English News

2025

August

Senior Scholar Dr. Catherine Hunter Launching New Short Story Collection Sep. 18th

Wed. Sep. 10, 2025 12:00 AM
Senior Scholar professor Dr. Catherine Hunter will be launching her latest book, Seeing You Home: Stories, at McNally Robinson Grant Park on... Read More

Perspectives on Treaties: Indigenous Law and Settler Worldviews

Fri. Aug. 22, 2025 12:00 AM
Perspectives on Treaties: Indigenous Law and Settler WorldviewsCarwyn Jones and Nikki Hessell, Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New... Read More

Dr. Christina Fawcett awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Fri. Aug. 22, 2025 12:00 AM
Dr. Christina Fawcett is the co-investigator for “Contemporary Cozy Media”, recipient of a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for... Read More

Dr. Candida Rifkind Co-Authors New Book on Refugee Comics

Fri. Aug. 22, 2025 12:00 AM
Dr. Candida Rifkind has co-authored a new scholarly book on comics by and about refugees published in June by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.... Read More

A Publishing Speakers' Series Fall 2025: Agents and Editors in Conversation

Wed. Aug. 13, 2025 12:00 AM
Thank you to the Internal Research Grants at U Winnipeg for funding these events! Rachel Letofsky (Transatlantic Agency) in conversation... Read More

July

Cultural Studies Symposium 2025

Wed. Jul. 23, 2025 12:00 AM
Please join us for our third annual Graduate Cultural Studies symposium, organized by the 2025 cohort of the M.A. in Cultural Studies at the... Read More

March

4 YR BA Honours English Information Session

Fri. Mar. 14, 2025 12:00 AM
All students are invited to attend this 4 Year BA Honours English Information Session to learn more about the program, eligibility, requirements,... Read More

Writer in Residence Call for Applications

Thu. Mar. 6, 2025 3:15 PM
The three-month virtual residency is intended to support an established and innovative writer whose work contributes to the changing landscape of... Read More

2024

September

Jenny Heijun Wills shortlisted for 2024 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize

Fri. Sep. 20, 2024 10:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills’s new book Everything and Nothing At All: Essays is a finalist for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust... Read More

Decolonial and International Pedagogy: Perspectives and Praxis : October 3, 12.30-2pm. A Virtual Roundtable

Fri. Sep. 13, 2024 12:00 AM
This roundtable will share perspectives from International and BIPOC Faculty comparing pedagogic praxis and perspectives that they are bringing... Read More

Online Global Equiano Conference, Sept. 20-21, 2024

Mon. Sep. 9, 2024 12:00 AM
The Early Caribbean Society presents Global Equiano. A Free, Virtual Event - 20-21 September 2024. Global Equiano opens fresh conversations about... Read More

Contemporary African Migration to Canada: New Directions, Approaches, Theories, Sept 19-21, 2024

Fri. Sep. 6, 2024 12:00 AM
Ifeoluwa Adeniyi, Chigbo Anyaduba, and Eliakim Sibanda have organized Contemporary African Migration to Canada: New Directions, Approaches,... Read More

August

Join Jenny Heijun Wills for the launch of her new book

Tue. Aug. 27, 2024 10:30 AM
Join Jenny Heijun Wills for the launch of her new book, Everything and Nothing At All: Essays, featuring a conversation hosted by Lindsay... Read More

A Publishing Speakers' Series

Tue. Aug. 27, 2024 12:00 AM
The English department is very excited to share Fall 2024’s line-up for A Publishing Speakers’ Series, which brings in... Read More

July

Info Session for Walls 2 Bridges Course

Mon. Jul. 1, 2024 12:00 AM
Info Session for Walls 2 Bridges Course ENGL-3118-490: Topics in Fiction for Young People Thursday, July 11, 12:30-1:30 pm in 2C15 Walls to Bridges... Read More

March

Juice Journal 2024 Call for Submissions: Consumption

Tue. Mar. 19, 2024 12:00 AM
The University of Winnipeg’s literary journal Juice is seeking submissions of 2000 words or less on the theme of consumption. Your... Read More

A Publishing Speakers' Series Spring 2024: Two Events

Mon. Mar. 18, 2024 12:00 AM
There are two upcoming spring virtual events in A Publishing Speakers’ Series. The PSS thanks the UWinnipeg Research Office for their... Read More

February

Professor Kathryn Ready Discusses her New Edited Collection Romantic Women’s Writing and Sexual Transgression

Thu. Feb. 29, 2024 12:00 AM
February sees the publication of Romantic Women’s Writing and Sexual Transgression, a new collection edited by University of... Read More

Department of English Careers Workshop

Thu. Feb. 29, 2024 12:00 AM
The Department of English is hosting a Careers Workshop on Friday, March 15th from 12.30pm-2.00pm on Zoom. The workshop will feature former... Read More

2023

December

A Publishing Speaker Series returns in Winter 2024

Fri. Dec. 1, 2023 12:00 AM
A Publishing Speakers’ Series returns in Winter 2024 with three events that feature authors and industry professionals passing on their... Read More

November

UWinnipeg English Grad Wins Governor General’s Award for Poetry

Tue. Nov. 7, 2023 12:00 AM
Congratulations to University of Winnipeg English graduate Hannah Green on winning this year's Governor General's Literary... Read More

Jake MacDonald International Writers' Panel with Omar El Akkad and Aisha Gawad, Nov. 22nd, 7pm CST

Sun. Nov. 5, 2023 12:00 AM
The Jake MacDonald Writer-in-Residence International Writers' Panel is set for Nov. 22, 2023 at 7pm Central. The event is open to the public... Read More

