Student life
UNB’s English program offers you the chance to work with award-winning authors, bond with fellow students and listen to emerging and established Canadian authors.
Learn, socialize and listen
Writer-in-residence
Jaspreet Singh
Jaspreet Singh’s short pieces have appeared in Granta, Brick, Walrus, Zoetrope, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the New York Times. He is the author of the poetry collections November and How to Hold a Pebble; the novels Helium, Chef, and Face; the story collection Seventeen Tomatoes; and the memoir My Mother, My Translator.
Office hours
- Fall: Virtual appointments
- Winter: In person or virtual appointments
Apply now to be our 2025 Writer in Residence
Albert Ross Undergraduate English Society
The Albert Ross Undergraduate English Society seeks to cultivate a strong sense of community in the UNB English department for undergraduate students. Students from any faculty are welcome to join.
Through its events, students can develop stronger professional ties and friendly relationships with their professors.
According to legend, the original Albert Ross Society got its name from an undergraduate student’s essay on Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The student did not read the poem, but incorporated what he had overheard about it from other students. The student, having misunderstood the word “albatross,” re-invented the bird as a man named “Albert Ross.”
After a hiatus, the society re-launched in 2017.
The Albert Ross Undergraduate English Society can be reached at englishsocietyunb@gmail.com.
Visiting Writers Series
For decades, the Department of English has organized readings and reading tours by a diverse range of emerging and established Canadian authors, including Craig Davidson, Liz Howard, Lee Maracle, Don McKay, Heather O'Neill and Eden Robinson.
The English department’s readings are free and open to all members of the public. By inviting to Fredericton a wide range of authors working in multiple genres and from many points of view, we hope to contribute to our audience’s engagement with and appreciation of the literary arts.
