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A Guide to Defending Writers at Risk is divided into seven detailed chapters, each focused on a specific aspect of PEN International’s global mission.
Get the guide here: buff.ly/4ao46uQ
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Learn about building a campaign strategy and mobilizing for action through a range of techniques and resources (including letter-writing, public events, advocacy, media and publicity work).
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Without investigative and local journalists, Canadian towns, cities and regions are left without accountability partners, without a voice, limiting their access to information and dialogue.
Watch the full @cfetmu.bsky.social conversation here: buff.ly/4i7ZNWT
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Readers include Tala Motazedi, @anderssonboscan.bsky.social, and Raffi Minas.
This event is FREE, and no registration is required. More info: https://buff.ly/3XiiZt4
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Mr. Engler was detained in #Montreal on Thursday February 20, 2025, and is currently out on bail.
Read the letter here: pencanada.ca/news/pen-can...
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The actions taken by the Montreal Police raise serious questions about impartiality and respect for the fundamental rights to freedom of expression.
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Ahead of the event, read our Q&A with one of the speakers, James L. Turk (Director, @cfetmu.bsky.social), on the climate of book challenges in Canada.
Read it here: https://buff.ly/41sKv9Q
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To honour the week, PEN Canada is co-sponsoring an online event on censorship in Canadian schools and libraries on Wednesday February 26.
https://buff.ly/4aPjY9T
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This week is Freedom to Read Week --- an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, whether you are a #librarian, #bookseller, #educator, student, or member of the community.
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...right to hold and express his opinions and to be free from arbitrary detention.
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This event is FREE to attend. ASL interpretation and refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP here: https://buff.ly/4aXUiYF
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Like Issa Rae’s Insecure with a magical realist spin, River Mumma is an exhilarating contemporary fantasy novel about a young Black woman who navigates her quarter-life-crisis while embarking on a mythical quest through the streets of #Toronto.
More: https://buff.ly/3ENTrOc
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Join us and @peninternational.bsky.social in calling for for his immediate release, as well as the provision of adequate healthcare pending his release.
Learn more about his case, and take action with us, here: https://buff.ly/4i7Vg6K
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Lawrence Hill discusses the issue and the role of #literature in society with @debthompsonphd.bsky.social in this Centre for Free Expression event:
youtu.be/_LdT3eWRbu8?...
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What’s at stake with this censorship in our schools?
Whether in America or Canada, and whatever the reasoning, Lawrence says, “the effect is the same: eliminate Black writers and other racialized writers from the classroom.”
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Find the Zoom link here: bit.ly/4hImW1S
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Get to know Tala here:
https://buff.ly/42rtn5h
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Since arriving in Canada in 2023, she has joined PEN Canada as a #WriterinExile and received both the Humber PEN Scholarship and the @gbcollege.bsky.social residency.
With her determination and these two opportunities, her first year in Canada has been full of promise.
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But this is a different reality for Tala than just a few years ago, when faced political and personal persecution in Iran due her identity and work.
"In Iran, living a normal life is a crime," Tala says. "As a writer or filmmaker, I grew up with a censored mind."
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Her work at the College began in September. Since then, Tala has been visiting classrooms as a guest speaker.
There she speaks about her life experience, as well as her professional expertise – she is the first screenwriter and second playwright ever to hold the residency.
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Read PEN International's full statement here:
www.pen-international.org/news/china-w...
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Tonight, join Lawrence Hill in conversation with Debra Thompson as they talk about #censorship and the role of #literature in society.
This is a free event and no registration is required.
📅 Wednesday February 5, at 7 p.m. EST
📍 Online (Zoom)
Get the Zoom link here: https://buff.ly/3PvZp8B
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The latest from PEN on #AlaaAbdElFattah:
www.pen-international.org/news/uk-fore...