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- Russian Roulette The Life and Times of Graham Greene | a new book by Richard Greene
- Lords of Empire: Emperor Hulking | a new graphic novel by Tony Oliveira, recent PhD
- Modernist Life Histories | a new book by Daniel Newman
- The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology | a forthcoming book edited by Karina Vernon
- The Aesthetics of Senescence: Ageing, Population, and the Nineteenth-Century British Novel | a new book by Andrea Charise
- Singing in a Foreign Land: Anglo-Jewish Poetry, 1812-1847 | a new book by Karen A. Weisman
- The Matter of Song in Early Modern England | a forthcoming book by Katherine Larson
- Reproduction| a new novel by Ian Williams; winner of 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Language | a forthcoming book edited by Lynne Magnusson (with David Schalkwyk)
- Poetics of the Pillory: English Literature and Seditious Libel 1660-1820 | a forthcoming book by Thomas Keymer
- Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law | a new book by Cheryl Suzack
- Jane Austen: Writing, Society, Politics | a new book by Tom Keymer
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Highlights:
Back-to-Back Giller Prizes for Department Alumni
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Congratulations to Souvankham Thammavongsa (BA English, 2003) on winning the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her book, How To Pronounce Knife.
Photo by Sarah Bodri
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Congratulations to Ian Williams (PhD, 2005) on winning this years Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Reproduction.
Photo by The Canadian Press, Chris Young
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News & Notices:
For Instructors:
The English Online Learning Committee has created video tutorials for Bb Collaborate, Zoom & Snagit for online teaching purposes.
In the News:
- The New Linda Munk Scholarship for Incoming MAs.
The scholarship will be awarded based on exceptional academic merit to one full-time graduate student, preferably a Masters Student, in the University of Toronto's Department of English. The annual value is $20,000. For more information, click here.
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Read the Accolades page for news regarding our faculty and students.
Events:
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English Newsmakers:
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Frying Plantain is the acclaimed debut novel by Zalika Reid-Benta, who graduated from U of T with a BA Hons in English and Cinema Studies. Read more about Zalika, who was listed in CBC's "6 Canadian Writers to Watch in 2019," here:
https://www.zalikareidbenta.com/
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Listen to Professor Nick Mount's take on the humanities evolving instead of declining.
More on CBC Radio.
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Professor Katherine William's seminar on disability at Innis College creates a sense of community.
More in UofT News.
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