Tomorrow 2:30-4:30! StFX Department of English Honours Colloquium With presentations by Tayte McHugh, Amy Lam, Abby Smith, Maya Gibson, and Emily Richard. Undergraduate Thesis Presentation: Abby Ives, "Book Censorship in Atlantic Canadian High Schools" All welcome! www.stfx.ca/events/depar...

From @stfx-university.bsky.social : "English Department celebrates five new books" 🎉🥳🎉 www.stfx.ca/news/English...

Join us for #CanadaReads2026! 📚️ April 13-16, 2026 One Book to Build Bridges! Read the books, and choose your champion. 📚️ Who do you think will win this year? ...they are all great books, it's so hard to decide. www.parl.ns.ca @cbcbooks @cbc

Come join us for our Honours colloquium! 31 March, 2026 2:30-4:30 3022 MULH @stfx-university.bsky.social All welcome

Congratulations to our English department students who presented at @stfx-university.bsky.social Student Research Night last night! Abby Smith and Maya Gibson presented about their research assistantships (supervised by @wrightkailin.bsky.social ) with ACTS: the Atlantic Canadian Theatre Site +

Ready to read your way across Canada? Pick up a contest map and start collecting stickers as you go! Your map works like a passport — one stamp for each region you complete. www.samepagens.ca

We are so proud of our @stfx-university.bsky.social English undergraduate students, guided by @jkhouryns.bsky.social, who presented at the Annual Atlantic Undergraduate Conference (AAUEC) in at UPEI this weekend! A short thread (images shared with permission) +

Read more about Dr. Wright's new book, No Mother, No Future! @wrightkailin.bsky.social @stfx-university.bsky.social www.stfx.ca/news/Dr-Kail...

Zine making!

It's out! 🎉🎉🎉 "Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean Bibliography" Open access (just click "save pdf" for a formatted version) It was a joy working with Heidi Craig, Kris May, and Dorothy Todd on this Element www.cambridge.org/core/element... ++

Thanks to everyone who came out for our quintuple book launch yesterday! Pictured: Dr. Tokarz, Dean of Arts; Dr. Cash, Dr. @wrightkailin.bsky.social , Dr. @lauraestill.bsky.social , authors; President Hakin; and Dr. Khoury, Chair of English Thanks especially to Crystal and Joseph for organizing

Happening later today! Scholars Walk is on the 2nd floor of Mulroney Hall (by the Art Gallery and Replica Prime Minister's Office)

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction has announced its 15-title longlist for the 2026 prize. https://bit.ly/46NA5Uz

Happy release day to Here For A Good Time, Kim Spencer's first YA novel and the first book published by Swift Water Books, a new Indigenous-led imprint. Congrats to Kim and the team at Swift Water Books! kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/creato...

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Oooooh! Ahhhhh! New department banner

The Fiddlehead's 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest is now open for submissions! The winner of the contest will receive $2000 and publication. Thank you to Brian Braganza for judging this year's contest. Unlock your story. Find more information on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/cnf-contest

To submit your work for consideration for The Antigonish Review, visit: theantigonishreview.submittable.com/submit

The Fall 2025 - Winter 2026 (vol 57-58) double issue of The Antigonish Review is coming your way! The Antigonish Review is one of Canada's oldest literary magazines. This double issue is the first edited by @wrightkailin.bsky.social at @stfx-university.bsky.social

Book launch! 12 March 4pm, Scholars Walk @stfx-university.bsky.social Feat. books by @wrightkailin.bsky.social , Conall Cash, & @lauraestill.bsky.social 4 collections: on Slings & Arrows, French Cinema, early modern digital humanities, & DH writ large & 1 🌟monograph🌟: on reproductive justice

Prof. @wrightkailin.bsky.social 's newest monograph arrived today! "No Mother, No Future: Performing Motherhood and Reproductive Loss" ( @routledgebooks.bsky.social , 2026) is set to be a field-defining work. Congratulations! Table of Contents and to order: www.routledge.com/No-Mother-No... +

Join the StFX English Student Society Book Club for a discussion of @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social 's Heated Rivalry 🏒💕❤️‍🔥 5 March, 6-8pm at Candid #HeatedRivalry #Hollanov

→ #CoalitionPublica Student Editor Grants - Call for Applications 🎓⁠ ⁠ Are you part of a student journal and interested in learning new skills and developing capacity, or are you planning a specific project? Consider applying!⁠ ⁠ ⏱️ April 12, 2026 👉 www.coalition-publi.ca/student-jour...

Congratulations to Dr. Conall Cash on the recent publication of his collection, "Far from the Masters: Experimentations in Post-New Wave French Cinema," edited with Dr. Corey P. Cribb From Index Press www.index-press.com/publications...

Hot off the presses! "Slings & Arrows: Adapting Shakespeare in Theatre and Television," edited by @wrightkailin.bsky.social (@stfx-university.bsky.social) and Don Moore (@uofguelph.bsky.social) From @uoftpress.bsky.social For Table of Contents, visit utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Out now: The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice www.routledge.com/The-Companio... Edited by @lauraestill.bsky.social , @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J Lane, and Constance Crompton And it's open access! @routledgebooks.bsky.social @stfx-university.bsky.social

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...