October

Sadiqa de Meijer Virtual Reading, Nov. 16, 2.30pm

Sun. Oct. 29, 2023 2:30 PM
The English Department is hosting a virtual reading by acclaimed author Sadiqa de Meijer on Thursday, November 16th at 2:30pm CST. Sadiqa de Meijer... Read More

October Features 2 MA Applications Workshops

Tue. Oct. 3, 2023 12:00 AM
The Department of English is hosting two separate workshops for students thinking of applying to graduate programmes. The first Zoom session, on... Read More

September

Omar El Akkad Named as 2023 Jake MacDonald Writer in Residence

Fri. Sep. 1, 2023 12:00 AM
Omar El Akkad Named as 2023 Jake MacDonald Writer in Residence The University of Winnipeg English department is thrilled to announce that Omar El... Read More

A Publishing Speaker Series returns for 2023-24

Fri. Sep. 1, 2023 12:00 AM
This year’s line-up includes celebrated authors and award-winning editors After a stellar inaugural series last year, A Publishing... Read More

March

Honours Information Session – March 27th, 12:30pm, on Zoom

Tue. Mar. 7, 2023 12:00 AM
The Honours Information Session is set for Monday, March 27th from 12.30pm-1.20pm on Zoom. Learn about the Honours Program, hear about... Read More

Reading by Canisia Lubrin

Wed. Mar. 1, 2023 12:00 AM
The Department of English and the Critical Race Network are proud to present a reading by Canisia Lubrin on Monday, March 13, 2023, 7 pm... Read More

February

Zoe Whittall announced as 2023 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence

Mon. Feb. 27, 2023 12:00 AM
The Department of English is pleased to announce the Carol Shields Writer in Residence for Winter 2023: Zoe Whittall Reading and Q & A via Zoom... Read More

Launch of Lindsay Wong’s Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality

Tue. Feb. 21, 2023 10:00 AM
The launch of Professor Lindsay Wong’s Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality (Penguin Random House Canada) will take place on... Read More

The Publishing Speakers Series Continues

Thu. Feb. 16, 2023 10:00 AM
The 2022-23 Publishing Speakers Series continues in March with three further events. March 3: Cody CaetanoFirst up, on Friday, March 3rd at 12:30pm... Read More

Transracial Adoption and Memoir Reading and Panel

Thu. Feb. 2, 2023 12:00 PM
University of Winnipeg; Transracial Adoption & Memoir – reading and panel. Free and open to the public. Feb. 6, 2023, 19:00,... Read More

Poetry Reading and Dialogue: Di Brandt and Sarah Ens

Wed. Feb. 1, 2023 10:00 AM
Poetry Reading and Dialogue with Di Brandt and Sarah Ens Thursday, February 9 | 10:00 – 11:15 | 2M73 Manitoba HallCoffee and... Read More

January

Innovative U of Winnipeg English Class Receives Notice in the Press

Mon. Jan. 30, 2023 9:30 AM
Professor Sandy Pool’s Writing the City class, which brings together Honours and Graduate students, have received notice in the local... Read More

A Publishing Speakers' Series: Léonicka Valcius

Wed. Jan. 18, 2023 10:00 AM
A Publishing Speakers’ Series is pleased to host literary agent Léonicka Valcius on Friday, January 27 at 12:30 PM for a Zoom... Read More

A Publishing Speakers Series: Uzma Jalaluddin

Wed. Jan. 11, 2023 9:00 AM
A Publishing Speakers Series is very pleased to host bestselling and acclaimed author Uzma Jalaluddin on Thursday, January 12, at 7 p.m. for a... Read More

2022

November

A Publishing Speaker Series: Raphael van Lierop

Tue. Nov. 22, 2022 11:00 AM
As the founder and creative director of Hinterland, Raphael van Lierop has focused on creating immersive environments and engaging gameplay. The... Read More

Reading by Dr. Uche Umezurike, Thursday Nov.24, 10am

Tue. Nov. 22, 2022 10:00 AM
Join Dr. Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba’s ENGL-2740 African Literature and Human Rights class this Thursday, November 24 at 10am for a reading... Read More

The Jake MacDonald International Writers' Panel

Thu. Nov. 10, 2022 12:00 AM
This online event is free and open to the public. Please be sure to register in advance. Register Here Lisa Robertson was born in Toronto in 1961.... Read More

October

The Jake MacDonald Writer in Residence Reading Featuring Liz Howard

Mon. Oct. 3, 2022 10:00 AM
This online event is free and open to the public. Please be sure to register in advance: Register Here (Click poster to enlarge) Liz Howard is a... Read More

September

Zoom Q&A with Carly Watters (Senior Literary Agent, P.S. Literary)

Tue. Sep. 13, 2022 12:00 AM
In 2022-23, the Department of English is hosting a Publishing Speaker Series that will feature exciting industry professionals and authors who will... Read More

February

Jordan Scott announced as 2022 Carol Shields Writer in Residence

Wed. Feb. 2, 2022 10:00 AM
Reading and Q and A with Dr. Sandy Pool Wednesday, February 16 7:00pm (CST) Register Now Carol Shields Memorial Lecture Wednesday, March 2 7:00pm... Read More

2021

November

The Jake MacDonald International Writers' Panel: Caroline Bergvall and Erin Moure

Mon. Nov. 15, 2021 10:00 AM
Join us on Saturday, November 20th at 2pm Central for the Inaugural Jake MacDonald International Writers' Panel featuring Caroline Bergvall... Read More

Karen McBride Reading

Thu. Nov. 4, 2021 1:00 PM
Please join us as we welcome author Karen McBride, who will read from her novel Crow Winter on Monday, November 15 at 1pm Central Time. Register... Read More

October

Asking the What Ifs About the World: Notes from the Classroom with Ifeoluwa Adeniyi

Wed. Oct. 20, 2021 12:00 PM
Ifeoluwa Adeniyi is a new faculty member in the Department of English, bringing her expertise in creative writing, African literatures,... Read More

The Inaugural Jake MacDonald Writer in Residence Reading: Erín Moure

Thu. Oct. 14, 2021 12:00 PM
Erín Moure will deliver the Inaugural Jake MacDonald Writer in Residence Reading on November 2nd at 7pm CST. The reading will be held... Read More

September

Professor Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba Discusses his New Book The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel: Quests for Meaningfulness

Wed. Sep. 29, 2021 12:00 AM
This Fall sees the publication of English Department faculty member Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba’s book The Postcolonial African... Read More

June

Congratulations, Graduates!

