PEN Canada nominates Nadine Sander-Green for the 2015 PEN International New Voices Award PEN Canada is pleased to announce short-story writer Nadine Sander-Green as the 2015 Canadian nominee for the … ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dear President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, We, a group of leaders from human rights organizations, writers, and public media figures, appeal to you to grant clemency to Egyptian-British writer Alaa ...

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 ...

PEN Canada is now accepting English-language submissions for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished ...