In an age marked by escalating conflict and war, human knowledge itself is increasingly endangered. Too often, the world ...

PEN Canada, Victoria University, and the Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) are pleased to invite applications for our Exiled Writer-in-Residence position for the 2026-2027 academic year (September ...

Save the date for our annual awards ceremony, plus a special celebration of 100 years of PEN in Canada. Tickets on sale this ...

Save-the-date for our annual event, featuring writers with expert knowledge on emergent issues. Tickets on sale this fall.

This piece was originally published in the 2025/2026 PEN Canada Annual Report. José Teodoro’s prose has appeared in publications such as Brick, Geist, and The Literary Review of Canada. He is the ...

This letter was originally published in the 2025/2026 PEN Canada Annual Report. As a teenager in the 1990s, I used to carry around a battered copy of Leonard Cohen’s Beautiful Losers, a novel I didn’t ...

This letter was originally published in the 2025/2026 PEN Canada Annual Report. This spring, I found myself among a small group of artists, activists, and writers from Berlin, Philadelphia, Barcelona, ...

This piece was originally published in the 2025/2026 PEN Canada Annual Report. Between 1998-2013, Charlie Foran served on PEN Canada boards for seven years, the final two as president. He is the ...

Rui Umezawa is the author of such books as The Truth About Death and Dying and Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan. This piece was originally published in the 2025/2026 PEN ...