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Monday, December 9, 2024
By Dr. Ruth Panofsky Ruth Panofsky teaches in the English Department at Toronto Metropolitan University. I enter the lecture hall, survey the new cohort, and suddenly see myself as I once was: a first-year student looking attentive, hopeful, and uncertain. I was seventeen when I started university, excited to be living away from home, and... More
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Professor Julie Murray and Professor Andrew Wallace are taking part in the Library Lecture Series hosted by the Ottawa Public Library this Fall. Professor Murray discussed Mary Shelley's classic novel, Frankenstein, on October 28; and Professor Wallace will discuss the lesser-known Jane Austen novel, Persuasion, on November 23. Click here to... More
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The Department of English is excited to announce its very own new Instagram account as a hub for all social goings on and academic opportunities in the department and greater literary community! It is a great way for students and instructors to stay up to date on the student experience at Carleton as told... More
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Spend a day at Carleton and experience life as a university student firsthand! Through the Student for a Day program, you'll be paired up with a current Arts and Social Sciences student and get the chance to attend a class, have lunch on us, and learn more about our programs, campus, and professors, as well as... More
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Friday, November 3, 2023
Renowned playwright Drew Hayden Taylor to deliver a lecture titled 'A Coming of Age: Indigenous Literature' as the 37th Munro Beattie speaker. This year's Munro Beattie Lecture will be delivered by Drew Hayden Taylor, a dynamic and versatile playwright, novelist and documentarian from the Curve Lake First Nations celebrated for his blend of... More
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Meet literary trailblazer Tyler Pennock, Carleton’s newest Artist in Residence whose unique approach to poetry and storytelling challenges convention and celebrates the contemporary. Pennock hails from the Lesser Slave Lake region of Alberta as a member of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. Armed with a Creative Writing MFA from Guelph University,... More
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Sumac Literary Magazine publishes work by people connected to Carleton University and/or the land it is on. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, community members, and anyone with links to our campus or community are welcome to submit their work for consideration. Submissions are only accepted by email. Please send submissions to... More
Thursday, September 14, 2023
The Bridge Prize celebrates short story writing by post-secondary students. Presented by the University of Lethbridge School of Liberal Education, The Bridge Prize is designed to inspire and motivate the next generation of Canadian literary artists as they embark on their professional writing careers. Submission Deadline: January 22,... More
Friday, August 18, 2023
The English Department and the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies as co-hosts are thrilled to introduce the inaugural FASS Indigenous Artist-in-Residence for Fall 2023. We invite you all to welcome Cree Two Spirit poet Tyler Pennock, who has published two books with Brick Books: Bones (2020) and Blood (2022). He is also an Assistant Professor... More
Monday, April 17, 2023
It’s finally time. Introducing the debut issue of Sumac Literary Magazine, “Embark,” created by students of ENGL 4135 over the course of the winter 2023 term. It features 26 works ranging from prose to poetry from members of the Carleton... More
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