PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.

Written by Hoda Karimi Sadra. Hoda is dear friend of Joan Leishman and an exiled writer from Iran. Joan helped Hoda and her son Ali achieve refugee status with the Canadian Government and begin a ...

PEN Canada is heartbroken by the sudden passing of Joan Leishman, journalist and long-time advocate for refugee writers. b.

PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.

Shams Erfan, Why I Support PEN PEN Canada’s end-of-year campaign launched Tuesday, November 28 and runs until December 31. To understand PEN Canada’s impact, we’re sharing testimonials from the PEN ...

Given the enormous size of the U.S. book market relative to the Canadian market, and the pervasiveness of U.S. cultural trends, what happens in the United States affects Canadian writers and Canadian ...

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 ...

Christine Wu has won the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. Her winning submission, Hungry Ghosts, will receive a $3,000 cash prize.

Ira Wells has been elected as president of PEN Canada. Wells is a critic, essayist, professor of literature, and author of three books, the latest of which, On Book Banning (Biblioasis, 2025), ...

The following letter (PDF version) sets out PEN Canada’s concerns with the charges brought against Yves Engler, a Canadian writer. Mr. Engler was detained in Montreal on Thursday February 20, 2025, ...

Codename Sally Watch CODENAME SALLY, a short documentary on how members of PEN Canada brought Salman Rushdie, in total secrecy and heavy security, out of deep hiding in the UK to the stage of the ...