StFX English students transcribe historical letters for digitization project, collaborating with @stfx-university.bsky.social StFX Library and Special Collections Read about moving from Scotland to Nova Scotia (1805-1842), family ties, economics, farming, & daily life www.stfx.ca/news/mcgrego...

This Thursday! Come hear @lauraestill.bsky.social give the Humanities Colloquium Lecture at @stfx-university.bsky.social on "Words of Wisdom: Sententiae and Proverbs in Early Modern English Plays" Murder! Shakespeare! Oedipus! Typography! This lecture has it all. www.stfx.ca/events/human...

Coming up! @stfx-university.bsky.social Hive For Feminist Research This Friday (16 Jan) from 12:30-2:30 in Coady 265 @drcatherinegirard.bsky.social (Art, Women and Gender Studies) and @wrightkailin.bsky.social (English) will present See you there!

Join us for a 9-month Assistant Professorship with specialty in Children's Lit! Please share widely Application deadline is not firm, so send your materials in when they're ready. Antigonish, Nova Scotia is lovely--hope to see you here accute.ca/2026/01/08/j...

Save Canada's Interlibrary Loans We teach and research in a rural area. Interlibrary loans are part of what makes that happen. We need, appreciate, and love our interlibrary loans! save-interlibrary-loans.lovable.app

In partnership with @NS, Antigonish People's Place library is offering technology training in the branch as well as in surrounding areas. Give Kristine a call and book and appointment at 902-863-4276

Limited Term appointment: Children's Literature recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...

Congratulations to everyone who earned their X-rings last night! We are especially proud of our English majors. Here are some English Student Society execs celebrating: Bella, Abby, Lauryn, and Caroline 🎉🥳 Follow the English Student Society on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stfxenglishs...

'tis the season! Gift a Book season! ... our annual Library Fundraising Campaign, for new books & DVDs! 💗 Celebrate the Holiday season & give back by sponsoring the purchase of a new book, DVD or CD for the Library! 🎁 📚 www.parl.ns.ca/events/gifta...

🎬 Get some background on Hamnet’s hidden history and listen to StFX’s Dr. Laura Estill on CBC’s Day 6 as she spills the Bard tea on what we really know about Shakespeare and his son. 📻🔥 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

StFX English prof on CBC's Day 6 @stfx-university.bsky.social @facultyofartsstfx.bsky.social #shakespeare www.stfx.ca/news/Dr-Laur...

Hey Antigonish! There's a blood donor clinic at St Ninian's! It's on this afternoon, tomorrow, and Thursday and there are still lots of open spots. Pssst, students: free snacks Make an appointment here www.blood.ca/en/blood/don...

Tomorrow! Poetry Reading by Triny Finlay with Anne Simpson and Melissa Kuipers 2pm at the Curious Cat

The government of Canada has identified 9 "Skills for Success" for your career An English Degree from @stfx-university.bsky.social equips you with these skills, including reading, writing, communication, problem solving, collaboration, and creativity & innovation. www.canada.ca/en/services/...

Super excited for this weekend!! 🥰💚 @halconscificon.bsky.social Booths C9 & C10 🛍️🩵 More sneak peeks soon! 📚✨ See you soon, everyone! We're open regular hours in Sackville as well! Friday and Saturday 11am-5pm 🛍️

Bridge Prize for Short Stories Two $5000 prizes $1000 + Munro's bookstore gift card for finalists Open to "undergraduate and graduate students attending colleges and universities in Canada" From @ulethbridge.ca and Munro's Books (Victoria) www.ulethbridge.ca/liberal-educ...

$2000 prize for best poem from @fiddlehd.bsky.social Deadline 1 Dec thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest

Nova Scotians can receive $10 off one of 1,600 titles written by or published by Nova Scotians at 11 participating bookstores news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2...

Join us for an after-show talk about Zomblet! With Dan Bray, playwright Prof. @wrightkailin.bsky.social , Canadian Theatre specialist Prof. @crushton.bsky.social , zombie specialist and Prof. @lauraestill.bsky.social , Shakespeare scholar Weds 29 Oct Show starts at 7:30 and runs ~90 mins

Absolutely thrilled to have five from hem, a chapbook I published with Gap Riot Press, shortlisted for this year's bpNichol Chapbook Award. five from hem features poems written in the voice of women from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Many gratias to Gap Riot, the judges, and the Meet the Presses Collective.

Theatre Antigonish knows how to celebrate Hallowe'en! Zomblet (a Zombie Hamlet!) by Dan Bray 28 October - 1 November, 2025 Tickets: www.festivalantigonish.ca

Poster: Antigonish Filmmakers Meeting When: Tuesday, October 21st (7pm) Where: Antigonish Library Community Room Discuss: Film Festivals - Workshops - Networking Event: www.facebook.com/events/81464... Organizer: www.facebook.com/profile.php?... #NovaScotia

Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre competition for 2026 retreat - deadline 1 Dec ; application includes sample script Details: playwrightsatlantic.ca/news/parc-op...

