Lidiia Karpenko reads from her Globe & Mail op-ed, at the Voices of Freedom series (March 2024) скачать в хорошем качестве

Lidiia Karpenko reads from her Globe & Mail op-ed, at the Voices of Freedom series (March 2024)

Lidiaa Karpenko is a journalist and writer from Ukraine who fled to Canada with her daughter after Russia invaded Ukraine. Before the war, she worked as a radio presenter and television editor and wrote articles for digital media. She arrived in Toronto in late June 2022. After joining the Writers in Exile, she participated in a writing workshop with award-winning Canadian author Don Gilmore. Subsequently, she published a full-page feature in The Globe and Mail. She also landed an internship at the newspaper and continues freelancing for them. She also writes for the Ukrainian Echo. 👥 About the PEN Canada Writers in Exile PEN Canada’s Writers in Exile community was founded in 2004 to provide solidarity and support for writers living in exile in Canada. Our community includes journalists, poets, editors, translators, essayists and playwrights who have been forced from their homelands due to their written work. Members of the community can develop their professional skills through residencies, workshops, public performances, and a broad range of formal and informal support. Activities include the popular reading series, Voices of Freedom, in Toronto. Learn more on pencanada.ca