Heather Murray on “The CANLIT Project, and the Question of a National Reader”
[ November 27, 2009; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Professor Heather Murray (University of Toronto) is a leading Canadian cultural historian whose work has focused on the formation of readers and their reading practices in 19th-century Canada, the relationship between social reform movements and literature, and the history of the discipline of English in Canada. Working at the intersection of book history and cultural ...More

Winter term creative writing workshops
Are you interested in taking a creative writing workshop in the winter term? Portfolios are now being accepted for the Intermediate Poetry Workshop (ENGL 3901A) until December 6, 2009 and for the Intermediate Fiction Workshop (ENGL 3903A) until December 10, 2009. For information regarding portfolio requirements, please visit the course listing at http://www2.carleton.ca/english/2010-winter-courses/. ...More

2009 High School Writing Competition Award Recipients
On Friday, September 18th, the Department of English Language and Literature hosted the 2009 High School Writing Competition Award Ceremony. Congratulations to this year’s award recipients, and thank you to all of the students who entered and all of the teachers who encouraged their participation. Fiction – Short Story First Place Sean McDonell (Canterbury High School) Second ...More

John Barrell Seminar on “Radicalism, Visual Culture, and Spectacle in the 1790s”
[ September 23, 2009; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Carleton University’s Art History program in the School for Studies in Art and Culture, and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Art, Literature and Culture (ICSLAC) present a seminar given by FASS Visiting Scholar John Barrell. The title of his seminar is "Radicalism, Visual Culture, and Spectacle in the 1790s." A response will be given ...More