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Politics and the Pen returns to Ottawa for its 26th season

The annual Writers’ Trust fundraiser will bring politicians, diplomats, business leaders, and writers to the Château Laurier on April 29, where one of five finalists will take home the $40,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

People pictured at last year's Politics and the Pen black-tie fundraiser at the Château Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, which raises more than $450,000 every year. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

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BY SARAH J. HARB

April 27, 2026

On April 29, five non-fiction writers from across the country will gather at Ottawa’s Fairmont Château Laurier for Politics and the Pen: the annual black-tie fundraiser that brings politicians, writers, diplomats, reporters, lobbyists, and business leaders into the same r...

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