SFU Department of English

09/03/2026

Catch Professor Paul Budra this Saturday at Bard on the Beach and gain a deeper understanding of Shakespeare's "Macbeth"!

09/02/2026

We are excited to share that Dr. Diana Solomon has been promoted to full professor! Prof. Solomon is known for her engaging classes focused on everything from 18th-century drama to role playing games. She also delights students, faculty, and staff when she brings her corgi companion, Rookie, to campus!

09/01/2026

Lunch Poems at SFU is a unique opportunity to celebrate poetry and is held the third Wednesday of every month, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

08/31/2026

Bursary applications are now open for SFU students!
You may be eligible to apply if you:
-have demonstrated financial need (as assessed by SFU)
-are enrolled in at least 9 units of standard graded courses this term.
Learn more: https://www.sfu.ca/students/financial-aid/undergraduate/bursaries.html

08/27/2026

"Dolly Parton spent the last 31 years of her life ensuring that no child grew up the way her father did, without access to books. At the time of her death, the Imagination Library had expanded to mail 270 million books to children in five countries."

I signed my first baby up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library when she was one week old, at the advice of her pediatrician. It was May 2020, and the pandemic was just beginning to close its fist…

08/26/2026

Volunteer applications are open for ! 📚💛
https://writersfest.bc.ca/volunteer-information

Our incredible team of 350+ volunteers is the backbone of our flagship October Festival. Vancouver Writers Fest volunteers are high school students, retirees, and everything in between. They represent a diverse and impressive range of skills and backgrounds.

👉 Volunteers must be 16 or older to apply.
👉 Volunteer roles are available from September through October.
👉 Volunteer Orientation sessions for Festival Week (October 18–25) roles will be held on the evenings of Oct. 13 and 15 on Granville Island. Festival Week volunteers must attend one of these sessions.

Apply by September 28, 2026 at midnight!

08/25/2026

Check out this festival, which features SFU English alumnus Jordan Abel, and our former writer-in-residence Anakana Schofield!

Don’t miss out on this year’s Victoria Festival of Authors tickets! Get your tickets now through our website: https://victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/events

08/24/2026

SFU English is proud to host legendary poets Carole David and Daphne Marlatt on Friday, October 2nd (7-9 PM) at SFU's Harbour Centre campus (HCC 1800 Terasen Cinema). Don't miss your opportunity to hear these award-winning writers read from and discuss their work.
Learn more and RSVP.
https://tinyurl.com/3e75mu3h

08/21/2026

Why don't people read as much as they used to, and what can we do about it? This Literary Hub article says that the decline in reading predates the invention of the smartphone, and proposes a number of ways we can ensure that reading will endure in the years to come.
Read the full article to learn more.

Did smartphones kill reading? In The Atlantic, Rose Horowitch laments that “The Age of Reading is Over.” We still, she observes, encounter many words, but increasingly find them in emails, text mes…

08/20/2026

ATTN: SFU English majors! Applications are now being accepted for the Shenul Dhalla Undergraduate Award in English. You are eligible to apply for this award if you are in good academic standing, have completed at least 60 credits, and will be enrolled in at least 9 credit hours in Fall 2026.
Deadline to apply: September 15th
Learn more on our website.
https://www.sfu.ca/english/undergraduate/funding/current-opportunities.html