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WEBSep 13, 2024 · Tala Motazedi, a screenwriter and playwright originally from Iran, is the recipient of the 2024 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers in Exile Scholarship.
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WEBNancy Huggett wins 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. 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. …. News.
About - PEN Canada
WEBJul 9, 2024 · About. PEN Canada…. Helps free writers who are persecuted and, in many countries, imprisoned and tortured simply for expressing themselves. Fights censorship and defends the right to freedom of expression. PEN has intervened in a number of landmark legal cases in the name of journalistic integrity and artistic freedom. Educates Canadian ...
programs - PEN Canada
WEBMay 30, 2024 · If you would like more information about any of PEN Canada’s programs, please contact Brendan de Caires, Programs and Communications Coordinator, at 416 703 8448 x2224 or by email at bdecaires@pencanada.ca. PEN Canada works on behalf of writers, at home and abroad, who have been forced into …
Submissions open for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award
WEBMar 16, 2024 · PEN Canada is now accepting English-language submissions for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The annual award supports and celebrates emerging talent in Canadian literature. Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit short stories, creative nonfiction, journalism, and poetry. The shortlisted submissions will be judged by a distinguished jury of Canadian writers.
Canadian and Legal Affairs - PEN Canada
WEBJul 9, 2024 · It is overseen by the Canadian and Legal Affairs Committee. From its inception, PEN Canada has defended the right to freedom of expression enshrined in article 2 (b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Our Canadian Issues Committee has fought censorship in more than 70 cases—from book seizures at the border and censorship in ...
Background - PEN Canada
WEBJul 9, 2024 · Background. We are the Canadian chapter of PEN International, founded in England in 1921 to represent “Poets, Essayists and Novelists.”. PEN International was conceived by Mrs. C.A. Dawson Scott and the first PEN Club was founded shortly thereafter in London by Mrs. Scott and John Galsworthy, who would become PEN International’s first ...
Writers in Exile - PEN Canada
WEBOct 21, 2023 · Gezahegn Mekonnen Demissie. leader, Writers in Exile community; board member, PEN Canada. 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, where he publishes the community journal, and radio show/podcast, New ...
Annual & Special Reports - PEN Canada
WEBAnnual & Special Reports. SPECIAL REPORTS. Imposing Silence: The Use of India’s Laws to Suppress Free Speech , a report by PEN Canada, PEN International and the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity , a report by PEN Canada, PEN International and ...
Mission, Vision, Values - PEN Canada
WEBMISSION. Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers ...
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