From the StFX English Society: Have any questions about applying to grad school? Come to the Humanities Grad School Info Session on Thursday, October 16th at 4:30! We will have a panel of English, History, and Philosophy departments covering a variety of topics; bring any questions!

Are you an English student or a student interested in learning more about the English program? If so: join @stfx-university.bsky.social 's English society! Trivia! Crafts! Book events! Movie Nights! Find us at our booth during Society Night on Sept 15

Have you been looking for a book club that's easy to join with no cost for books? Try Chapter 1 Club at the #Pictou Library. We're starting September 16th. Register now so you can join in on the conversation and the fun. Find out what happens in Chapter 1 at the Murray Family Public Library!

Campus is abuzz as we get ready for the first day of classes tomorrow! Welcome back, students!

Student Job Alert! Student Social Media Assistant for the Faculty of Arts, StFX @stfx-university.bsky.social @facultyofartsstfx.bsky.social Hone your communication skills and get valuable experience. Details at link recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...

NEW COURSE! Bible as Literature Have we got some stories for you! Talking donkeys (no, not that one), bribery, giant fish, more discussions of foreskins than you'd expect, and beheadings! And these stories shape culture Register now @stfx-university.bsky.social @facultyofartsstfx.bsky.social

Honoured to receive the Greetham Prize w/ co-authors Heidi Craig & Kris May, for "the best article published in the Society’s journal, Textual Cultures, during the two calendar years since the previous award" "A Rationale of Trans-inclusive Bibliography" scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind... +

The winners of the 2025 Red Cedar Book Awards were recently announced. SILVERWING: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL and ALONE: THE JOURNEYS OF THREE YOUNG REFUGEES took home the honours. Learn more at bit.ly/43wLMwk

Coming up on Monday: The Nova Scotia Book Awards! 📚 📚 Check out all the nominees and be sure to admire that logo novascotiabookawards.ca

books rule

Today and tomorrow we are happy to host "Gaelic Song and Digital Archives" at @stfx-university.bsky.social ,organized by Heather Sparling (CBU) and Chelsey MacPherson (Dal)! Thinking about linked open data, @rism.bsky.social , music encoding, Gaelic digital resources, and music data!

New department poster just dropped

Full time job (Sept-Mar this coming school year), with priority to recent grads! Curatorial intern at the @stfx-university.bsky.social Art Gallery Attn: @facultyofartsstfx.bsky.social @smuarts.bsky.social @artist-andy-pump.bsky.social young-canada-works.canada.ca/Opportunity/...

Published today! "Renaissance Politics and Thought Today," a special issue of Renaissance and Reformation coedited by @stfx-university.bsky.social English professors Joseph Khoury and @lauraestill.bsky.social DM if you would like access to any articles! jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/re...

9 May, 7:30 - Ceilidh at the Antigonish Heritage Museum

gonna scale it back a bit this year for Indie Bookstore Day and focus on getting as many great books to as many people as possible! paperbacks - 20% off hardcovers - 30% off boxed sets - 40% off ducks in hardcover - 50% off tote bags - free with $50 purchase stay tuned for other stuff!

Summer jobs at Festival Antigonish! www.festivalantigonish.ca/jobs/

Shared this in the other place and will share here too as it’s #archivesawarenessweek The @stfx-university.bsky.social Archives, located in the basement of the Angus L MacDonald library, can be accessed Monday to Friday from 1-4:30pm. Visit their archival gencat.eloquent-systems.com/stfx-archive...

poetry is at 7, back alley poetry fight club at 9:30

#NationalCanadianFilmDay! 🎥 🍿 🫎 🍁 Wed Apr 16, 2025 Movies at the library! 3pm - You Are Here: A Come From Away Story , #RiverJohn 3:30pm - The Trotsky, #NewGlasgow 6pm - Bergers, #NewGlasgow 6pm - Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, #Pictou 7pm - Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, #Antigonish

Call for submissions: Pan-Atlantic Emerging Playwrights Unit! Wanted: 4 early-career playwrights from across Atlantic Canada to write one-act play. Includes: dramaturgical support, workshop with professional actors, public reading, honorarium DEADLINE: April 30, 2025 playwrightsatlantic.ca

Congratulations to our four English honours students who presented their undergraduate theses on Friday! Proud of these soon-to-be @stfx-university.bsky.social @facultyofartsstfx.bsky.social grads L to R: Renee Papp, Payton Erwin, Grace Still, and Ciara Wainwright

Join us for the 2025 Department of English Honours Thesis Colloquium, where our talented students will present their research. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with critical discussions and support student research. Whether you're a student or professor, we’d love to see you there!

Book launch at the Antigonish Public Library! Saturday 29 March 1-2pm Katie Arthur, author and illustrator of "Our Woolly Bear," launching her new book "What if Marty Doesn't Like My Party?" Storytime reading activity and kids art activity

So proud of our Student Research Day presenters last night! L to R: Prof @wrightkailin.bsky.social ; Renee Papp; Abby Ives; and Payton Erwin

The Antigonish Library will be closing today at 1pm due to plumbing issues. Room bookings will need to be cancelled and tax appointments will be rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience but we don't think anyone wants to be here with toilets that are not working.