In conversation with Souvankham Thammavongsa, join us as we celebrate Lubrin's new book, The World After Rain.

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

Free to attend, ticket required. This event has sold out, tickets are no longer available. A special literary evening that celebrates the rich diversity of Islamic perspectives and experiences through ...

Join us for a captivating evening with renowned Jamaican writer, Olive Senior. This event is a unique opportunity to hear from one of the most influential voices in Caribbean literature. Senior’s work ...

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 as local issues in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

Jimmy Lai, a journalist, writer, media publisher, and pro-democracy activist, has won PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award. Lai, who has been in solitary confinement since December 2020, is currently ...

The journalist and legal scholar Amy Lai has been awarded the 2021 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for courageously reporting on the “threats faced by both individuals and democratic institutions” in her ...

The Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken has won PEN Canada’s 2022 Ken Filkow Prize for advancing freedom of expression in Canada. Bracken’s work combines an interest in photography, journalism and ...

You will not know this, but yours was the first book by a Black woman I was ever taught in a classroom. I think you already knew, when you wrote Nervous Conditions, how many Black girls were sitting ...