MSVUEnglish
@msvuenglish.bsky.social
The official account for the MSVU English Department
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Former Mount English students, Gavin Foster and Jordan Audas, have just published their research in a new volume of essays, Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Quee...
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former Mount English students, Gavin Foster and Jordan Audas, have just published their research in a new volume of essays, Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Quee...
Join the English society on Nov 24th for a cozy study session.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Join the English society on Nov 24th for a cozy study session.
Something wicked comes to the Mount Nov 19. Please join us for a dramatic reading of Macbeth.
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Something wicked comes to the Mount Nov 19. Please join us for a dramatic reading of Macbeth.
It was such a delight to welcome Lisa Nasson to campus this past week to hear more about her process in writing, directing, and acting in Mischief. Stay turned to announcements about our next Centring First Voices speaker in November.
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It was such a delight to welcome Lisa Nasson to campus this past week to hear more about her process in writing, directing, and acting in Mischief. Stay turned to announcements about our next Centring First Voices speaker in November.
The English Society is getting a little spooky next week
October 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The English Society is getting a little spooky next week
The Shakespeare class is doing a dramatic reading Monday, October 20th from 10:30-11:45am in Seton 513. Come out and support the students!
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Shakespeare class is doing a dramatic reading Monday, October 20th from 10:30-11:45am in Seton 513. Come out and support the students!
Please join us for a very special talk with Mi'kmaw actor, director, and storyteller, Lisa Nasson, on Oct 15th. This is a hybrid event open to all. To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/centring-f...
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Please join us for a very special talk with Mi'kmaw actor, director, and storyteller, Lisa Nasson, on Oct 15th. This is a hybrid event open to all. To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/centring-f...
Please join us on October 22 for a very special unveiling of the two-eyed seeing mural
October 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Please join us on October 22 for a very special unveiling of the two-eyed seeing mural
Welcome Montague (he/him), our new English tutor.
"My favourite thing about working with my writing peers is getting to learn what specifically they're passionate about! I hope to bring a safe, friendly environment to a program that can be very rigorous—I want people to know that they’re supported!"
"My favourite thing about working with my writing peers is getting to learn what specifically they're passionate about! I hope to bring a safe, friendly environment to a program that can be very rigorous—I want people to know that they’re supported!"
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Welcome Montague (he/him), our new English tutor.
"My favourite thing about working with my writing peers is getting to learn what specifically they're passionate about! I hope to bring a safe, friendly environment to a program that can be very rigorous—I want people to know that they’re supported!"
"My favourite thing about working with my writing peers is getting to learn what specifically they're passionate about! I hope to bring a safe, friendly environment to a program that can be very rigorous—I want people to know that they’re supported!"
If you're a BEd student, we cannot recommend enough Dr. Street's Fall 2025 course on Critical Approaches to Teaching Writing.
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you're a BEd student, we cannot recommend enough Dr. Street's Fall 2025 course on Critical Approaches to Teaching Writing.
The Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award went to Cory Lavender, former MSVU English student, for his collection Come One Thing Another. “Lavender summons, celebrates, and stories the ‘divergent strands’ of his lineage, including his African Nova Scotian ancestry, here lovingly coaxed out...”
June 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award went to Cory Lavender, former MSVU English student, for his collection Come One Thing Another. “Lavender summons, celebrates, and stories the ‘divergent strands’ of his lineage, including his African Nova Scotian ancestry, here lovingly coaxed out...”
Please join Atlantis for Revolution and Resurgence this fall. Now accepting proposals.
May 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Please join Atlantis for Revolution and Resurgence this fall. Now accepting proposals.
Prof Clare Goulet’s Graphis scripta/writing lichen (Gaspereau Press) has been shortlisted for the J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award and longlisted for the LCP Raymond Souster Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian. There are spaces left in her Fall 2221 Creative Writing course (no lichens)
May 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Prof Clare Goulet’s Graphis scripta/writing lichen (Gaspereau Press) has been shortlisted for the J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award and longlisted for the LCP Raymond Souster Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian. There are spaces left in her Fall 2221 Creative Writing course (no lichens)
Big congrats to our English students! They work so hard, and it's amazing to see them acknowledged at the Awards ceremony. Congrats to Magnus, Emma, Emily, and Ethan.
April 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Big congrats to our English students! They work so hard, and it's amazing to see them acknowledged at the Awards ceremony. Congrats to Magnus, Emma, Emily, and Ethan.
Global Indigenous Horror is here! @lnuonhorror.bsky.social has contributed a chapter as well as some elements of the Epilogue for this "first critical collection to unsettle the horror genre through a contemporary Indigenous gaze." @msvuhalifax.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Global Indigenous Horror is here! @lnuonhorror.bsky.social has contributed a chapter as well as some elements of the Epilogue for this "first critical collection to unsettle the horror genre through a contemporary Indigenous gaze." @msvuhalifax.bsky.social
The last in a series of wonderful talks on the representation of disability takes place this coming Tuesday at the U of Kings.
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The last in a series of wonderful talks on the representation of disability takes place this coming Tuesday at the U of Kings.
Join us at Good Robot on April 2 at 5pm for our annual Creative Writing symposium. $10 cover
March 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Join us at Good Robot on April 2 at 5pm for our annual Creative Writing symposium. $10 cover
Our English majors get to take Shakespeare, ideally in their second year, with @wher4rtthou.bsky.social. It's one of our only full years courses, so it's a perfect opportunity to develop a cohort. Don't forget to register!
March 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our English majors get to take Shakespeare, ideally in their second year, with @wher4rtthou.bsky.social. It's one of our only full years courses, so it's a perfect opportunity to develop a cohort. Don't forget to register!
At this year's AAUEC, six MSVU English Department students did a fantastic job presenting sophisticated and well-argued academic essays, well-crafted, poignant, and funny creative works, and fielding thought-provoking questions. @msvuhalifax.bsky.social @wher4rtthou.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
At this year's AAUEC, six MSVU English Department students did a fantastic job presenting sophisticated and well-argued academic essays, well-crafted, poignant, and funny creative works, and fielding thought-provoking questions. @msvuhalifax.bsky.social @wher4rtthou.bsky.social
Looking for a deep dive into the relationship between film and literature...we got you covered!
March 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Looking for a deep dive into the relationship between film and literature...we got you covered!
Are you considering going on to do a BEd after undergrad? If so, we recommend ENGL/WRIT 3225: Critical Approaches to Teaching Writing with Dr. Street
March 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Are you considering going on to do a BEd after undergrad? If so, we recommend ENGL/WRIT 3225: Critical Approaches to Teaching Writing with Dr. Street
We're not surprised that ENGL 3364: Shakespeare's Contemporaries with @wher4rtthou.bsky.social is already over 50% full, so we encourage you to register quickly for this one.
March 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We're not surprised that ENGL 3364: Shakespeare's Contemporaries with @wher4rtthou.bsky.social is already over 50% full, so we encourage you to register quickly for this one.
We love a course dedicated to the "posts"
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We love a course dedicated to the "posts"