Event Advisory - Fighting Words

TORONTO, May 26, 2015 /CNW/ - On June 2, 2015 PEN Canada will host Fighting Words: A conversation with Joseph Boyden and Andrew Pyper as part of the Ideas in Dialogue literary series.

How, in a culture saturated with violent images, have words — and, occasionally, cartoons — retained the power to harm, exclude, objectify and disparage others? Should writers police themselves and distinguish between legitimate representations of violence and those which merely titillate, amuse, or provoke? Joseph Boyden and Andrew Pyper will discuss the challenges of writing intelligently about hateful subjects, and they will consider which taboos should be questioned, or broken, and which should be observed. Moderated by Becky Toyne.

Tickets for Fighting Words are $25 and can be purchased at pencanada.ca/events or by calling [phone] ext. 21 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Can't attend? Follow @PENCanada and #Fwords15 on Twitter for live coverage of the conversation.

Where:	The Art Gallery of Ontario Jackman Hall 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto
When:	Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 8 p.m.
Who:	Joseph Boyden, author of Canada Reads 2014 winner, The Orenda Andrew Pyper, author of seven bestselling novels, including The Damned Becky Toyne, books columnist, editor and literary event publicist

Full event information available at: http://pencanada.ca/events/a-conversation-with-joseph-boyden/

About PEN Canada
PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers that works with others to defend freedom of expression as a basic human right at home and abroad. PEN Canada promotes literature, fights censorship, helps free persecuted writers from prison, and assists writers living in exile in Canada.  www.pencanada.ca

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interviews, and media tickets: Amy Smith, PEN Canada, [email protected], 416-703-8448 ext. 21