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events pen canada skip to content defend expression advocacy aid readers writers who we are get involved the latest awards events contact defend expression advocacy aid readers writers who we are get involved the latest awards events contact donate join events the power of words writers in exile october 1 2026 a pen benefit for the joan leishman memorial fund in support of writers living in exile in canada ticket required tickets go on sale this summer learn more events calendar summer social book talk with kim echlin june 11 2026 following our annual general meeting join us for a summer social and conversation with pen international board member and canadian novelist kim echlin sold out no tickets remaining annual general meeting 2026 june 11 2026 be the first to see our annual report participate in the elections for new board members and hear from one of two winners of last year s new voices award this event is for pen members only stay afterwards for our summer social book talk voices of freedom reading at emmanuel college march 18 2026 save the date for an evening of inspiration and storytelling from the pen writers in exile read the room can canada survive without a national literature march 31 2026 publishing has collapsed in canada what s at risk when a nation loses the infrastructure that sustains its stories sold out no tickets remaining freedom to read why society needs intellectual risk february 25 2026 a timely conversation about the freedom to read and why intellectual risk is necessary in society pen canada awards night november 28 2025 our annual event celebrating a year of advocacy literature and free expression free and open to the public an evening with author canisia lubrin november 13 2025 in conversation with souvankham thammavongsa join us as we celebrate lubrin s new book the world after rain sold out no tickets remaining vancouver screening of the showerhead november 6 2025 a documentary examining the work of celebrated political cartoonist zapiro tracing his journey from anti apartheid struggle artist to his enduring role as a progressive commentator and freedom of expression champion in democratic south africa the power of the pen in troubled times crafting change in apocalypse october 29 2025 featuring riley yesno and em dial part of a webinar series on craft and purpose writing out of the abyss black literature s creative rebellions october 1 2025 featuring roger reeves and georgio russell part of a webinar series on craft and purpose shadow histories across genres october 15 2025 featuring larissa lai and christine wu part of a webinar series on craft and purpose graeme gibson talk notes on the new america october 28 2025 rachel maddow and rebecca solnit in conversation on the seismic changes taking place across the us political landscape sold out no tickets remaining uplifting islamic voices an evening of readings october 10 2025 a literary evening celebrating the rich diversity of islamic perspectives and experiences sold out no tickets remaining made in exile panel at the hot docs festival april 28 2025 featuring liubov dyvak timeea mohamed ahmed areeb zuaiter and more voices of freedom reading series june edition june 1 2025 featuring yamin myatt aye diary marif and jamal saeed an evening with jamaican writer olive senior october 8 2025 a conversation with the award winning jamaican poet and novelist sold out no tickets remaining an evening with marie célie agnant march 21 2025 agnant is a writer of poems novels and novellas ancestral echoes gender generation and indo trinidadianness may 30 2025 how is the attack on arts and culture in the u s impacting canada november 20 2025 an online panel exploring what unprecedented attacks on arts and culture in the u s mean for canada and for our artists writers and cultural organizations what can we learn about book banning from 400 years of the catholic church s index of prohibited books october 1 2025 historian robin vose who addresses lessons we can learn from four centuries of failed attempts at institutional censorship by the catholic church as revealed by his latest book on the chaotic and ultimately counter productive index of prohibited books what does the western media get wrong about the middle east october 16 2025 what are news consumers in the west missing about the war in gaza the turmoil in lebanon syria afghanistan and elsewhere should political belief and association be protected by human rights law june 10 2025 human rights acts in nine provinces and territories prohibit discrimination based on political belief either broadly or narrowly defined while four do not trump s war on truth may 7 2025 three american journalists on the frontlines of this story look at the dangers and the road ahead voices of freedom reading series march edition march 30 2025 featuring tala motazedi andersson boscan and raffi minas voices of freedom reading at toronto reference library november 12 2025 an evening of inspiration and storytelling with the writers in exile this special 10th edition of the series will take place at a new location the toronto reference library sold out no tickets remaining an evening with arundhati roy september 12 2025 the author celebrates her new memoir mother mary comes to me featuring leanne betasamosake simpson an audience q a and a book signing the word on the street festival in toronto september 27 september 28 2025 an free festival of booksellers authors and avid readers come find the pen canada booth an evening with author zalika reid benta february 27 2025 the author of river mumma and frying plantain voices of freedom reading november edition november 24 2024 featuring shams erfan lidiia karpenko and dilan qadir burning questions confronting the challenges of our global climate crisis tifa september 21 2024 with an introduction by margaret atwood this year s event features john vaillant and catherine abreu author readings and book signing for the uncaged voice june 18 2024 featuring arzu yildiz pedro a restrepo gezahegn mekonnen demissie and mwafaq katt maclennan lecture book challenges and their impact on canadian communities april 25 2024 featuring michelle arbuckle brendan de caires and robin stevenson geographies of the imagination april 10 2024 featuring britta b and darby minott bradford along with new voices award winner christine wu poetic voices in bud and in bloom april 11 2024 featuring new voices award winner christine wu along with darby minott bradford and emily tristan jones voices of freedom march edition march 24 2024 featuring diary marif tien providence lidiia karpenko paul kumoni and pedro restrepo black bodies white spaces february 28 2024 featuring jennifer holness jennifer hosten and dr cheryl thompson voices of freedom november edition november 26 2023 featuring bushra elfadil kiran nazish alexander duarte and luis horacio najera book launch for the uncaged voice october 24 2023 the official launch of the new anthology by the pen canada writers in exile voices of freedom september edition september 24 2023 featuring dilan qadir jackleen hanna ahmet dogan and kamal riahi raising our voices awards readings in solidarity with persecuted writers tifa september 23 2023 a ceremony to celebrate four pen canada awards and draw attention to imprisoned writers notes on an invasion graeme gibson talk 2023 tifa september 24 2023 disinformation dictators democracy maria ressa ronald deibert tifa september 27 2022 featuring maria ressa ronald deibert with an introduction by margaret atwood the freedom to write and to read standing with salman rushdie tifa september 27 2022 featuring novelist ian mcewan director deepa mehta and publisher and editor louise dennys load more events legacy event the graeme gibson talk an annual conversation between writers with expert knowledge of an urgent political social cultural or economic issue previous speakers include john vaillant fire weather the making of a beast catherine abreu 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