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StFX Digital Humanities Centre
15 days ago
Join us today at 4pm in the Barrick Auditorium for
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Léger Lecture and DHSI-East keynote: Dr. Susan Brown
@susanbrown.bsky.social
(UGuelph): “‘Show Your Work’: Linking, Platforming, and Deplatforming for the Future of Born-Digital Scholarship"
www.stfx.ca/events/dhsi-...
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DHSI-East 2026 Keynote Lecture: ‘Show Your Work’: Linking, Platforming, and Deplatforming for the Future of Born-Digital Scholarship
This is a free, public lecture. All StFX Faculty, Staff, Students, and the Antigonish community are welcome to attend.
https://www.stfx.ca/events/dhsi-east-2026-keynote-lecture-show-your-work-linking-platforming-deplatforming-future-born
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Congratulations to Abby Ives, who won the
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Department of English Senior Honours Thesis Prize, the Margaret MacGillivray-MacDougall Prize for English, AND the Rev. R.J. MacSween Prize for English! Pictured here with President Andy Hakin and Chancellor Mila Mulroney
17 days ago
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Congratulations to
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English Professor, Dr. Kailin Wright (
@wrightkailin.bsky.social
), on winning the President's Research Award! Dr. Wright's exceptional research about Canadian theatre is groundbreaking and innovative. Details:
www.stfx.ca/alumni/convo...
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Faculty Awards and Distinctions
Honouring excellence in teaching, research, and service at StFX Convocation – meet our Professors Emerita/Emeritus, award‑winning scholars, and distinguished faculty.
https://www.stfx.ca/alumni/convocation/faculty-awards-distinctions
17 days ago
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Join us for a graduation reception! 2 May 2:00-3:30 in the Schwartz Gallery Congratulations to our soon-to-be-graduates 🎓!
23 days ago
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Congratulations, Abby!
www.stfx.ca/news/Abby-Ives
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StFX English student Abby Ives earns prestigious $30,000 Naylor Fellowship at University of Toronto and $27,000 SSHRC master’s scholarship
Abby Ives still remembers opening The Hate U Give as a teenager and feeling her perspective widen with every page. A few years later, that same young adult novel would lead her to research book censor...
https://www.stfx.ca/news/Abby-Ives?fbclid=IwY2xjawRdrmVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFLczN5bTFBblB0SXU3ZTVXc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHs672Xu8BHouq0fYQkxuE0ZB4Kk_S0ncpCPSNsUAs8WfZUNokH-jIi0tdj4t_aem_wkc7G2XNBa5W3K3B07R6Vg
24 days ago
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Laura Estill
28 days ago
My copy arrived today! Happy Shakespeare's (probable) birthday to me!
#openaccess
here:
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Or you can get this beautifully printed book Both awesome choices!
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Congratulations to our fourth-year English majors! We are so proud to hear about where you're going! Shout-out to those who have received grants, funding, and acceptances for MA and BEd programs!
about 1 month ago
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Congratulations to Abby Ives, who presented her English undergraduate honours thesis this week, "Book Censorship in Atlantic Canadian High Schools" 🎉🎉🎉
about 2 months ago
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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...
about 2 months ago
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From
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: "English Department celebrates five new books" 🎉🥳🎉
www.stfx.ca/news/English...
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StFX English Department celebrates five new books
StFX’s English Department celebrated an exceptional achievement on March 12th: the release of five new books. These books included an essay collection on film by Dr. Conall Cash, two essay collections...
https://www.stfx.ca/news/English-Department-book-launch
about 2 months ago
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Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
about 2 months ago
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
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Come join us for our Honours colloquium! 31 March, 2026 2:30-4:30 3022 MULH
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All welcome
about 2 months ago
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Congratulations to our English department students who presented at
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Student Research Night last night! Abby Smith and Maya Gibson presented about their research assistantships (supervised by
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) with ACTS: the Atlantic Canadian Theatre Site +
about 2 months ago
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Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
about 2 months ago
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
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We are so proud of our
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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) +
about 2 months ago
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Read more about Dr. Wright's new book, No Mother, No Future!
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@stfx-university.bsky.social
www.stfx.ca/news/Dr-Kail...
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Groundbreaking new book by StFX professor Dr. Kailin Wright on reproductive justice, theatre, and media in Canada
StFX English professor Dr. Kailin Wright has published a groundbreaking new book on reproductive justice and theatre in Canada. Her monograph, entitled No Mother, No Future: Performing Motherhood and ...
https://www.stfx.ca/news/Dr-Kailin-Wright
2 months ago
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Zine making!
2 months ago
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Laura Estill
2 months ago
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
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Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean Bibliography
Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean Bibliography
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/collaboration-technologies-and-the-history-of-shakespearean-bibliography/086886DDB08FA2A6B465C0E4EB04EA21
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Thanks to everyone who came out for our quintuple book launch yesterday! Pictured: Dr. Tokarz, Dean of Arts; Dr. Cash, Dr.
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, Dr.
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, authors; President Hakin; and Dr. Khoury, Chair of English Thanks especially to Crystal and Joseph for organizing
2 months ago
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Happening later today! Scholars Walk is on the 2nd floor of Mulroney Hall (by the Art Gallery and Replica Prime Minister's Office)
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2 months ago
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Quill & Quire
2 months ago
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction has announced its 15-title longlist for the 2026 prize.
https://bit.ly/46NA5Uz
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The Canadian Children's Book Centre
2 months ago
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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Creator's Corner: Kim Spencer
Interview by Spencer Miller From the Gitxaala Nation and living in northwest BC, Kim Spencer is an award-winning, bestselling author. Her debut novel, Weird Rules To Follow, won multiple awards, inclu...
https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/creators-corner/author-interview-kim-spencer
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Chaucer Doth Tweet
3 months ago
Major yn Englisshe: • Focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge • Research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even inventid yet • Meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir • It ys awesome • Bookes!
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Oooooh! Ahhhhh! New department banner
3 months ago
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The Fiddlehead
3 months ago
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
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To submit your work for consideration for The Antigonish Review, visit:
theantigonishreview.submittable.com/submit
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3 months ago
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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
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at
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3 months ago
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Book launch! 12 March 4pm, Scholars Walk
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Feat. books by
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, Conall Cash, &
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4 collections: on Slings & Arrows, French Cinema, early modern digital humanities, & DH writ large & 1 🌟monograph🌟: on reproductive justice
3 months ago
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Prof.
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'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...
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3 months ago
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Join the StFX English Student Society Book Club for a discussion of
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's Heated Rivalry 🏒💕❤️🔥 5 March, 6-8pm at Candid
#HeatedRivalry
#Hollanov
3 months ago
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Érudit
3 months ago
→
#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...
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Coalition Publica Student Editor Grants - Call for applications
Coalition Publica is pleased to announce this year’s grant for student journal editors, in collaboration with the Student Journal Forum.
https://www.coalition-publi.ca/student-journal-editor-grants-2026/
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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...
3 months ago
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Hot off the presses! "Slings & Arrows: Adapting Shakespeare in Theatre and Television," edited by
@wrightkailin.bsky.social
(
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) and Don Moore (
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) From
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For Table of Contents, visit
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
3 months ago
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Out now: The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice
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Edited by
@lauraestill.bsky.social
,
@raysiemens.bsky.social
, Richard J Lane, and Constance Crompton And it's open access!
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The Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice
The Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice offers international perspectives on how we teach and research in and with digital humanities today. Building on the foundation of earlier publications ...
https://www.routledge.com/The-Companion-to-Digital-Humanities-in-Practice/Crompton-Estill-Lane-Siemens/p/book/9781032333854
3 months ago
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StFX English students transcribe historical letters for digitization project, collaborating with
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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...
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McGregor Family Letters - New digital collection available on StFX Scholar
The Angus L. Macdonald library is pleased to inform the public that a new collection of digitized letters is now available on StFX Scholar, our institutional repository.
https://www.stfx.ca/news/mcgregor-family-letters-new-digital-collection-available-stfx-scholar
3 months ago
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This Thursday! Come hear
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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...
4 months ago
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Coming up!
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Hive For Feminist Research This Friday (16 Jan) from 12:30-2:30 in Coady 265
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(Art, Women and Gender Studies) and
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(English) will present See you there!
4 months ago
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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...
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Job Opportunity: Limited-term position - specialist in Children's Literature at St. Francis Xavier University < ACCUTE
The Department of English at St. Francis Xavier University invites applications for a nine-month limited-term position for a specialist in Children’s Literature, at the rank of Assistant Professor, be...
https://accute.ca/2026/01/08/job-opportunity-limited-term-position-specialist-in-childrens-literature-at-st-francis-xavier-university/
4 months ago
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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!
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Save Interlibrary Loans Canada
Bill C-15 threatens interlibrary loans for 8 million Canadians. Take action now to protect library access.
https://save-interlibrary-loans.lovable.app/
5 months ago
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Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
5 months ago
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
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Limited Term appointment: Children's Literature
recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...
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6 months ago
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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:
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6 months ago
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Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
6 months ago
'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...
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StFX University
6 months ago
🎬 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-...
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StFX English prof on CBC's Day 6
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StFX Shakespeare expert explores the story behind Hamnet on Day 6
William Shakespeare is back in the news thanks to a new Oscar-tipped movie, Hamnet, and StFX English professor and Shakespearean expert Dr. Laura Estill appeared on CBC Radio’s Day 6 on November 29th ...
https://www.stfx.ca/news/Dr-Laura-Estill-Hamnet
6 months ago
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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...
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Donating blood or plasma for the first time
Donating blood or plasma is a real action that has a big, positive effect for people across Canada who need your help, and for you.
https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/donating-blood/new-donor
6 months ago
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6 months ago
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Tomorrow! Poetry Reading by Triny Finlay with Anne Simpson and Melissa Kuipers 2pm at the Curious Cat
6 months ago
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The government of Canada has identified 9 "Skills for Success" for your career An English Degree from
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equips you with these skills, including reading, writing, communication, problem solving, collaboration, and creativity & innovation.
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
6 months ago
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Cape & Cowl Comics
7 months ago
Super excited for this weekend!! 🥰💚
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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 🛍️
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