Amid rising political tensions between the U.S. and Canada, and escalating threats of a broader trade war, the downstream ...

When institutions silence voices and go along to get along, the world becomes more dangerous. We stand ardently for freedom ...

Art Museum of the Americas 201 18th St NW Washington, DC 20006 To the Executive Director and members of the board, the Museum ...

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 Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit ...

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 Unpublished ...

Nancy Huggett reads from her collection as she accepts her 2024 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award at a ceremony in October 2024. “To find the form that accommodates the mess, that’s the task of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

This September, PEN Canada memberships are $40.00, reduced from the normal $75.00 fee for first-time members. Poets, essayists, novelists, journalists, playwrights, editors, translators, screenwriters ...

The RBC / PEN Canada New Voices Award is an annual award that aims to encourage new writing and provide a space for unpublished Canadian writers. The prize is open to all genres of writing: writers ...

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 ...