Wilkes University English Department

04/22/2026

Thanks to those who came to our chilly spring picnic yesterday! Here are some photos of spring blooms at Kirby Hall from last week in honor of Earth Day (taken by Dr. Davis)! Our students are in the home stretch of the semester!

04/14/2026

The Wilkes University English Department will conclude the 2026 Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series with a presentation by guest author Lauren Klein at 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 14, in the Kirby Hall Salon, 202 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre. This event is free and open to the public.

We hope you will join us!

Learn more at on News at Wilkes: https://news.wilkes.edu/2026/04/06/scholar-lauren-klein-concludes-allen-hamilton-dickson-spring-writers-series/

02/25/2026

The Wilkes University English Department cordially invites you to join us tonight as we launch our 2026 Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series with this year's first featured writer, poet Brionne Janae, who will be reading at 7:00 PM in the Kirby Hall Salon. We hope to see you there!

For more details on tonight’s reading and on the rest of 2026 Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series schedule, see the link below:

Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series

10/13/2025

All English Majors and Minors are invited to attend the annual English Department Fall picnic on Tuesday, October 14 from 11:00 - 12:30 on the Kirby Hall lawn.

02/01/2024

Students from Professor Hamill's ENG 201 class travelled to Washington, DC in December to see _The Winter's Tale_ at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre.

12/08/2023

English Senior Capstone Presentations - Wednesday, December 13 at 1:00 p.m. in the Kirby Hall Salon.

10/30/2023

Manuscript Halloween Reading - October 30 - 6:00 p.m. - Kirby Hall Salon

10/04/2023

English Majors/Minors Fall picnic yesterday featuring Dr. Hamill as the grill master! Fun time had by all!

09/30/2022

All English Majors and Minors are invited to join faculty for the annual fall picnic to be held on Tuesday, October 4 from 11:00-12:45 on the Kirby Hall lawn.

09/30/2022

All English Majors and Minors are invited to join faculty at the annual Fall picnic to be held on Tuesday, October 4 from 11:00-12:45 on the Kirby Hall lawn.

03/17/2022

SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022 AT 9:30 AM – 3 PM
May Poetry Retreat
Frances Slocum State Park