Fri. Jun. 11, 2021 12:00 AM
On June 10th and 11th, students from the MA in Cultural Studies and from our various BA streams were celebrated in virtual convocation ceremonies.... Read More

March

Honours Information Session

Tue. Mar. 2, 2021 10:00 AM
MA Applications WorkshopMonday, March 8, 202112:30pm - 1:20pm Learn about the applicationprocess from students who applied this... Read More

February

Upcoming Events Winter 2021

Mon. Feb. 1, 2021 12:00 AM
The English Department is pleased to host four distinguished literary and scholarly speakers in Winter 2021, in addition to our Black Writing in... Read More

2020

November

Artists' Talk, Visualizing Winnipeg

Thu. Nov. 19, 2020 2:00 PM
Artists’ Talk Leslie Supnet and Henning Frederik Malz English-1004-001 Visualizing WinnipegTuesday, November 24, 20202:30pm –... Read More

October

Grad School and SSHRC Applications Workshops

Thu. Oct. 8, 2020 11:25 AM

August

Spaces Available in 2020-21 Seminar Courses!

Tue. Aug. 18, 2020 11:00 AM
If you have a grade of B or higher in at least 6 credits of English, you may email the instructor for permission to take an advanced... Read More

June

Department of English Statement against Police Brutality and Anti-Black Racism

Sun. Jun. 1, 2025 12:00 AM
Mural honouring George Floyd by Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLean, Niko Alexander, Maria Javier, and Pablo Helm Hernandez at the... Read More

Peter Melville on Teaching Poetry Online

Thu. Jun. 25, 2020 12:00 PM
What is it like to take English courses online? We asked Professor Peter Melville to comment on his experience teaching this spring, when COVID... Read More

Graduating Class 2020

Mon. Jun. 22, 2020 12:00 PM
The Department of English is excited to announce three gold medalists, 2020. The gold medals are awarded to students with the highest... Read More

April

Launch of the 2020-21 Honours Seminar Schedule

Fri. Apr. 3, 2020 11:00 AM
With campus closed, this year’s Honours Information Session moved online, taking place on March 25th on the Department of... Read More

2020 Award Submissions

Wed. Apr. 1, 2020 2:30 PM
The English Department is now accepting submissions for the Creative Writing Awards and the R.N. Hallstead Memorial Shakespeare Prize Read More

March

GMB Chomichuk's Pop-Up Comics Workshop

Sun. Mar. 1, 2020 12:00 AM
On March 2nd and March 3rd, UWinnipeg's 2020 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence, GMB Chomichuk, ran "Pictures Are... Read More

February

Black Writing in Canada

Wed. Sep. 23, 2020 12:00 PM
The Department of English is pleased to present a 2020-21 virtual speakers series featuring Black Writing in Canada. All Zoom public presentations... Read More

juice submissions 2020

Thu. Feb. 13, 2020 9:45 AM
juice is now accepting submissions for the 2020 edition! If you are interested in submitting some of your own work, please check out the... Read More

2019

November

The Editorial Team for juice 20

Thu. Nov. 21, 2019 12:00 AM
We are happy to introduce our editorial team for juice 20. Anne Caprice B. Claros is in her final year here at the University of Winnipeg. She is... Read More

Hinterland Remixed: Media, Memory, and the Canadian 1970s. Read about Andrew Burke's brilliant new book

Thu. Nov. 21, 2019 12:00 AM
Analogue Memories English Department Chair Brandon Christopher interviews faculty member Andrew Burke about his book Hinterland Remixed: Media,... Read More

October

One Book UW Writer-in-Residence Jennifer Storm

Tue. Oct. 8, 2019 10:00 AM
Jennifer Storm is an Ojibwe writer from the Couchiching First Nation in Northwestern Ontario. She has authored a YA novel and a graphic novel and... Read More

September

Grad School Information Sessions

Thu. Sep. 26, 2019 1:30 PM
Thinking of Applying to Grad School?Friday, October 4th12:30pm - 1:20pm3M60 what to expect in an MA program weighing the options applying to... Read More

Launch of juice 19

Fri. Sep. 6, 2019 1:00 PM
Join us for the launch of juice 19, the UW journal of creativity. Monday, October 7, at 7:00 pm, McNally Robinson Grant Park. Everyone is... Read More

Help Wanted | juice

Tue. Sep. 3, 2019 2:15 PM
juice, the journal of Creative Writing by and for University of Winnipeg students, needs one Student Editor, one Assistant Student Editor, and one... Read More

Martha Baillie reading from Sister Language at Thin Air International Writers Festival

Tue. Sep. 3, 2019 1:55 PM
Martha Baillie (Toronto) is reading from Sister Language, a profoundly moving collaboration with her sister Christine, who suffered from... Read More

UW Professor Jenny Heijun Wills launches her memoir, Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related (Penguin Randomhouse Canada) on Tuesday October 8th, 7:00 pm, at McNally Robinson Grant Park.

