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Dr. Tatjana Takseva, Chair of the Department of English Language and Literature, with finalists for the 2026 Atlantic Poetry Prize at The Carleton during the Atlantic Book Awards Festival.
Saint Mary’s Department of English Language and Literature Celebrates 40 Years of Creative Writing Leadership Through 2026 Atlantic Book Awards Sponsorship

A poster congratulating Dr. Marisa Brook for being awarded the 2026 Early Career Researcher Award by CLA
Congratulations to Dr. Marisa Brook for receiving the 2026 Early Career Researcher Award from the Canadian Linguistic Association

An image of the winners of 2026 SMU English Creative Writing Awards
2026 Department of English Creative Writing Awards Winners

An image of Dr. Tatjana Tak拧eva and students in WGST 6604: Contemporary Issues of Feminism
English Department Chair highlights impact of Experiential Learning and Community Service Learning

An image of Dr. Teresa Heffernan presenting at the The 2026 Wiegand Lecture
The 2026 Wiegand Lecture featuring Dr. Teresa Heffernan — Literature Versus the AI Industry

A poster promoting SMU Reading Series event with Wanda Campbell
The SMU Reading Series presents: an evening with Wanda Campbell
When: 7:00 PM on Wed, April 1
Where: Atrium 101, SMU Campus
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A poster promoting
Inside English @ SMU
When: 11:00 AM on Fri, March 27
Where: The Flex Room, MM 201, SMU Campus
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A poster promoting SMU English Creative Writing Awards
Submissions Now Open for the 2026 Department of English Creative Writing Awards

A poster promoting SMU Reading Series with Kate Cayley
An evening with Kate Cayley
When: 7:00 PM on Thu, November 27
Where: Sobey 255, SMU Campus
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Launch of Professor Tatjana Takseva鈥檚 new book Unforgetting and the Politics of Representation: Voices from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Routledge, 2025) Held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 鈥� November 13, 2025.
Launch of Professor Tatjana Takseva’s new book Unforgetting and the Politics of Representation: Voices from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Routledge, 2025) Held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina — November 13, 2025

Teresa Heffernan
The hope, the hype, and the sad reality of what AI chatbots do in some conversations with teens

Teresa Heffernan
The modern road less travelled might be reading a book without help from AI

A picture of SMU students that attended the 2025 Annual Atlantic Undergraduate Conference in Fredericton, NB. Top Row, L to R: Jacob Butler, Andrew Stillwell, Dr. David Heckerl (色花堂 Rep & Chauffeur) Bottom Row, L to R: Nicole Edwards, Ryan Ash, Annastatia Brooks, Callie Lloyd
SMU English Students Present at the 2025 AAUEC

A poster promoting
Write to Read 2025
When: 7:00 PM on Thu, April 10
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Winners of 2025 Creative Writing Awards Announced
Winners of 2025 Creative Writing Contests Announced

A poster promoting the 2025 Cyril Byrne Lecture with Kate Beaton
2025 Cyril Byrne Lecture with Kate Beaton
When: 7:00 PM on Fri, March 21
Where: Scotiabank Theatre, Sobey Building (SMU Campus)
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Dr. Goran Stanivukovic
Dr. Goran Stanivukovic’s essay about Christopher Marlowe and his tragedy Edward II published in the program for the current stage production of this play by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

A poster for the 2024 English Department Creative Writing Awards: Marg贸 Takacs Marshall Prize for Excellence in Short Story Writing and Joyce Marshall Hsia Memorial Poetry Prize
Call for Submissions: Department of English Creative Writing Awards

A poster for a SMU Reading Series event featuring Jack Wong and Sydney Smith
Kids' Lit. at SMU, with Jack Wong and Sydney Smith: an evening celebrating visual storytelling as an art for all ages
When: 7:00 PM on Thu, November 21
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Poster promoting Sue Murtagh's new book launch titled
SMU Reading Series: Book Launch, We’re Not Rich by Sue Murtagh
When: 7:00 PM on Wed, October 23
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a talk & workshop on songwriting
A talk & workshop on songwriting with composer, band-leader, & songwriter Benton Roark
When: 10:00 AM on Fri, October 18
Where: McNally Main Room 201
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THE SIGN OF JONAS Poster
THE SIGN OF JONAS, an apocalypse folktale
When: 7:00 PM on Wed, October 16
Where: Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library
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A poster promoting Humanities at Large Podcast with Dr. Teresa Heffernan
Absence of Intelligence: the Science and Fiction of AI (podcast)

Picture of McNally building.
Winners of 2024 Creative Writing Awards Announced
When: 12:00 PM on Fri, April 19
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A poster promoting a workshop on Intelligence in the absence of life.
Dr. Teresa Heffernan is hosting "Intelligence" in the Absence of Life one day workshop at UofT
When: 9:30 AM on Tue, April 9
Where: JHB 100, 170 St George Street
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A poster for the 2024 English Department Creative Writing Awards: Marg贸 Takacs Marshall Prize for Excellence in Short Story Writing and Joyce Marshall Hsia Memorial Poetry Prize
Submissions are now open for the 2024 Department of English Creative Writing Awards
When: 11:59 PM on Fri, April 5
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A SMU Reading Series Poster promoting the last event of its 2023/24 season with poets Gavin Barret and Jennifer LoveGrove on Monday, March, 25, 2024 at 07:00 pm in Atrium 101. Gavin and Jennifer's photos are on the left side of the poster.
The SMU Reading Series welcomes two poets for its last reading of the 2023/24 season
When: 7:00 PM on Mon, March 25
Where: Atrium 101, SMU Campus
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A poster of SMU Reading Series Event with Casey Plett.
Reading + Q&A with SMU's 2024 Writer in Residence Casey Plett
When: 7:00 PM on Wed, March 13
Where: Atrium 101, SMU Campus
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Right to Left - Dr. Rowland Marshall, three top prize winners of 2023 creative writing awards, and Dr. Alexander MacLeod.
Winners of 2023 Poetry and Fiction Prizes Announced
When: 12:00 PM on Wed, May 17
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Poster: Department of English Language and Literature. Graduate Farewell Spring 2023
Graduate Farewell
When: 4:00 PM on Thu, May 18
Where: The Arts Commons (MM 214)
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Dr-Jennifer-Vanderburgh
Nova Scotia launches new Atlantic Media Preservation Laboratory, Margaret Perry exhibit
When: 9:00 AM on Tue, September 27
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Teresa Heffernan
Researcher sparks new conversations about machine learning and robotics
When: 10:05 AM on Thu, June 16
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A photo of Dr. Alexander MacLeod standing behind MacNally Building SMU
‘Lagomorph’ story by Dr. Alexander MacLeod wins Nova Scotia’s top arts prize
When: 11:52 AM on Fri, December 10
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Front and back cover of Politics and the British Novel in the 1970s Book by Dr. Russell Perkins. Name of the book and author written in the first page. Old photo of a yellow cab on a busy street on the front cover.
New Book Examines British Political Turbulence Through Novels of the 1970s
When: 9:00 AM on Fri, July 16
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Authors Frank Macdonald and Tom Ryan standing together
Award-winning local authors at Saint Mary’s Reading Series
When: 10:13 AM on Fri, December 20
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