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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 1d

In the October issue of @reviewcanada.bsky.social I review Katherine Ashenburg’s “Margaret’s New Look”

And Sew Forth | A review of “Margaret’s New Look” by Katherine Ashenburg | Literary Review of Canada

Rohan Maitzen reviews Katherine Ashenburg’s novel “Margaret’s New Look,” a fashion mystery surrounding Christian Dior’s 1947 collection.

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MSVUEnglish @msvuenglish.bsky.social · 4d

The CFP for ACCUTE 2026 is now available. Will you be attending this year?
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Downie Wenjack Fund @downiewenjack.bsky.social · 6d

October 1 marks the anniversary of the 1752 Treaty of Friendship and Peace between the Mi’kmaq Nation and the British Crown.

The purpose of Treaty Day is to promote public awareness about Mi’kmaw culture and heritage for all Nova Scotians.

#TreatyDay #NovaScotia #MikmaqNation

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · 4d

DFA members Julia M. Wright and Spring Farrell comment on surviving the condensed fall term. dalgazette.com/news/dal-pro... #KeepDalStrong

Dal professors worry about a condensed fall semester

With the fall semester shortened due to the faculty lockout, professors at Dalhousie University are restructuring their courses to fit a condensed schedule.

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 7d

Join us this Friday, Oct 3rd, for the first event in our 2025-26 Speaker Series! Amy S. Kaufman will discuss her debut novel, The Traitor of Sherwood Forest (Penguin 2025)! 3:45-5:00 in McCain 1198, reception to follow. All are welcome! @dalhousie.bsky.social @dallibraries.bsky.social

A poster for the event, with images of the speaker and her book, iand the following text: “SPEAKER SERIES
Dalhousie's Department of English and Creative Writing
Program
Retelling Robin Hood
A Book Talk with Amy S. Kaufman,
author of The Traitor of
Sherwood Forest (Penguin 2025)”

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Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · 7d

@juliamwright.bsky.social’s brilliant new book on Thomas Moore and the Transatlantic is now available! Visit our website to learn more and to purchase a copy for your library! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-thomas-...

Thomas Moore and the Transatlantic, 1800–1840

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to Dal English’s Professor @juliamwright.bsky.social on winning the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Keats-Shelley Association of America, alongside Professor Richard C. Sha! @dalhousie.bsky.social

screenshot of the webpage announcing that the 2026 recipients of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Keats-Shelley Assoc of America are Professor Julia M. Wright and Professor Richard C. Sha (also pictured via headshots).

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 9d

Ripeness is all: at Novel Readings, I think about the various parts of Sarah Moss's latest novel Ripeness, which is as smart and meticulously crafted as all of her books.

Ripeness is All: Sarah Moss, Ripeness

You must have a plum. Or three. Only they’re so ripe some of them burst when you pick them. Ripeness is all, I said. Men must endure their going hence even as their coming hither. I’d m…

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 14d

We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist – six books that ‘are all brilliantly written and brilliantly human’.

➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Jul 8

💐📖 Budge Wilson and L.M. Montgomery are deeply connected. The two writers had each occupied, as young women, decades apart, the "Third-and-a-Half” room in Halifax Ladies’ College.

Now, Wilson will join Montgomery as another great Canadian writer whose work is honoured by a Project Bookmark plaque.

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Sarah Emsley @sarahemsley.bsky.social · Jul 14

I’m excited about celebrating the unveiling of the Budge Wilson Bookmark plaque on the Dalhousie campus later this year. In “The Leaving,” a twelve-year-old girl from rural Nova Scotia visits Halifax & Dalhousie with her mother & catches a glimpse of the wider world & a future that could be hers.