Tue. Sep. 3, 2019 10:40 AM
Q: How would you describe this book? Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related is a memoir in three parts. It takes as its starting off point Korean... Read More

Catherine Hunter launches a powerful new collection of poetry

Tue. Sep. 3, 2019 9:00 AM
On April 11, 2019, U of W English Professor Catherine Hunter launched her fourth book of poetry, St. Boniface Elegies (Signature Editions), to a... Read More

“African Literature in the World: Travel, Writing, and Other Love Stories”

Tue. Sep. 3, 2019 9:00 AM
A Joint Book Reading and Conversation Featuring Award-winning Writers Ayọ̀bámi... Read More

August

Jonathan Ball launches a new collection of poetry, The National Gallery (Coach House Books, 2019), on Sept. 17th at McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Thu. Aug. 29, 2019 12:00 AM
Jonathan Ball holds a Ph.D. in English and teaches literature, film, and writing at the University of Winnipeg. He has written for television and... Read More

Patricia Robertson co-edits a special issue of Canadian Notes & Queries

Wed. Aug. 28, 2019 12:00 AM
Patricia Robertson has co-edited a special issue of CNQ entitled "Writing and Literature in an Age of Unravelling" with her... Read More

Candida Rifkind Works with UW Students to publish Indigenous Comics Annotated Bibliography

Wed. Aug. 28, 2019 12:00 AM
Candida Rifkind worked with University of Manitoba Librarian Camille Callison (Tahltan) and two UW students, Taylor Daigneault (Metis, BEd) and Amy... Read More

May

Kathleen Venema Publishes Essay in The Globe and Mail

Tue. May. 14, 2019 12:00 AM
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-my-mother-couldnt-choose-her-storys-end-this-needs-to-change/ Read More

Nora Decter's How Far We Go and How Fast Shortlisted for Rakunen Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Thu. May. 2, 2019 10:00 AM
How Far We Go and How Fast, the debut novel by UWinnipeg English Instructor Nora Decter, has been nominated for the $10,000 Rakunen Kobo Emerging... Read More

BIPoC Student Symposium

Wed. May. 1, 2019 12:00 PM
https://uwinnipeg.ca/bipoc-student-symposium Read More

April

Kathleen Venema's Bird-Bent Grass shortlisted for the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction

Thu. Apr. 25, 2019 12:00 AM
Manitoba Book Awards 2019 Read More

Candida Rifkind Interviewed About Project GraphicBio

Mon. Apr. 1, 2019 10:00 AM
Professor Candida Rifkind was interviewed by Emily Lauer for the website Women Write About Comics about her... Read More

March

Launch of Catherine Hunter's New Book

Fri. Mar. 15, 2019 10:00 AM
Cover art by Cliff Eyland. Design by Melody Morrissette Catherine Hunter's new collection of poems, St. Boniface... Read More

Andrew Burke publishes on Winnipeg in The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema

Tue. Mar. 12, 2019 10:30 AM
Andrew Burke's chapter, "Stand Tall: Winnipeg Cinema and the Civic Imaginary," has been published... Read More

World Poetry Day: Poetry in Many Languages

Tue. Mar. 12, 2019 10:00 AM
Di Brandt, Winnipeg's inaugural Poet Laureate and a professor in Canadian Literature and Creative Writing in the Department of English at the... Read More

Talk by Dr. Jen Reid - Patrick and Social Identity at the End of Roman Britain

Sun. Mar. 10, 2019 11:00 AM
Next week, on Wednesday, March 13, at 12:30, in Room 2M73, Dr. Jennifer Reid will present "Patrick and Social Identity at the End of... Read More

February

Paul DePasquale’s Course on “Indigenous Representations of Land and Water”

Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 10:30 AM
Group photo credit: Adam Collicutt In Fall 2018, Professor Paul DePasquale offered a new iteration of the seminar course English 4717, Topics in... Read More

English Department Welcomes New Faculty Member Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba

Tue. Feb. 19, 2019 11:00 AM
The Department of English is very pleased to welcome new faculty member Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba. We asked Professor Anyaduba a few questions about... Read More

2018

December

Two Recent Articles Published by Peter Melville

Wed. Dec. 19, 2018 10:00 AM
Peter Melville has published two recent articles: one in the fantasy/sci-fi journal Extrapolation; and the other in RaVoN:... Read More

Patricia Robertson Wins Aesthetica Magazine Poetry Award

Mon. Dec. 17, 2018 1:44 PM
Congratulations to Professor Patricia Robertson, who has been awarded the Aesthetica Magazine 2018 Creative Writing Award for Poetry. You can learn... Read More

Carla Manfredi Publishes Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific Impressions

Fri. Dec. 14, 2018 4:00 PM
Dr. Carla Manfredi recently published a scholarly monograph, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific Impressions: Photography and Travel... Read More

Meet the Editorial Team for Juice 19

Fri. Dec. 14, 2018 2:00 PM
In the photo: Anne Claros, Ryan Haughey, Jase Falk, Hayden Maines, and Rachel Beazley. (photo credit: Charlemagne... Read More

Di Brandt Publishes Translation of Play by Jenny Erpenbeck

Fri. Dec. 7, 2018 11:00 AM
Di Brandt's translation of celebrated Berlin-based playwright and author Jenny Erpenbeck's one-act play Katzen haben sieben... Read More

November

Patricia Robertson Nominated for Poetry Prize

Mon. Nov. 12, 2018 10:30 AM
Professor Patricia Robertson's poem, "Fox Says," has been shortlisted for the 2018 Aesthetica Creative Writing... Read More

