A resolution from PEN America condemned “the escalating assault on freedom of expression in the United States,” citing the ...

Egyptian authorities should also lift any restrictions that may hinder his travel to the UK to reunite with his son.

The RBC / PEN Canada New Voices Award is an annual prize that encourages new writing and celebrates the excellence of unpublished Canadians. The prize is open to all genres of writing: writers can ...

A poet and activist. Rodríguez is held in poor conditions in detention, including solitary confinement, lack of food and water, and inadequate sanitation. In July 1960, PEN International established a ...

Ms. Teillet’s popular history, The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation was one of the Globe & Mail’s top 100 books of 2019 and won the Carol Shield’s and ...

In its 40 years, PEN Canada has intervened in several landmark legal cases that upheld journalistic integrity and artistic freedom. It has defended queer bookstores against customs seizures; ...

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Acting on our mandate, PEN has a long history of fighting censorship in Canada. We are working on issues close to home: book bans, online harms, and transnational repression. We are a part of a global ...

Anna Sokolova and Georgio Russell have won the 2025 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. The jury also selected five finalists: Edie Reaney Chunn, Emily Gaudet, Gwen Aube, Helen Han Wei Luo, and Mona’a ...

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), ...

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 ...

PEN Canada unequivocally condemns the Alberta government’s decision to pursue policies that are likely to lead to widespread book bans in the province’s schools. In May, the government announced plans ...