessica Johnson, the event brings together two award-winning writers, Ray Robertson (The Right to be Wrong) and Ira Wells (On Book Banning) to examine why ...

Reza Baraheni, Iranian dissident, prodigious author and former president of PEN Canada (2001-03) has died, at the age of 86, in Toronto. He is survived by his wife Sanaz Sehhati of Toronto; daughter, ...

A dramatic rise in book challenges and book bans targeting what are often called “diverse books” in children’s literature is sweeping North America. While the bans are mostly seen as local issues in ...

Nancy Huggett has won the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. For her winning submission, Revelation, she will receive a $3,000 cash prize and mentorship from a Canadian author. A jury of Canadian ...

PEN Canada is a nonpartisan charity that celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and helps exiled writers to establish new lives in Canada. PEN Canada believes that literature is the ...

Dear Prime Minister, Ministers, and Honourable Leaders of the Opposition, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are writing to call for the complete withdrawal of Bill C-2, An Act ...

Jimmy Lai, a journalist, writer, media publisher, and pro-democracy activist, has won PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award. Lai, who has been in solitary confinement since December 2020, is currently ...