Just learned that WRITING BACKWARDS has won Narrative's 2026 Perkins Prize, "awarded to the book making the most significant contribution to the study of narrative in a given year." A true honor, especially given the prize's past recipients!

www.thenarrativesociety.org/barbara-and-...

Join the Department of English for a special screening of the film “Lovely Day”, an adaptation of the autobiographical novel “Mille secrets mille dangers” by McGill professor Alain Farah, directed by Philippe Falardeau.

Hope to see you there!

Join the Department of English for the Fall 2025 Open House at McGill University!

Come and chat with English faculty members and students, and learn about our different streams, programs, course offerings, community and more!

Saturday, October 25
10 am–4 pm
Arts Building Lobby
853 Sherbrooke St. W

For its 25th anniversary, Porte Parole, in partnership with the Department of English and the Centaur Theatre, is hosting a special public conversation bringing together three leading voices in contemporary theatre: Annabel Soutar, Emily Mann, and Robert Lepage!!!

porteparole.org/en/emily-man...

The Department of English is thrilled to host Associate Professor 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 (University of Oregon) for her talk "𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻."

September 26, 2-4 pm
McGill Arts Building, Rm 160
853 Sherbrooke W

All are welcome!

Michiganders! I'll be giving a talk at MSU next Tuesday afternoon. If you're interested in "High School English and the Making of American Readers," I'll hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Professor Nathalie Cooke on her election as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada!

Professor Cooke was elected a Fellow for her outstanding contribution to the field of Canadian literary food studies.

rsc-src.ca/en/news/roya...

Professor Cooke's latest book, "Tastes and Traditions: A Journey Through Menu History", draws on centuries of menus to reveal how they bear witness to evolving notions of taste, health, and individual and collective identity.

Learn more!👇
www.mcgill.ca/english/chan...

@mcgillarts.bsky.social

Read "How Shakespeare can help us overcome loneliness in the digital age" by PhD Candidate in the Department of English, Marie Trotter and Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies Paul Yachnin in the Conversation Canada. @mcgillenglish.bsky.social

theconversation.com/how-shakespe...

As part of her course, ENGL391: Girlhood Cinemas, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 created an assignment that allowed students to communicate their ideas through girlhood aesthetics.
#Feminism #Pedagogy #Zine

Read Amanda Greer's post via the link below!

teachingblog.mcgill.ca/2025/04/10/z...

Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's publication 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨: 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣 (Columbia University Press, 2023) has been released as an audiobook! 🔊

💥Available on Apple Books and Audible!💥

This Thursday April 17, please join Poetry Matters for “Scenes of Attunement”

This poetry reading is featuring Christopher Buddle, Joseph Kidney, and Willow Loveday Little.

When: Thursday, April 17, 5-7pm
Where: The Yellow Door, 3625 rue Aylmer

Free and open to the public!

PhD Candidate in the Department of English, Iris Pintiuta, is featured in the McGill Reporter! Pintiuta speaks about the impetus behind creating Montreal's first trans film festival, Exposures.

Read the full article: bit.ly/MontrealFirs...

We are overjoyed to be welcoming curator, art historian, cultural critic and visual artist 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 for a talk on performance art in the city, "Street Actions: Women Performing in Montreal and Toronto in the 1970s."

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 and 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘?
April 2, 2025, 2-4 pm
680 Sherbrooke West, Rm. 1041