Sonya Ballantyne Presentation & Film Screening Nov. 20th

Fri. Nov. 2, 2018 4:00 PM
“Birth of New Heroes: Indigenous Media Representation.” UW English alumn and filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne will be giving a public... Read More

Di Brandt Launches New Poetry Collection

Fri. Nov. 2, 2018 4:00 PM
Di Brandt launches her new collection of poetry, Glitter & fall: Laozi's Dao De Jing, Transinhalations (Turnstone Press... Read More

October

Christopher Petty Presented on Doug Liman’s Time Loop Plots at Lancashire U

Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 2:02 PM
Professor Chris Petty presented a paper at the After Fantastika conference, July 6, 2018, at Lancaster University, U.K. Fantastika is a... Read More

Heather Milne Presented on Poet Nikki Reimer at Banff Centre

Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 2:00 PM
Professor Heather Milne presented a research paper, “Living With Communicative Capitalism in Nikki Reimer’s Downverse, or... Read More

Nora Decter Launches How Far We Go and How Fast at McNally Robinson

Fri. Oct. 5, 2018 12:00 AM
University of Winnipeg Instructor Nora Decter (ENGL-1000-008 and ENGL-2102-005) launches her debut novel, How Far We Go and How Fast (Orca), at... Read More

Candida Rifkind Publishes Open Access Article on Geneviève Castrée

Mon. Oct. 1, 2018 11:21 AM
Candida Rifkind has published a new article, "Geneviève Castrée’s Unmade Beds: Graphic Memoir and Digital... Read More

Brandon Christopher Publishes Comics & Visuality Article in Disability Studies Quarterly

Mon. Oct. 1, 2018 11:00 AM
Christopher, Brandon. “Rethinking Comics and Visuality, from the Audio Daredevil to Philipp... Read More

September

Editing Workshop for Students w/ Matthew TenBruggencate

Thu. Sep. 27, 2018 3:05 PM
Concise, Clear and Captivating: Better Writing for 21st Century Audiences A Hands-On Editing Workshop for Students with Matthew... Read More

Jonathan Ball Launches Podcast and Signs Contracts for Two Books

Thu. Sep. 27, 2018 2:11 PM
English professor Dr. Jonathan Ball, a contract faculty member, recently launched a podcast for serious writers who want to develop their skills... Read More

BA in Creative Writing Students Pursue Graduate Studies Across Canada

Wed. Sep. 26, 2018 11:30 PM
Every year, some of our Creative Writing graduates go on to pursue graduate studies across the country. Molly Cross-Blanchard, who graduated with... Read More

Maria Campbell Awarded Honorary Degree

Fri. Sep. 21, 2018 10:15 AM
From July 22 to 25, 2018, a group of about twenty from the University of Winnipeg travelled to Gabriel’s Crossing,... Read More

June

Kathleen Venema Publishes Memoir

Tue. Jun. 5, 2018 12:00 PM
Professor Kathleen Venema has published a memoir, Bird-Bent Grass: A Memoir, in Pieces as part of the Life Writing series... Read More

April

Kathleen Venema's Bird-Bent Grass tops the McNally Robinson Bestseller list for April 15-25

Fri. Apr. 27, 2018 11:00 AM
http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/home/browse/category/693/ Read More

Heather Milne Publishes New Book Poetry Matters

Thu. Apr. 26, 2018 2:30 PM
Professor Heather Milne has published the scholarly book Poetry Matters: Neoliberalism, Affect, and the Posthuman in Twenty-First Century... Read More

Now Accepting Submissions for English Department Awards

Tue. Apr. 3, 2018 12:00 AM

Kathleen Venema publishes article on “Alzheimer’s Archives and the Good (Enough) Death"

Tue. Apr. 3, 2018 12:00 AM
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2017.1396408 Read More

March

A Conversation with Métis Poet Marilyn Dumont,

Mon. Mar. 26, 2018 1:00 PM
A Conversation with Métis Poet Marilyn Dumont, During Winnipeg's World Poetry Week, March 2018 by Di Brandt... Read More

Poetry Readying - Marilyn Dumont

Tue. Mar. 13, 2018 12:00 AM

English Honours Info Session

Tue. Mar. 13, 2018 12:00 AM

Performance/Conversation with English Grad Joshua Whitehead

Thu. Mar. 1, 2018 12:00 AM

February

Kathleen Venema Launching Bird-Bent Grass: A Memoir

Thu. Feb. 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Book Launch | McNally Robinson | Friday Apr 20 2018 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium Bird-Bent Grass chronicles an extraordinary... Read More

Indigenous Comics & Graphic Novels: Creators in Conversation

Thu. Feb. 15, 2018 12:00 AM
March 8, 1:00-2:15pm, Leatherdale Hall Sponsored by the Department of English and the Office of Indigenous Affairs A panel conversation between... Read More

My Secret Mentor Workshop

Tue. Feb. 13, 2018 12:15 PM
Invitation to Attend by Méira Cook, UW Writer-in-Residence 2018 The idea for “My Secret Mentor” began (as most things... Read More

English Department Winter Lecture Series

Tue. Feb. 13, 2018 10:30 AM
Everyone is welcome to attend these research presentations by faculty members in the Department of English. See our past features > Read More

NEW HONOURS ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS

Thu. Feb. 1, 2018 10:45 AM
In Fall 2018, the English department is introducing a simplified set of requirements for the Honours Degree. The changes to the program are as... Read More

January

Pronouns in the Classroom: Respect is the key to a healthy learning environment

Mon. Jan. 22, 2018 12:00 AM
http://uniter.ca/view/pronouns-in-the-classroom Read More

Upcoming Events with Méira Cook, Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence

Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 12:30 PM
Méira Cook is the author of five books of poetry, two collections of essays, and three novels. She holds a PhD in Canadian literature from... Read More

Patricia Robertson Awarded Honourable Mention in Poetry Award Contest

Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 12:00 AM
Patricia Robertson was awarded an Honourable Mention in the 2017 Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award Contest, judged by George Murray. She was... Read More

Honours Info Session

Wed. Jan. 10, 2018 12:30 AM

2017

November

Heather Milne & Paul DePasqauale Participate in Research to Engage Educationally Marginalized Youth

Mon. Nov. 27, 2017 12:00 AM
UW Community Engagement Initiatives Report Launch From Access to Engagement: Initiatives at The University of Winnipeg in Support of Educationally... Read More

Joshua Whitehead Publishes First Book

Mon. Nov. 6, 2017 1:00 PM
English Honours and MA in Cultural Studies alumn Joshua Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer from Peguis First Nation in... Read More

Méira Cook will be our Carol Shields Writer in Residence for 2018

Mon. Nov. 6, 2017 12:00 AM
Méira Cook was born in Johannesburg and worked as a journalist in South Africa. Since coming to Canada, she has published five books of... Read More

October

English Literature Students’ Association (ELSA) Gearing Up for a Busy Year

Mon. Oct. 30, 2017 12:00 AM
In 2016-17, after a hiatus of a couple of years, the English Literature Students’ Association (ELSA) was brought back to life by... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Wins Grant to Support Critical Race Network

Wed. Oct. 25, 2017 1:00 PM
Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills is one of the first three inaugural grant recipients of the UW Knowledge Mobilization Community Impact Program. This awards... Read More

Launch of The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak Project

Wed. Oct. 25, 2017 12:00 AM
The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak collaborative project will celebrate its official launch on Friday, October... Read More

Vancouver Author David Chariandy Reading from New Novel

Mon. Oct. 23, 2017 12:00 AM

Reading and Talk by Ann Eriksson and Gary Geddes

Mon. Oct. 23, 2017 12:00 AM

September

Méira Cook will be our Carol Shields Writer in Residence for 2018

Tue. Sep. 26, 2017 3:00 PM
Méira Cook was born in Johannesburg and worked as a journalist in South Africa. Since coming to Canada, she has published five books of... Read More

Bruno Cornellier Publishes Article in Discourse

Fri. Sep. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier recently published a new article in the journal Discourse (Vol. 39, no.1). His article, entitled “The Struggle of... Read More

Get to Know the English Department Contract Faculty!

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 9:30 AM
The English Department is pleased to profile a number of the contract faculty who are teaching courses in the Fall/Winter 2017-18 academic year. We... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Presenting at UW French-Studies Conference

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills will give a presentation based on her recently published article “Competing Nationalisms in Ru and La Trilogie... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Invited to Writing Residency at Banff Centre

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills is one of 20 participants invited to participate in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity residency, "Centering... Read More

August

Andrew Burke Publishes Article on New Order Music Video

Tue. Aug. 29, 2017 12:00 AM
Andrew Burke has recently published the following article: “The Perfect Kiss: New Order and the Music Video.” Music Video:... Read More

Fall/Winter English Courses With No Wait Lists

Thu. Aug. 24, 2017 10:00 AM
The following English Department courses have open spaces as of August 24, 2017. Students who do not have the requisites to enroll should contact... Read More

May

Student Editors of juice Magazine Had an Extraordinary Year

Wed. May. 31, 2017 2:00 PM
English students Hannah Green, Rachel Narvey, and Joel Ferguson comprise the editorial team for juice 17, a literary journal put... Read More

Candida Rifkind Wins Gabrielle Roy Prize for Canadian Graphic

Wed. May. 31, 2017 12:00 AM
Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives, co-edited by Linda Warley and University of Winnipeg English Department member Candida Rifkind, and... Read More

Andrew Burke presenting at the Screen Studies conference in Glasgow

Wed. May. 31, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Andrew Burke is presenting at the 27th International Screen Studies conference at the University of Glasgow from June 23rd to 25th. His... Read More

Bruno Cornellier publishes article in The American Indian Culture and Research Journal

Thu. May. 25, 2017 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier just published a new article in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal. His article, entitled “Extracting... Read More

Doris Wolf Researching Memoirs of German Immigrants to North America

Mon. May. 1, 2017 2:30 PM
Doris Wolf is currently on a research leave to research memoirs of German immigrants to North America, so we asked her to tell us more about this... Read More

Zbigniew Izydorczyk Presenting Research at Four Conferences

Mon. May. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Zbigniew Izydorczyk is presenting research at four conferences this spring: “The Idea of the Gospel of Nicodemus,”... Read More

April

Professor Venema’s ENGL 3180 Organizes “Community Conversation for Peace”

Thu. Apr. 27, 2017 8:30 AM
ENGL-3180 "Making Peace and War in Literature," includes the traditional study of literary and cultural texts; a practicum component... Read More

Heather Milne and Angela Failler (WGS) Receive $22,000 for Museum Queeries Workshop

Thu. Apr. 20, 2017 11:30 AM
Dr. Heather Milne (English) and Dr. Angela Failler (Women’s and Gender Studies) have been awarded over $22,000 to support the... Read More

Three English Faculty Presenting at International Auto/Biography Association – Americas Conference

Tue. Apr. 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Three English Department faculty are presenting at the bi-annual conference of the International Auto/Biography Association – Americas... Read More

Kathryn Ready Presented at McMaster University

Mon. Apr. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready presented a conference paper, "'The Nobler Growth these Realms Supply': The Aikin Family's Engagement with... Read More

