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.

Reminder that the Dal Reads Author Reading and Q&A with Téa Mutonji will take place this Thursday, February 27, at 4 p.m. in the MacMechan Auditorium in the Killam Library. Dr. Asha Jeffers will host the discussion and Q&A! @dalhousieu.bsky.social

StFX University Library hiring student research assistants! Library Student Assistants for 2025-2026 (multiple) Summer 2025 Library Student Assistant (1) Job description: www.stfx.ca/library/abou... To apply: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

StFX World University Service of Canada’s (WUSC) Student Refugee Program (SRP) online auction! ALL proceeds from the auction will be used to assist refugee-backgrounds students sponsored by StFX. #Antigonish #NovaScotia www.32auctions.com/StFXWUSCAuct...

This week! I'm excited to give my annual "Gatto Chair" lecture at St. Francis Xavier University, this time on: "Playing with Plague: The Black Death and Medieval Culture in Modern Media" (aka "I'm f***ing sick and tired of plague doctors everywhere") #plague #histmed #medhist #medievalsky

Did you read THE GREAT GATSBY in High School? Or have you taught it in HS? I’m writing a piece for the book’s 100th birthday and I need your help! What do you remember about how the book was taught? Specific assignments, discussions, exercises, essay prompts? The further back the better!

our top 10 books for surviving the cold: If Not Winter The Poems of Robert Frost Snow The Snow Child The Winter's Tale Cold Mountain If on a Winter's Night a Traveler The Spy Who Came in from The Cold The Coldest Winter Ever How to Set a Fire and Why

Tickets are on sale for the 20th Anniversary Show of Priscilla Queen of the Highlands happening January 31. Advance tickets are $20 and available weekdays from 10-2 in Bloomfield, outside the MacKay Room @stfxuniversity Tickets are $25 at the door. Tables can be purchased in advance for $200.

www.cbc.ca/books/canada... Canada Reads longlist!

Meet Renée Papp! 🎓 English student, co-founder of the StFX English Society, Model UN VP Society, and award-winning researcher. 🌟 Next stop: law school! 🏛️📚 stfx.ca/news/Academi... #StudentLeadership #stfx

Come work at X!! We are looking for an outstanding French educator who would like to teach French courses in our Modern Languages Department while also teaching French methods courses in our Department of Teacher Education. recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas. Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏

The Antigonish Public Library is participating in Together We Read Unlimited copies of Anthony Bidulka's novel Going to Beautiful available on Libby in ebook or audiobook An un-put-downable read!

Meet Dr. Rebecca Wallace, a Mila Mulroney Research Chair in Women & Politics in StFX's Mulroney Institute. Dr. Wallace founded the Gender and Politics Research Lab, dedicated to researching critical questions related to gender and political representation, media, & policy in Canada. bit.ly/3DcFLva

Today’s the moment our students have been passionately working towards since they began their journey at X! 🔔✨ Huge congratulations to everyone receiving their well-deserved X-Rings—the iconic symbol of your hard work and dedication. 💍👏 www.stfx.ca/news/pride-l...

It's been too grey in Nova Scotia this month--glad to be here where the skies are blue!

Some good news: my faculty (Arts) is hiring 5 tenure track positions in Sociology (2), Psychology (2), and Religious Studies (1). My colleagues in the Faculties of Education and Science are hiring too! recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...