PEN International

PEN Canada calls for dismissal of charges against Brandi Morin

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - PEN Canada is deeply concerned at the Edmonton Police Service's (EPS) arrest of Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin and calls for the immediate dismissal of all charges against her ahead of a court hearing scheduled for February 1.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - PEN Canada is deeply concerned at the Edmonton Police Service's (EPS) arrest of Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin and calls for the immediate dismissal of all charges against her ahead of a court hearing scheduled for February 1.
  • Brandi Morin, Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist, was arrested during a police raid on an Indigenous encampment.
  • In 2023 Ms. Morin was awarded PEN Canada's Ken Filkow Prize for her bravery in "advancing freedom of expression in Canada."
  • PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization that celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression, and assists writers in peril at home and abroad.

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian activist, wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Friday, October 6, 2023
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TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2023 /CNW/ - PEN Canada celebrates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi for "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."

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  • TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2023 /CNW/ - PEN Canada celebrates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi for "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."
  • "Narges Mohammadi has fought for women's rights in Iran with heroic strength and courage and at great personal cost," said Grace Westcott, President of PEN Canada.
  • "The Nobel Peace Prize recognizes not only her inspiring courage but that of all the women and girls of Iran who have risen up to demand their freedoms."
  • She is one of three imprisoned Iranian women to receive the 2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize and a recipient of PEN America's 2023 Barbey Freedom to Write Award.

PEN Canada to honour Egyptian democracy advocate on September 23 at Toronto International Festival of Authors

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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The ceremony, titled "Raising our Voices: PEN Canada Awards & Readings in Solidarity with Persecuted Writers", will be hosted by Garvia Bailey and takes place as part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA).

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  • The ceremony, titled "Raising our Voices: PEN Canada Awards & Readings in Solidarity with Persecuted Writers", will be hosted by Garvia Bailey and takes place as part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA).
  • On Saturday, Sept. 23 at 4:30 p.m., community members are invited to attend the awards ceremony at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, as part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors.
  • PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization that celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression, and assists writers in peril at home and abroad.
  • The English-language Canadian centre was founded in 1983 and is proud to be one of over 100 chapters of PEN International.

Joan Leishman wins the 2023 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - Joan Leishman, recently-retired CBC veteran journalist and longtime advocate for refugee writers, has won PEN Canada's 2023 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize.

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  • TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - Joan Leishman, recently-retired CBC veteran journalist and longtime advocate for refugee writers, has won PEN Canada's 2023 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize.
  • Established in 2022, the prize honours the memory of the late Marie-Ange Garrigue, a Canadian and French citizen.
  • This is the second PEN Canada prize funded by Cynthia Wine and Philip Slayton in support of defenders of freedom of expression — the first is the Ken Filkow Prize .
  • The English-language Canadian centre was founded in 1983 and is proud to be one of over 100 chapters of PEN International.

Brandi Morin wins the 2023 Ken Filkow Prize

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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TORONTO, Sept. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - Brandi Morin, an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French journalist and best-selling author, has won the PEN Canada 2023 Ken Filkow Prize for advancing freedom of expression in Canada.

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  • TORONTO, Sept. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - Brandi Morin, an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French journalist and best-selling author, has won the PEN Canada 2023 Ken Filkow Prize for advancing freedom of expression in Canada.
  • For over a decade, she has reported on Indigenous land and environmental rights, Truth and Reconciliation, and residential school grave discoveries.
  • The Ken Filkow Prize was established in 2015.
  • The English-language Canadian centre was founded in 1983 and is proud to be one of over 100 chapters of PEN International.

Christine Wu wins 2023 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award

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Thursday, August 3, 2023
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TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2023 /CNW/ - Christine Wu has won the 2023 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award.

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  • TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2023 /CNW/ - Christine Wu has won the 2023 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award.
  • A distinguished jury of Canadian writers, including Jónína Kirton, Chelene Knight and Alexander MacLeod, chose Wu from almost 300 entries.
  • Wu, a Chinese-Canadian poet living in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), has been published in several literary magazines.
  • Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award encourages new writing and provides a space for unpublished Canadian writers, aged 17 and over.

