PEN Canada is taking its literary reading series Readers and Writers on the road featuring an exciting line-up of established Canadian writers alongside members of PEN Canada's Writers in Exile Program.
Words Without Borders features authors from around the world who bear witness, speak out, and write about both local and global political issues. The tour runs from April 3rd-5th in Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver.
The writers participating in the tour are Afua Cooper, award-winning poet, author, and recording artist selected by Essence Magazine as one of 25 women who are shaping the world; Jalal Barzanji, a Kurdish writer and poet from Iraq who is now the City of Edmonton-PEN Canada writer in exile; and Sheng Xue, a poet, journalist, and member of PEN Canada's Writers in Exile Program who left China after Tiananmen Square. In Vancouver the tour will be joined by Hadani Ditmars a journalist, photographer and author of Dancing in the No-Fly Zone.
The evening of readings will explore international perspectives on freedom of expression and honour the power and vitality of the writer as provocateur. The tour will also raise critical awareness of PEN Canada's work on behalf of imprisoned writers, support of exiled writers in Canada, and advocacy on local and international issues of freedom of expression.
PEN Canada is pleased to announce partnerships for Words Without Borders with three of Canada's leading literary festivals - WordFest in Calgary, LitFest in Edmonton, and the Vancouver International Writers' Festival.
Words Without Borders, Calgary
In Partnership with WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival 403.294.7462 Thursday April 3rd 7:30pm, Ticket Price $10 (suggested admission) Central Library, John Dutton Theatre 616 Macleod Trail Southeast
Words Without Borders, Edmonton
In Partnership with LitFest 780.498.2500 Friday April 4th, 7:00 pm Ticket Price $10 (suggested admission) Sales at Tickets on the Square www.tixonthesquare.ca or 780.420.1757 Milner Library Theatre No.7 Churchill Square
Words With Out Borders, Vancouver
In Partnership with The Vancouver International Writers Festival 604.681 6330 Saturday, April 5th 7:30pm Ticket Price $10 (suggested admission) The Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova St Advance Tickets 604.689.0926
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