It's September! Which means one thing! (no not the end of summer & back to school!) It's Festival time! Sept 19-29 #FestofAuthors24 brings you authors, books, conversations, ideas, stories & much more! Plus Yuval Noah Harari on Sept 13: festivalofauthors.ca/tifa-festival-…

#JoinUs for the fourth annual Graeme Gibson Talk With an introduction by Margaret Atwood, this event features bestselling non-fiction writer John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather, and Catherine Abreu, one of Canada’s most influential thinkers on global climate policy.

"Acts such as arbitrary detentions, forced #exile, withdrawal of citizenship, and stripping of property and basic rights are becoming commonplace." Findings from PEN International, ARC (Artists at Risk Connection), ARTICLE 19 MX-CA, PEN Nicaragua en el exilio and more: pen-international.org/news/nicaragua…

"This verdict represents a severe assault on press freedom and freedom of expression in #Türkiye, further eroding the foundations of democratic discourse in the country." More in the joint statement: pen-international.org/news/trkiye-de…

Join us virtually Sept 17th at 7pm EDT - Jamie Cameron from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University Sarah Hamill from Trinity College Dublin Finn Makela from Université de Sherbrooke and LouisPhilippeLampron will discuss Freedom of Expression, Protests and Encampments - pencanada cfe.torontomu.ca/events/freedom…

The Toronto International Festival of Authors is two weeks away! From Sept 19-29, discover new stories and meet your favourite #authors, including at the #GraemeGibonTalk on Saturday Sept 21. To attend, you must purchase one of Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA)' passes: buff.ly/46LReg8

This week in Oslo, the #FreeNarges Coalition met with members of the Norwegian Parliament to advocate for Narges Mohammadi’s freedom. We urged parliamentarians to raise their concerns about Narges’s health in Evin prison and call for her release.

We are excited to offer a live stream of the opening ceremony for #PENInternational’s 90th Annual Congress in Oxford, featuring Adania Shibli’s keynote in partnership with English PEN. Join us virtually on 24th Sept, 19:30, where you’ll also hear from PEN International President