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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Spotlight on Research: Contract Instructor John Coleman has published a new article in Modern Fiction Studies

Congratulations to Dr. John Coleman for the publication of his new article, "The Business Case for Diversity: Hari Kunzru's Transmission as Commentary on Racialized Literary Promotions," which has recently been published in Modern Fiction Studies. Coleman argues that Kunzru’s novel Transmission allegorizes the experiences of Black, Asian, and... More

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Professor Siobhain Bly Calkin awarded the Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship for 2025-2026

The Department of English Language and Literature would like to extend our most sincere congratulations to Professor Siobhain Bly Calkin, who has been awarded the Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship for 2025-2026! Professor Bly Calkin will use the fellowship to complete her book manuscript, Narratives of Impassioned Things: Rethinking Relic... More

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Sumac Literary Magazine publishes their Third Issue: Planting Roots

Sumac Literary Magazine is named after and inspired by the staghorn sumac plant that grows on the Carleton University campus. While staghorn sumac thrives throughout the City of Ottawa, varieties of sumac are also found around the world. The Algonquin word for sumac is “Kàgàgiminaganj,” or “Kàgàgimin” meaning “fruit of the sumac.”... More

Monday, March 24, 2025

Congratulations to English Alum, Ben Ladouceur, who has published his first novel

Congratulations to Ben Ladouceur (B.A. English ’09 / M.A. English ’12) on the publication of his first novel, I Remember Lights (Book*hug Press, forthcoming April 2025). An award-winning poet, Ben has turned to fiction to tell a story of queer life in Centennial-era Canada. Of the novel, writer Loghan Paylor says: “Ben Ladouceur has... More

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Congratulations to English Alum, Matthew James Jones, who has published his first novel

Predators, Reapers, and Deadlier Creatures tracks Jones, a drone operator stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2010. As he monitors Sahar, a teenager and suspected terrorist, Jones commits the ultimate crime: he cares. Matthew James Jones is a poet, novelist, storyteller and veteran whose novel Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures is... More

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Department of English Solidarity with the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community

The US government’s attacks on trans/nonbinary lives, histories, identities, identification papers, healthcare, safety, freedoms, right to life, and more continue to feed anti-trans hate globally, including in Canada. Carleton University’s Department of English Language and Literature reaffirms its care and support for the 2SLGBTQIA+... More

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Dr Morgan Rooney has been awarded a Contract Instructor Teaching Award

Join us in congratulating the recipients of the annual Achievement Awards, which are presented in recognition of the research and teaching distinction of Carleton’s academic staff. Pursuing knowledge that can change the world is central to Carleton’s core mission. Carleton researchers and instructors are passionate about their work and are... More

Monday, February 3, 2025

“Point of View is Everything”: In Conversation with 2024-2025 Munro Beattie Lecturer Ann-Marie MacDonald

By Maya Chorney Portrait by Travis Silverman; Front Cover of Ann-Marie MacDonald’s 2022 Novel Fayne In advance of the annual Munro Beattie Lecture on February 4, acclaimed author, actor, and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald sat down with English student Maya Chorney to discuss her multidisciplinary career, the power of storytelling, and the... More

Thursday, January 23, 2025

The English Department is pleased to announce our annual Lilian I. Found and George Johnston Poetry Competitions!

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Friday, January 10, 2025

Carleton English Alum David O’Meara named Ottawa’s Poet Laureate

“Read. Think. Read. Think differently. Think strangely. Read.” For David O’Meara, Ottawa’s 2024 English Poet Laureate, this playful yet profound advice to aspiring writers captures his approach to art and life. A celebrated poet and Carleton English Graduate, O’Meara brings a unique blend of intellectual curiosity and artistic flair... More

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

English alum Luke LeBrun featured in FASS News Story

By Emily Putnam Luke LeBrun’s journey, from Carleton classrooms to award-winning journalism, underscores the transformative power of critical inquiry and fearless storytelling in confronting wicked contemporary challenges. For PressProgress Editor Luke LeBrun, confronting controversy is business as usual. A Carleton English... More

Monday, December 9, 2024

FASS News Story: In Honour of Professor Michael Thompson

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

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