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 ...

The Rt Hon Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer KC 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AB June 24, 2025 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing as a coalition of 33 organizations deeply concerned about detained ...

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

The 2024/2025 annual report, I Hope This Letter Finds You Well, explores the power of letter writing as a tool of connection and advocacy. Edited by poet and writer Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, the ...

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 ...

The Writers for Peace Committee, founded in 1984, is a committee of PEN International. Each year, the committee meets in Bled, Slovenia, with this year’s meeting (April 7-10, 2025) focusing on the ...

2025 Ken Filkow Prize Nomination Form Please use this form to submit your nomination for the 2025 PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize. Nominees may be anyone — authors, journalists, public servants, ...

PEN Canada is deeply concerned by CTV’s abrupt cancellation of a planned election misinformation segment, following what appears to be pressure from online harassment. Earlier this month, journalist ...

PEN Canada is accepting submissions for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award encourages new writing and provides a space for unpublished writers (age 17 and over). Writers can submit ...

Amid rising political tensions between the U.S. and Canada, and escalating threats of a broader trade war, the downstream effects of tariffs on writers, readers, publishers, and booksellers will be ...