‘This is a big night’: Politics and the Pen returns for annual black-tie event

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CBC’s Raffy Boudjikanian, left; Elizabeth Gray-Smith, co-chair of the Politics and the Pen; and CBC New Brunswick’s Jacques Poitras at the Politics and the Pen Gala on May 10, 2023. Politics and the Pen is one of the most important fundraisers for the Writers' Trust of Canada, with about 500 people attending last year's event.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ZACK LADOUCEUR

May 6, 2024

On May 7, Politics and the Pen's black-tie fundraiser will fête writers, reporters, corporate sponsors, politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, and lots of authors in a celebration of the literary word, and a cash prize for one lucky scribe.

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