Ricardo Wilson is the 2025-26 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence
The Department of English is delighted to announce Professor Ricardo Wilson as the 2025-2026 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence.
Camille Owens Receives Honorable Mention for "Like Children"
Congratulations to Professor Camille Owens! Professor Owens received an honorable mention from the Modern Language Association of America for her book Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America.The committee writes: "Camille Owens’s Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America is a groundbreaking study of the “Black prodigy” and
Prof. Sandeep Banerjee on CBC Ideas
Professor Sandeep Banerjee was a guest in the CBC Ideas episode "How this 19th-century Indian feminist flipped the colonial travelogue on its head." Listen to the episode
Professor Manshel's 'Writing Backwards' was awarded the 2026 Perkins Prize!
The Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Prize is awarded to 'Writing Backwards', Professor Manshel's recent book!Established in 1994, the Perkins Prize honors Barbara Perkins and George Perkins, the founders of both The Journal of Narrative Technique and the Society itself. The prize is awarded to the book making the most significant contribution to the study of narrative in a given year.
Professor Nathalie Cooke appointed to Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Professor Nathalie Cooke on her election as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada!Professor Cooke was elected a Fellow to the
Nathalie Cooke's Latest Book: Tastes and Traditions
Tastes and Traditions: A Journey Through Menu History by Professor Nathalie Cooke
Feminist pedagogy through creative assessments
Zine-making 101: Feminist pedagogy through creative assessmentsWhen Postdoctoral Fellow Amanda Greer developed the syllabus for her course, ENGL391: Girlhood Cinemas, she wanted to ensure that girlhood was taken seriously as an experience directly impacting visual culture. Greer wanted to create an assignment that allowed students to communicate their ideas through girlhood aesthetics.
Professor Manshel's "Writing Backwards" released as an audiobook
Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's publication Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon (Columbia University Press, 2023) has been released as an audiobook by University Press Audiobooks.
English PhD candidate heads Montreal’s first trans film festival
English PhD candidate, Iris Pintiuta, created Exposure, Montreal's first trans film festival. The festival aims to promote inclusive representation for trans people, as well as create programs and events that advance trans acceptance.
Creative Writing Prizes and Awards 2025
The MONA ADILMAN PRIZE IN POETRY, for one student, estimated value $500, or for two students, estimated value $250, is open to undergraduate or graduate students registered in the Faculty of Arts for the best poem or group of poems relating to ecological or environmental concerns.
PhD Candidate Jay Ritchie on his latest book "Listening in Many Publics"
Jay Ritchie, PhD Candidate in the Department of English, spoke to the Faculty of Arts about his newest collection of poems 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴, shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’ Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry.
Inaugurating The Peter Sabor Fellowship
The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Burney Society of North America have partnered to establish a new fellowship named after Distinguished James McGill Professor Emeritus, Burney editor, long-time member, and past President of CSECS, Peter Sabor.
Kizziah Burton - Winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024
Congratulations to Kizziah Burton, the winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024. Her poem, “Portrait of Me Incensing the Mushrooms Channelling Demeter,” has been awarded the $20,000 prize. Read the poem here.
Faculty Spotlight on Camille Owens!
Assistant Professor Camille Owens spoke about her latest book Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America for the Faculty of Arts' Faculty Publication Spotlight!
Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024
The jury has done its work, the finalists are being announced, and the next anthology is taking shape. READ THE POEMS that are in the running for the Montreal Prize 2024! The one winning poem, to be announced soon, will earn the author $20,000.