TORONTO, September 11, 2025 – Onder Deligoz, a journalist and writer from Turkey, has been chosen as the 2025 PEN ...

Freedom of expression is a human right. Learn about our work to defend it in Canada and around the world with our ...

An evening of inspiration and storytelling with the Writers in Exile. This special 10th edition of the series will take place ...

When writers find themselves in danger, PEN is there to help. We offer aid and assistance to writers living in exile and ...

We work to free imprisoned writers around the world. Get involved in defending writers who have been persecuted.

The Word On The Street is a national celebration of reading, writing, and literacy. Each year, the festival hosts hundreds of ...

The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN Canada is disturbed by the disappearance of Cardel journalist Sergio Landa ...

This event is an annual conversation between writers with expert knowledge of an urgent political, social, cultural or ...

You can’t find a more end-to-end, sophisticated, low technology weapons system in the inventory,” warned Dallaire, noting ...

The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN Canada reiterates calls for information about detained writer Nuremuhamet Yasin ...

On Sept. 22, 2011 a sold-out crowd attended Liberty and the Arab Spring at the George Ignatieff theatre in Toronto. The event ...

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