"An Unbelievable Injustice": Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi sentenced to a second decade in prison in Iran

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Sunday, December 11, 2022
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The two Iranian Baha’i women were arrested on 31 July – for the second time – at the start of a fresh crackdown against Iran’s Baha’is.

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  • The two Iranian Baha’i women were arrested on 31 July – for the second time – at the start of a fresh crackdown against Iran’s Baha’is.
  • More than 320 Baha’is have been affected by individual acts of persecution since the arrest of Mahvash and Fariba.
  • Mahvash Sabet rose to international prominence after a volume of poems she had written in prison was published in English under the title Prison Poems.
  • Several other prominent Iranian women were jailed at the same time as Mahvash and Fariba during their first imprisonment.

Christie's Press Release: First Editions, Second Thoughts - An Auction to Benefit English PEN

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Monday, June 13, 2022
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First Editions, Second Thoughts(FEST) will raise much needed funds to support English PEN's work to defend free expression and campaign for writers who are at risk.

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  • First Editions, Second Thoughts(FEST) will raise much needed funds to support English PEN's work to defend free expression and campaign for writers who are at risk.
  • Art works from highly esteemed artistsAnish Kapoor, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Ai Weiwei and Edmund de Waal are included in the auction.
  • Philippe Sands, President, English PEN, and professor of law at University College London, comments, 'It is thrilling to embark on a First Editions, Second Thoughts auction with Christie's.
  • Today, the work of English PEN is more important and relevant than ever, and this wonderful auction will help in its vital work.'

Christie's Press Release: First Editions, Second Thoughts - An Auction to Benefit English PEN

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Monday, June 13, 2022
Booker, English PEN, Exhibition, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Goa Arts and Literature Festival, Edition (book), Second Thoughts, Virginia Woolf, Literature, Christie's, Margaret Atwood, Sale, Book, Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition, Ink, Freedom, Human, Bodies, First-sale doctrine, Paganini Competition, Name, Association, Second, Green Road, Arts Council England, Christie, Work, Art, The Mirror and the Light, Industry, Feather, Carbon, Consciousness, FEST, Grief, University College London, NFT, Light, Writing, Wolf Hall, Philippe Sands, Leonardo, Culture, Collection, Education, Life, Research, Booker Prize, Mike Winkelmann, Silver, Cold, PEN International, Hand, Condition, Risk, Face, Aggression, Wild, Crime, Auction

First Editions, Second Thoughts(FEST) will raise much needed funds to support English PEN's work to defend free expression and campaign for writers who are at risk.

Key Points: 
  • First Editions, Second Thoughts(FEST) will raise much needed funds to support English PEN's work to defend free expression and campaign for writers who are at risk.
  • Art works from highly esteemed artistsAnish Kapoor, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Ai Weiwei and Edmund de Waal are included in the auction.
  • Philippe Sands, President, English PEN, and professor of law at University College London, comments, 'It is thrilling to embark on a First Editions, Second Thoughts auction with Christie's.
  • Today, the work of English PEN is more important and relevant than ever, and this wonderful auction will help in its vital work.'

Margaret Atwood to open CJF Awards gala

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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TORONTO, April 6, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce today that Margaret Atwood will provide opening remarks at the 2022 CJF Awards ceremony.

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  • TORONTO, April 6, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce today that Margaret Atwood will provide opening remarks at the 2022 CJF Awards ceremony.
  • Atwood joins the CJF ceremony on June 7 at the Art Gallery of Ontario to speak on the importance of a free and vibrant media to a healthy democracy.
  • "The Canadian Journalism Foundation is honoured that Canadian icon Margaret Atwood will join us to open our annual celebration of excellence in Canadian journalism," says CJF Board Chair Kathy English.
  • In addition to Suzuki, Atwood joins several other Canadian luminaries at this year's CJF Awards ceremony, including internationally acclaimed photographer Ed Burtynsky, who will present the CJF Tribute, and former La Presse journalist Michle Ouimet, this year's CJF Lifetime Achievement Award winner.