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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week in our speaker series, Dr. Asha Jeffers will present “Writing the Past and Present,” discussing her research and reading from her new novel project. Fri. Oct. 2, 3:45-5:00 in McCain 1198. Reception to follow. All are welcome! @dallibraries.bsky.social @dalhistory.bsky.social

A poster with a picture of Dr. Jeffers, another picture of a clock, and the details of the event listed in the post.

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An exciting and brilliant choice for the DalReads program! We’re looking forward to the discussions!!

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happening now!! One of our favourite times of year: our PhD candidates presenting their in-progress doctoral work!

A poster for the event, with photos of the two presenters and their names and titles, as follows:

Shannon Brown: Reading Research-Creation: Tracing Aesthetic Categories of Literary Research-Creation in Canada

Marissa Carroll: The Publishing
Ecology of Gaspereau Press

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Join us Sunday Sept 20 for the launch of Dr Len Diepeveen’s memoir, “When I Come Back We Will Talk: My Father, the War, and Me.” Stillwell Brewing, 3670 Kempt Rd. Doors open at 7:00, reading starts at 8:00. All are welcome! @dallibraries.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social @kingsbookstore.bsky.social

A poster with a picture of the book and of Dr Diepeveen, repeating the information in the post.

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happening now! (Beheadings, bloody knuckles, and beards abound…)

An image of Dr Cawsey in front of a screen with a quotation from the poem.

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tomorrow, Friday Sept 18, in our Speaker Series: Dr. Kathy Cawsey presents, “The Riddle of Toxic Masculinity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” McCain 1198, 3:45-5:00, followed by a reception! All are welcome!

A poster for the event repeating the information in the post, with a picture of Dr Cawsey (left) and an image of the Green Knight losing his head (right).

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

really looking forward to this one

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our Chair, Erin Wunker, is launching her new book, All the Waking Hours, at Café Lara, hosted by colleague Asha Jeffers, on Sept 19, starting at 6:30–all are welcome! Copies will be sold by our friends @kingsbookstore.bsky.social! @dallibraries.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social

A poster with all of the information in the post, also including the address of Café Lara (2347 Agricola St., Halifax NS), and photos of Erin Wunker and the cover of her book. Also noted is that it is hosted by Dal English Prof Asha Jeffers, and that there will be readings from Allison Lasorda, Arundhati Dhara, Fazeela Jiwa, and Sadie Beaton

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some exciting news: I have signed a contract to write 'Reading George Eliot: An Introduction' for the Routledge series Reading Literature Today. It seems like the book I have been preparing to write my whole career.

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Reading George Eliot

In my last post I noted that I had been looking up passages in The Mill on the Floss for reasons I would say more about in another post. This is that other post! It’s about some exciting news…

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Welcome to the start of term, everyone! What courses/readings are you most looking forward to? Speaking of looking forward, check out our speaker series schedule for the Fall, below! @dalhousie.bsky.social @dallibraries.bsky.social

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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

emily wilson’s odyssey is still sold out everywhere but we’ve got tons because we’ve always been that store 🤓

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Helen Pinsent @heleninwords.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Flat rate shipping across Canada!

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"If ultimately she decided that the examined life too might not be worth living, it was not without having given all she had to the effort": some reflections on finishing my read-through of Woolf's diaries.

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“Observe Perpetually”: Woolf’s Diaries

I intend no introspection. I mark Henry James’s sentence: Observe perpetually. Observe the oncome [sic] of age. Observe greed. Observe my own despondency. By that means it becomes serviceable…

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Part of my #weekendreading is Margaret Forster's biography of Daphne du Maurier. I didn't really know much about du Maurier, so it's fascinating stuff. (This is background reading for reviewing Rose Tremain's forthcoming novel 'The Housekeeper.')

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/06/2026

Black text on white page that reads as follows:

On June 19, 1865, African American communities in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from slavery — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.

For 161 years, Juneteenth has been a day of remembrance for the freedom that was delayed. It is also a celebration of the joy and resilience that flourished despite that delay.

The contributions of African Americans, whose struggle for freedom shaped our nation, are immeasurable. Yet too many Black families continue to bear the brunt of an affordability crisis that has pushed them out of the neighborhoods and communities they've built.

True freedom has a tangible impact on daily life: the ability to afford housing, earn a living wage, put food on the table, support a family, and create a future for generations to come.

As we celebrate today, we must recommit ourselves to ensuring this freedom is fully realized.

Happy Juneteenth, New York City.

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darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

We just love this story!

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Congratulations to @dal-english.bsky.social Professor Emeritus Leonard Diepeveen for winning this year's @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social annual short-story contest with his story "New Normal"! Read the story at the link in the quoted post. @dallibraries.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Elizabeth Strout's latest novel is "sombre, even bleak, both because [its protagonist] is having a rough time and because, as he observes, 'his country was committing suicide'." My review is in the new TLS.

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Make it go away

“I wonder why people never say anything real”, the history teacher Artie Dam muses to his wife, Evie, early in Elizabeth Strout’s uncharacteristically

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Coming this September from Freehand Books, by @dalhousie.bsky.social English Professor Emeritus Leonard Diepeveen! Book launch is September 20, 7 p.m. at Stillwell Brewery on Kempt Road.

The cover of the book, “WHEN I COME BACK WE WILL TALK: My Father, the War, and Me” by Leonard Diepeveen, with a picture of his father.

