We lived in a culture that denied any merit to literary works, considering them important only when they were handmaidens to ...

For over twenty years, George Brown College has partnered with PEN Canada to invite exiled writers into the College to ...

This annual award provides a space for unpublished writers. Writers can submit any genre of writing, including but not ...

At a moment when many special interest groups, governments, and educators are devoted to keeping some books out of children’s hands, there is something almost radical about an organization devoted to ...

PEN Canada is closely following reports that journalist Rachel Gilmore was publicly accosted by individuals named in a Tyee investigation into a white nationalist group in Montreal. In a follow-up ...

The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. The contest is open to all genres of writing. There is no fee to submit. Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit ...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 ...

PEN is seeking 12 writers to join a year-long series of free online writing workshops designed to offer structure, purpose, and connection. Starting in April, twelve writers in exile members—in two ...

Jinoos Taghizadeh is a multidisciplinary Iranian artist, storyteller, activist, and writer. A graduate of the University of Tehran in Sculpture and Literature Drama from Niavaran College of Art, she ...

PEN Canada’s 2025 Ken Filkow Prize has been awarded to the journalist and broadcaster Samira Mohyeddin. The prize recognizes an individual or group whose work has advanced freedom of expression in ...

We, the undersigned civil society, human rights, and civil liberties organizations, academics, advocates, and representatives of equity-seeking communities, write to protest and reject the deeply ...