First, there’s skill to being a writer. The technicalities of good and great writing are so nuanced that it’s impossible to do it well without learning and practicing.

By Luis Horacio Nájera In the summer of 1995, while working as a crime reporter for El Diario, Ciudad Juárez’s most ...

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 7 p.m. EST Tuesday, January 23, 4 p.m. EST Zoom link: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 The ...

Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 26 press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations vehemently condemn the arrest of ...

Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, We, the undersigned 27 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the ongoing and arbitrary ...

Gezahegn Mekonnen 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, ...

PEN Canada’s Writers in Exile Program was created to provide solidarity and support for writers, journalists, poets, editors, translators, essayists and playwrights who have been forced to leave ...

Book challenges are on the rise and affect Canadians of all ages, limiting access to diverse stories, and ultimately narrowing our worldviews. This event is hybrid. Registrants can select in-person or ...

Alaa Abd el-Fattah is an Egyptian activist, software developer, and blogger who rose to prominence during the Arab Spring. He and his wife, Manal Hassan, created the online blog aggregators Manalaa ...

PEN Canada’s Canadian Issues Program focuses on free expression issues of national interest. It is overseen by the Canadian and Legal Affairs Committee. From its inception, PEN Canada has defended the ...

PEN Canada calls on the Canadian government to insist that combatants in the Hamas-Israel war protect and respect the right of journalists reporting from Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, … ...

For the past six months, since the most recent horrors in Gaza began, I’ve been using my Gazan friends’ Facebook activity as proof-of-life. I begin to worry when several days pass without a new post, ...