Ira Wells has been elected as president of PEN Canada. Wells is a critic, essayist, professor of literature, and author of ...

PEN Canada is pleased to announce Ira Wells as the new president of PEN Canada. He was elected on Thursday, June 12, 2025 ...

PEN Canada joins 39 organizations and 132 individuals in a joint letter demanding a complete withdrawal of Bill C-2. The ...

Jimmy Lai is a pro-democracy campaigner, writer, and founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper. He has been imprisoned in solitary confinement since December 2020 and now faces prosecution ...

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 ...

The prize is open to all genres of writing: writers can submit short stories, creative nonfiction, journalism, and poetry. Shortlisted submissions are judged by a distinguished jury of Canadian ...

PEN Canada’s Writers in Exile Program provides solidarity and support for writers living in exile in Canada. Our community includes journalists, poets, editors, translators, essayists and playwrights ...

By Jennifer Lanthier 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 ...

Önder Deligöz, exiled Turkish author and journalist, decided early on during his high school years that he wanted to become a journalist. It was this career choice that would one day force him to flee ...

Reza Baraheni Reza Baraheni, Iranian dissident, prodigious author and former president of PEN Canada (2001-03) has died, at the age of 86, in Toronto. He is survived by his wife Sanaz Sehhati of ...

Photo of Christine Wu, credit to Leah Pohlman “There’s a lot of emotion unsaid between my family and myself,” Christine Wu says over a call, reaching us from her maritime home in Kjipuktuk (Halifax).

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, ...