Kathryn Ready Article Published by the University of Oxford

Mon. Apr. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready has an article, "John Aikin, Joseph Addison and Two Eighteenth-Century Eastern Tales of Remembered Metempsychosis,"... Read More

March

Now Accepting Submissions for the R.N. Hallstead Memorial Shakespeare Prize

Mon. Mar. 20, 2017 12:00 AM

Now Accepting Submissions for the Creative Writing Awards

Mon. Mar. 20, 2017 12:00 AM

Carla Manfredi Awarded Huntington Library Fellowship

Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:00 AM
Carla Manfredi has been awarded a Fellowship at the Huntington Library for the Fall semester. The Huntington Library is a rare book library and... Read More

Candida Rifkind on “Comics in Academia” Panel at Prairie Comics Fest

Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:00 AM
Candida Rifkind will be discussing the role of comics and graphic narratives at the Prairie Comics Fest, a free event open to the public that takes... Read More

English 3120 Practicum Students Organize Events for March

Tue. Mar. 14, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Naomi Hamer's English 3120 Practicum class is organizing a series of events for March in the University Library. In addition to... Read More

March 31st Deadline for call for designs of the yellow carrels at the library

Fri. Mar. 10, 2017 12:00 AM

Jessica Jacobson-Konefall Awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

Wed. Mar. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Sessional instructor and alumnus Jessica Jacobson-Konefall has won a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship, to be held at University of Toronto, with Dr.... Read More

Thomas Toles Writing and Performing in "The Artist Within" at MTYP

Fri. Feb. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Thomas Toles is writing and performing in a big multimedia production at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People, "The Artist Within,"... Read More

Peter Melville Presenting at 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

Thu. Feb. 9, 2017 12:00 AM
Peter Melville will present a paper at "Fantastic Epics: The 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts," which... Read More

February

Katherena Vermette is the 2017 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence

Mon. Feb. 27, 2017 8:30 AM
The English Department is very happy to host Katherena Vermette as the 2017 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence for the month of March. A... Read More

WRITING THE LINE A Conference for Writers at The University of Winnipeg

Wed. Feb. 15, 2017 2:00 PM
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Guest Speaker on German Comics & Graphic Novels

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 AM

Carla Manfredi Wins Prestigious Fellowship at University of Edinburgh

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Carla Manfredi, who has been awarded The American Philosophical Society/Institute for Advanced Studies in the... Read More

January

juice 17 Now Accepting Submissions

Fri. Jan. 13, 2017 12:00 AM

Larissa Wodtke Co-Authors Study of Manic Street Preachers

Wed. Jan. 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Larissa Wodtke, the Research Coordinator at the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures, has contributed an essay to the... Read More

2016

December

Available Courses for Winter 2017

November

Doris Wolf to be Visiting Scholar at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mon. Nov. 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Doris Wolf will be a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Oahu, from... Read More

English Major Kakeka Thundersky Nominated for National Award

Thu. Nov. 24, 2016 12:00 AM
A first year English major, Kakeka Thundersky, has been nominated for the prestigious 2016 Everyday Political Citizen award from Samara Canada.... Read More

Katherena Vermette to be UW's 2017 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence

Wed. Nov. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
The Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence Committee is thrilled to announce that award-winning writer and former UW English student Katherena Vermette... Read More

October

UWinnipeg grad a rising literary star

Fri. Oct. 21, 2016 12:00 AM
UWinnipeg graduate Katherena Vermette already has one Governor General’s award and was shortlisted for a second one for her debut novel,... Read More

Dr. Murray Evans Retires

Thu. Oct. 6, 2016 11:00 AM
Department of English faculty member, Dr. Murray Evans, retired earlier this year after more than three decades at the University of Winnipeg.... Read More

Candida Rifkind Co-Edits Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narrative

Thu. Oct. 6, 2016 11:00 AM
Candida Rifkind Co-Edits Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life NarrativeCanadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives. Edited by Candida Rifkind and Linda... Read More

Jessica Jacobson-Konefall’s Research on Contemporary Art in Canada

Thu. Oct. 6, 2016 9:00 AM
A Q&A with Dr. Jessica Jacobson-Konefall, UW Alumnus and English Department Contract Faculty Dr. Jessica Jacobson-Konefall has been both a... Read More

Four English Faculty Participating in "Youngsters: On the Cultures of Children and Youth Conference"

Mon. Oct. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Four UW English Department faculty are participating in the upcoming conference, "Youngsters: On the Cultures of Children and Youth... Read More

September

New Online Winter Course in Indigenous Texts

Wed. Sep. 21, 2016 12:00 AM

Kathleen Venema presenting at DisConnected Forms: Narratives on the Fractured Self

Wed. Sep. 7, 2016 12:00 PM
Thu. Sep. 8 09:00 AM - Fri. Sep. 9 09:00 PM Location: University of Hull Kathleen Venema will be presenting at DisConnected... Read More

Bruno Cornellier Co-Edits Special Issue of Settler Colonial Studies

Wed. Sep. 7, 2016 12:00 AM
A new special issue of the scholarly journal Settler Colonial Studies was recently published under the theme “Globalizing... Read More

Heather Milne and Candida Rifkind Presenting at Banff Centre Conference

Fri. Sep. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
Heather Milne and Candida Rifkind are both presenting papers at a conference being held at the Banff Centre from September 22-25th 2016 on... Read More

Brandon Christopher Presenting at British Shakespeare Association Biennial Conference

Fri. Sep. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
Brandon Christopher will present “‘Why could it not be another way?’: Kill Shakespeare and the Pleasures of... Read More

May

Kathleen Venema Teaching Course at Headingley Women’s Correction Centre

Mon. May. 9, 2016 12:30 PM
Professor Kathleen Venema is teaching a Walls to Bridges version of English 3717: Indigenous Literatures and Cultures at the Women’s... Read More

