PEN Canada is a nonpartisan charity that celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and helps exiled writers to ...

In 1994, at a moment when freedom of expression in Iran was no longer merely constrained but actively lethal, 134 Iranian writers issued an unusually concentrated manifesto titled We Are Writers.

Under total internet shutdown and informational darkness, we still do not know how the killing machine is operating, as it ...

The fund provides critical assistance to and creates opportunities for writers living in exile in Canada, including needs ...

The people of Iran need to be seen, to be heard, and to connect with the world. And we, writers, cannot remain as mere observers.

Save-the-date for an evening of inspiration and storytelling from the PEN Writers in Exile. Readers to be announced.

Nancy Huggett has won the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. For her winning submission, Revelation, she will receive a $3,000 cash prize and mentorship from a Canadian author. A jury of Canadian ...

A dramatic rise in book challenges and book bans targeting what are often called “diverse books” in children’s literature is sweeping North America. While the bans are mostly seen as local issues in ...

Dear Prime Minister, Ministers, and Honourable Leaders of the Opposition, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are writing to call for the complete withdrawal of Bill C-2, An Act ...

Jimmy Lai, a journalist, writer, media publisher, and pro-democracy activist, has won PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award. Lai, who has been in solitary confinement since December 2020, is currently ...

The journalist and legal scholar Amy Lai has been awarded the 2021 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for courageously reporting on the “threats faced by both individuals and democratic institutions” in her ...