In 1994, at a moment when freedom of expression in Iran was actively lethal, 134 Iranian writers issued an unusually ...

The fund provides critical assistance to and creates opportunities for writers living in exile in Canada, including needs ...

The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week Creative Writing graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing in September ...

PEN Canada is a nonpartisan charity that celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and helps exiled writers to establish new lives in Canada. PEN Canada believes that literature is the ...

Jinoos Taghizadeh is a multidisciplinary Iranian artist, storyteller, activist, and writer. A graduate of the University of Tehran in Sculpture and Literature Drama from Niavaran College of Art, she ...

Fereshteh Molavi is an Iranian-Canadian novelist and essayist who has been living in Toronto since 1998. She has published many books in Persian and several books in English. What is now happening in ...

Joan Leishman was a remarkable journalist, humanitarian, and cherished mentor to members of the PEN Canada Writers in Exile group. Created in her honour, the fund is the organization’s first fund ...