The following letter ( PDF version) sets out PEN Canada’s concerns with the charges brought against Yves Engler, a Canadian ...

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 ...

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to ...

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 ...

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 his new book, On Book Banning, Ira Wells begins with his astonishment when the principal in his children’s school wanted to get rid of “all the old books” as being too Eurocentric, too male, too ...

Join author Zalika Reid-Benta, alumna of Victoria College and Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto, for an engaging evening as she discusses her debut novel River Mumma and award-winning story ...

Lori Sterling is currently senior counsel at Bennett Jones LLP and an experienced board director. Lori has over 30 years experience in both federal and provincial governments. At the federal level, ...

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 ...