A Bookmark Plaque in Halifax, NS for Budge Wilson’s Story “The Leaving”

Project Bookmark Canada recently announced that a Bookmark plaque will be unveiled in Halifax for Budge Wilson’s short story “The Leaving.” I’m the organizer of the Nova Scotia Reading Circle for P…

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 14d

"oh the delicacy & complexity of the soul—for, haven’t I begun to tap her & listen to her breathing after all?" - Woolf's diaries in 1924-25 show VW the artist growing in confidence even as VW the person still doubts and frets.

Faded, Fatalistic & Aged

But this slight depression—what is it? I think I could cure it by crossing the channel, & writing nothing for a week . . . But oh the delicacy & complexity of the soul—for, haven’t I …

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations to Leonard Diepeveen, Emeritus George Munro Chair in Literature and Rhetoric on his forthcoming memoir, When I Come Back We Will Talk!

DEAL NEWS - Leonard Diepeveen’s memoir WHEN I COME BACK WE WILL TALK!

Author and professor Leonard Diepeveen’s memoir WHEN I COME BACK WE WILL TALK, a son’s powerful and deeply moving examination of how six weeks of camp imprisonment in 1945 rippled through the followin...

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · 19d

a group of cartoon characters with their hands in the air and the words we 're back baby

Alt: Futurama characters with their hands in the air with the caption "we're back, baby!"

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Anna-Claire @accook.bsky.social · Aug 20

Going to have to give this to Hozier for his song “But the Wages” (only available live unfortunately but it’s a great listen on YouTube)

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hi all, @jasonhaslam.ca here. I run this account for our dept.

I had “welcome back!” posts locked in, but, FYI, I’ll be locked out by @dalhousie.bsky.social’s admin Aug 20, so we’ll be going quiet.

But to keep us active in absence, maybe quote this with a fave literary depiction of labour unrest?

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · Aug 2

A podcast featuring an interview with Prof. Asha Jeffers discussing her new book, *Against!
Rebellious Daughters in Black Immigrant Fiction in the United States*!

Asha Jeffers, "Against! Rebellious Daughters in Black Immigrant Fiction in the United States" (Ohio State UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 1

“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...

Mellon Foundation

The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

www.mellon.org

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · Jul 31

Today was challenging at work, but then I learned my Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction is on the website & ready for pre-order! You can see the contents!

I really hope people find this useful in the classroom, but also just enjoy exploring the stories—& poems! @broadviewpress.bsky.social #SFF

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Halifax Humanities @halhum101.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hi! We're the Halifax Humanities Society, a non-profit organization that offers free, non-credit, university-level humanities courses to adults who are facing barriers to traditional education. Visit us at www.halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca to learn more about this life-changing initiative.

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Department of English, Dalhousie U @dal-english.bsky.social · Aug 1

We’re big fans of Halifax Humanities @halhum101.bsky.social! Check them out!

Halifax Humanities @halhum101.bsky.social · Aug 1

Applications for Halifax Humanities 101 are now OPEN! If you love reading and discussing big questions, and are based in the Halifax Regional Municipality then this FREE 8-month great books course might be for you! Visit our website to learn more or to apply: halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca

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Halifax Humanities @halhum101.bsky.social · Aug 1

Applications for Halifax Humanities 101 are now OPEN! If you love reading and discussing big questions, and are based in the Halifax Regional Municipality then this FREE 8-month great books course might be for you! Visit our website to learn more or to apply: halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · Aug 1

August 1st marks Emancipation Day, a day to learn about and reflect on the contributions of people of African descent to Nova Scotia’s development, while recognizing the continuing legacies of historical enslavement and anti-Black racism.

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · Jul 24

we’re so ready

a large pile of The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · Jul 27

"The shadow of some kind of form which a diary might attain to": in a wonderful passage, Woolf reflects on keeping a diary and learning "what it is one can make of this loose, drifting material of life."

“The Shadow of Some Kind of Form”: Woolf on her Diary

In my previous post I wondered whether we knew what Woolf’s wishes were for her diary: whether she imagined it as something others would someday read, or thought of it as—and hoped it would r…

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