VIU Department of English
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If you are looking for an elective, check out our second-year course offerings for 2025-26: ah.viu.ca/english/seco...
We offer courses in literature and traditions--including Children's, Speculative, Indigenous, and Canadian--business and technical writing, and public speaking.
We offer courses in literature and traditions--including Children's, Speculative, Indigenous, and Canadian--business and technical writing, and public speaking.
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ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM is now available on audio, narrated by Kat Cleave. Listen now wherever you enjoy audiobooks, from @simonaudio.bsky.social. bit.ly/4mkpZ2O
October 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM is now available on audio, narrated by Kat Cleave. Listen now wherever you enjoy audiobooks, from @simonaudio.bsky.social. bit.ly/4mkpZ2O
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"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... As a man is, so he sees."
On this day in 1799, William Blake wrote his most beautiful letter – a timeless defense of the creative spirit
On this day in 1799, William Blake wrote his most beautiful letter – a timeless defense of the creative spirit
William Blake’s Most Beautiful Letter: A Timeless Defense of the Imagination and the Creative Spirit
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.”
www.themarginalian.org
August 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... As a man is, so he sees."
On this day in 1799, William Blake wrote his most beautiful letter – a timeless defense of the creative spirit
On this day in 1799, William Blake wrote his most beautiful letter – a timeless defense of the creative spirit
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‘You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.’
— James Baldwin
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
— James Baldwin
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
June 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
‘You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.’
— James Baldwin
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
— James Baldwin
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
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A dog starv'd at his Master’s Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Predicts the ruin of the State.
William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
June 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
A dog starv'd at his Master’s Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Predicts the ruin of the State.
William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
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My new chapbook, Die Workbook, arrived! It was such a treat to work with @kyleflemmer.com at The Blasted Tree. <3
You can read the whole chap here (and make your own version...):
www.theblastedtree.com/die-workbook
You can read the whole chap here (and make your own version...):
www.theblastedtree.com/die-workbook
December 22, 2024 at 5:54 PM
My new chapbook, Die Workbook, arrived! It was such a treat to work with @kyleflemmer.com at The Blasted Tree. <3
You can read the whole chap here (and make your own version...):
www.theblastedtree.com/die-workbook
You can read the whole chap here (and make your own version...):
www.theblastedtree.com/die-workbook
If you are looking for an elective, check out our second-year course offerings for 2025-26: ah.viu.ca/english/seco...
We offer courses in literature and traditions--including Children's, Speculative, Indigenous, and Canadian--business and technical writing, and public speaking.
We offer courses in literature and traditions--including Children's, Speculative, Indigenous, and Canadian--business and technical writing, and public speaking.
June 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you are looking for an elective, check out our second-year course offerings for 2025-26: ah.viu.ca/english/seco...
We offer courses in literature and traditions--including Children's, Speculative, Indigenous, and Canadian--business and technical writing, and public speaking.
We offer courses in literature and traditions--including Children's, Speculative, Indigenous, and Canadian--business and technical writing, and public speaking.
VIU English Professors Terri Doughty and Janet Grafton, with Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, have edited a collection of essays that explore how children's literature, and cultural experiences tailored to them, afford young people new ways of navigating a world facing impending environmental crisis.
June 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
VIU English Professors Terri Doughty and Janet Grafton, with Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, have edited a collection of essays that explore how children's literature, and cultural experiences tailored to them, afford young people new ways of navigating a world facing impending environmental crisis.
Learn more about Soundin' Canaan, Dr. Paul Watkins' new book on Black Canadian Poetries
pauldbwatkins.com/2025/03/03/s...
pauldbwatkins.com/2025/03/03/s...
Exciting Soundin’ Canaan Updates: Website, Talk, & Book Launch
Hi Friends, There are three things I wanted to let you know about.I’m pleased to announce a new website to support my book, Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship. Created f…
pauldbwatkins.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Learn more about Soundin' Canaan, Dr. Paul Watkins' new book on Black Canadian Poetries
pauldbwatkins.com/2025/03/03/s...
pauldbwatkins.com/2025/03/03/s...