Catherine Hunter at Canadian Creative Writers Conference in Toronto

Mon. May. 9, 2016 12:00 AM
Catherine Hunter will speak about the process of researching and writing her latest novel After Light on the panel "Family Archives, Myths,... Read More

Peter Melville Publishes Two Journal Articles on Fantasy Literature

Tue. May. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Peter Melville has published an essay on Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy in Studies in the Fantastic. The essay, entitled... Read More

Peter Melville & Kate Ready in Special Issue of European Romantic Review

Tue. May. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Peter Melville and Kate Ready have contributed to a Special Issue of European Romantic Review (ERR). Dr. Melville is the co-editor of the... Read More

April

Candida Rifkind at IABA-World Conference in Cyprus

Fri. Apr. 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Candida Rifkind is presenting a paper titled “Framed Lives: Tings Chak’s Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant... Read More

Bruno Cornellier at Canadian Comparative Literature Association

Fri. Apr. 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier is presenting a paper titled “Iroquois Separatists and ‘Nègres blancs’: Paradoxes of... Read More

March

Kathryn Ready at American Society for 18th Century Studies Conference

Wed. Mar. 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready is presenting a paper, “‘On the Road from Edinburgh’: John Aikin, Scottish Historiography, and the... Read More

Heather Milne at SUNY Buffalo Poetics Conference

Thu. Mar. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Heather Milne is presenting a paper at a SUNY Buffalo conference on Poetics: (The Next) 25 Years, from April 9-10. Her paper is... Read More

Andrew Burke at Victorian Studies of Western Canada Conference

Thu. Mar. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Andrew Burke is presenting a paper at this year's Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC) conference that is being held in... Read More

Zbigniew Izydorczyk at Veronica Conference in Cambridge

Tue. Mar. 1, 2016 10:00 AM
Zbigniew Izydorczyk is presenting a paper, "The Cura Sanitatis Tiberii according to Ernst von Dobschütz," at the Veronica... Read More

Jenny Wills Guest Lecturing at University of California, Santa Barbara

Tue. Mar. 1, 2016 12:00 AM
Jenny Wills will give a guest lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara on April 20, 2016. The topic of the presentation will be white... Read More

Brandon Christopher at the Shakesepeare Association of America Conference

Tue. Mar. 1, 2016 12:00 AM
Brandon Christopher will be presenting a paper titled "Shakespeare as Shibboleth: Shakespearean Citation and the Creation of Vertigo... Read More

February

Naomi Hamer’s Research on Children’s Museums

Wed. Feb. 24, 2016 1:30 PM
Dr. Naomi Hamer is Assistant Professor of English and an affiliate of the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures... Read More

New 4 Year BA Specialization in Screen and Cultural Studies

Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 11:00 AM
The English Department is pleased to announce the launch of a new 4 Year BA Specialization in Screen and Cultural Studies. This replaces the 4 Year... Read More

Creative Writing Grad Publishes First Book

Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 10:15 AM
Matthew Tétreault is a graduate of the UW’s BA stream in Creative Writing. He is currently a graduate student in English and... Read More

Naomi Hamer to deliver Keynote at UBC Conference

Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Dr. Naomi Hamer has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the biennial University of British Columbia Children’s Literature... Read More

2015

December

Introducing the Editorial Team for juice 16

Fri. Dec. 11, 2015 10:00 AM
juice is a literary journal put together, edited, and created by students from the University of Winnipeg. The goal of the journal is to offer... Read More

English Alumns Pursuing Grad Degrees

Fri. Dec. 11, 2015 10:00 AM
Graduates of the University of Winnipeg’s English programs go on to do exciting research in various graduate programs at both the M.A.... Read More

Candida Rifkind Launches Project GraphicBio

Fri. Dec. 11, 2015 10:00 AM
Dr. Candida Rifkind has received a three-year SSHRC Insight Grant to launch a major project on graphic biography. This project focuses on... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills to hold Visiting Scholar Residency Position

Thu. Dec. 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Jenny Wills will spend her half-year sabbatical at Stanford University’s Centre for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity completing... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills to chair ASAC session at MLA

Thu. Dec. 10, 2015 12:00 AM
On January 9 at 10:15-11:30 Jenny Wills will chair a special session hosted by the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture at the Modern... Read More

Open Winter Term Courses

Thu. Dec. 3, 2015 12:00 AM
The following English courses still have open enrollments. Check on WebAdvisor if you wish to register. ENGL 2803-001 Phonetics &... Read More

November

Brandon Christopher at Appropriation in the Age of Global Shakespeare Conference

Thu. Nov. 5, 2015 12:00 AM
Brandon Christopher is presenting “‘These words are not mine’: Bravura Theatre’s Multicultural,... Read More

Kathryn Ready at the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference

Tue. Nov. 3, 2015 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready presented a conference paper entitled “Eighteenth-Century British Novel Theory, Romance, and the Pleasures of the Solitary... Read More

October

Jenny Heijun Wills at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Thu. Oct. 8, 2015 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills presented a conference paper entitled “American Scapegoating and Canadian Ethnic Studies” at the American... Read More

Heather Milne at the Literatures of Canada and Quebec Conference

Thu. Oct. 8, 2015 12:00 AM
Heather Milne presented a conference paper entitled “’It is true Canada is not exactly a Utopia, Ltd.’: The... Read More

Joan Baragar Scholarship Submissions Due Oct. 30th

Thu. Sep. 17, 2015 12:00 AM
Submissions for the Joan Baragar Scholarship are due to the English Department by October 30th. Read More