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“Free Speech is the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.” — Salman Rushdie PEN Canada, Penguin Random House Canada, Toronto International Festival of Authors and Writers’ Trust of Canada …
Who we are - PEN Canada
Founded in 1983, PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers and readers. We fight censorship, help free persecuted writers from prison, assist exiled writers who live in Canada, and promote literature. Writers are central to PEN. Around the …
About - PEN Canada
PEN Canada. PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.
History - PEN Canada
Jul 9, 2024 · We are the Canadian chapter of PEN International, founded in England in 1921 to represent “Poets, Essayists and Novelists.” PEN International was conceived by Mrs. C.A. Dawson Scott and the first PEN Club was founded shortly thereafter in London by Mrs. Scott and John Galsworthy, who would become PEN International’s first President.
A PEN year-in-review - PEN Canada
Dec 19, 2024 · From Newmarket to Mississauga, and all around Toronto, the PEN Canada Writers in Exile showcased their anthology, The Uncaged Voice, at book signings, author events, literary festivals, and talks. The writers were spotted at the Arabic Canadian Book Fair, the Word on the Street Toronto, and inside the pages of the Literary Review of Canada.. You can find a copy of The Uncaged Voice at your ...
Programs - PEN Canada
Sep 13, 2024 · PEN Canada works on behalf of writers, at home and abroad, who have been forced into silence for writing the truth as they see it. The writers we support face a variety of dangers.
Act - PEN Canada
PEN Canada depends on the support and generosity of people like you. By donating, becoming a member, patron, or partner, or volunteering your time, you can become a part of our mission to promote literature across borders, protect the fundamental human right to freedom of expression, and defend writers around the world.
Mission, Vision, Values - PEN Canada
VISION. PEN Canada envisions a world where writers are free to write, readers are free to read, and freedom of expression prevails. MISSION. PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers, and readers, that works with others to defend freedom of expression as a basic human right, at home and abroad.
Category: Archives - PEN Canada
The Toronto International Festival of Authors, in partnership with PEN Canada and CBC Radio’s IDEAS, presents Nobel Peace prize laureate Maria Ressa (author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, being released November 2022) in conversation with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert on the topic of defending freedom of expression and human rights.
Submissions open for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award
Mar 16, 2024 · PEN Canada is now accepting English-language submissions for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit short stories, creative nonfiction, journalism, and poetry. The shortlisted submissions will be judged by a distinguished jury of Canadian writers.