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 04/05/2026

Due to a number of requests (it is end-of-term!), we have extended the deadline for the American Carnage conference to 1 June 2026. The conference takes place at Dalhousie University, 23-25 October 2026. You can see the #CFP at our new website, below. Please share widely! #AmericanStudies

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Visit the post for more.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Dal Libraries Research Camp will take you through all the elements of research from basic to advanced. This free program is offered through online modules you can do at your own pace on Brightspace, with options for in-person sessions in May & June. Enroll anytime: dal.ca.libguides.com/ResearchCamp

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Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management @djim-journal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

REMINDER: Survey closes tomorrow (May 1) Work/volunteer in literacy in Nova Scotia (schools, libraries, community, policy)? Your input matters. Help shape a provincial picture of literacy: surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=8... Please share widely. #literacy #dalhousie #research #yorkville #LNS

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 01/05/2026

For #SFF folks in Halifax May 15-17, check out @tricon-hfx.bsky.social! I'm moderating a panel with papers by @michaelcameron.bsky.social, @lnuonhorror.bsky.social, & @heleninwords.bsky.social, and speaking on a panel on Proletariat Themes in Science Fiction, and there a tonne of amazing speakers!

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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Coming at you 9-5 this Saturday for Indie Bookstore Day! We’ll have some great sales, the Libro.fm golden ticket, some fun giveaways, and probably some other cool things i haven’t even thought of yet that you’ll see when you come visit!

Independent Bookstore Day
April 25th

Open 9-5

PAPERBACKS
20% OFF
HARDCOVERS
30% OFF
JOURNALS
30% OFF
BOXED SETS
40% OFF

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Congratulations to DOCTOR Jay Boyes, who successfully defended their doctoral dissertation on April 22nd, 2026! @dalgradstudies.bsky.social

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Today! Our final speaker series event of the year, co-hosted with the Black and African Diaspora Studies program. All are welcome! @dalhistory.bsky.social @dalfaculty.bsky.social @dallibraries.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Our speaker series this Friday, co-hosted with Black & African Diaspora Studies: "Anthologizing Afrofuturism: A Panel Discussion & Launch of The @broadviewpress.bsky.social Anthology of Science Fiction," with Profs. Asha Jeffers, Isaac Saney & Jason Haslam. All are welcome! @dallibraries.bsky.social

A poster for the event noting it takes place on Friday, March 27, 3:45-5:00 pm, in McCain 1198, reception to follow. Also included are pictures of the anthology and of the speakers

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"Simple in its premise, unsparing in its execution, and almost unbearably poignant in its tenderness": some thoughts on Sarah Perry's Death of an Ordinary Man are up now at Novel Readings.

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Sarah Perry, Death of an Ordinary Man

But now I understand there are no ordinary lives–that every death is the end of a single event in time’s history: an event so improbable it represents a miracle, and irreplaceable in ev…

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Halifax Humanities @halhum101.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Have you got your ticket to Humanities Today featuring poet George Elliott Clarke and singer Julia Tynes? Reserve free: www.eventbrite.ca/e/humanities...

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Humanities Today: George Elliott Clarke on "The Discipline of Poetry"

A free evening of poetry and music celebrating humanities for all!

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This Friday, March 20, Prof Emeritus Leonard Diepeveen will read from his memoir “When I Come Back, We Will Talk”: “a son’s powerful and deeply moving examination of how six weeks of Nazi imprisonment in 1945 rippled through the following 80 years.” @dalhistory.bsky.social @dallibraries.bsky.social

A poster for the event, with photos of the Dutch translation of the book and of Dr. Diepeveen, as well as details of the event. It also includes a longer description of the book, which reads: “When I Come Back, We Will Talk is a son's powerful and deeply moving examination of how six weeks of Nazi imprisonment in 1945 rippled through the following 80 years of his family life. Diepeveen's writing is as much a tender pressing to understand his father's life as a survivor and immigrant as it is an intriguing examination of memory and self, and how to find meaning in the 'burrs of reality' that shape family histories.”

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Join us this Friday, March 13, for “Family Matters: A Joint Book Launch” by @dal-english.bsky.social professors Dr Asha Jeffers and Dr LiLi Johnson! 3:45-5:00 in McCain 1198, with reception to follow. All are welcome! @dallibraries.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social

A poster for the event including the information given in the post, as well as photos of the speakers and their books, which are “Against! Rebellious Daughters in Black Immigrant Fiction in the United States” by Asha Jeffers, and “Technologies of Kinship: Asian American Racialization and the Making of Family” by LiLi Johnson.

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Join @halhum101.bsky.social on March 29 for the 3rd Humanities Today Lecture–a “free, public event that highlights the benefits of the humanities for the public good”—featuring poet and activist (and @dal-english.bsky.social alum) George Elliott Clarke, singer Julia Tynes, and pianist Simon Docking.

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George Elliott Clarke on "The Discipline of Poetry": 3rd Humanities Today Lecture

Event in Halifax, NS by Halifax Humanities 101 on Sunday, March 29 2026

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Join us with @writersfedofns.bsky.social to celebrate David Huebert's Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award-winning novel Oil People. David will sit down with Alexander MacLeod on March 26 @ 7:30 pm to discuss writing, fiction, storytelling, and the impact of the award. Register: bit.ly/2025-raddall

A graphic featuring the Oil People book cover, showing a close-up of oil-covered rocks, along with a photo of David Huebert and details about the March 26th virtual event.

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