There is accounting, and then there is accountability–accountability understood in terms of legal obligations and democratic answerability. Alanis Obomsawin’s new documentary on Attawapiskat... More
A talk by David L. Clark Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University Immanuel Kant’s last texts move from the labour of critique to more palpably social and political... More
The holidays have just rolled past and for most of us that means the carnival of all our extended family have made the rounds as well. And although I don’t want to get into too much personal detail... More
The dumpster, all tumored with lazily tossed garbage bags, jittered from side to side, as if prepping to explode. A few feet from its open hatch, I stood holding a little nine-inch TV set, with power... More
Carleton University’s English Department is set to host an important and relevant event on the binary structure of gender. The event is titled ‘Gender Failure’, and will feature a... More
The English Department is thrilled to announce that the 2012-2013 Munro Beattie Lecture will be delivered by celebrated Irish poet, Paul Muldoon. Muldoon has been described by The Times... More
Jeremy Hanson-Finger, a recent graduate of both the English BA and MA programs, has received a book contract from Montreal-based independent press 8th House. The contract is for his... More
Joshua Ferris’ first novel Then We Came To The End was exactly the kind of over-clever (it’s written in the first-person-plural, as in: We roll our eyes at the debut novelists anxious bid for... More
After graduating with an undergrad degree in biology, Emma Peacocke decided to volunteer with the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece…Read more... More
Marcus Creaghan is a fourth year English student who shares some of his thoughts and experiences in FASS blog entries here I never really get any better at the full-court press of a new fall... More
