There is still time to register to join International Spenser Society & Shakespeare Assoc of America for #Spenser & #Shakespeare @ Random Jan 29, 12pm EST/5pm GMT! We'll randomly choose a sonnet by each to close read gleefully together. Free, all welcome. Register: lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Have you listened yet to the January episode of Kat Addis's Shepheardes Calendar podcast? It has everything: Colin, nature, Beyonce, song, poetry (in two languages), cathedral bells, ice, sheep. Listen now! occasionoftheseason.substack.com/podcast

Don't miss International Spenser Society & Shakespeare Assoc of America's joint #Spenser & #Shakespeare @ Random TODAY Jan 29, 12pm EST/5pm GMT! We'll close read a random sonnet by each poet. Free fun and frivolity, all welcome. Register here: lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Thanks for joining us for #Spenser at Random yesterday, with our Shax Assoc of America friends! We talked Amoretti 51 and Shax's sonnet 1. Being in the "sudden dumps" was never this fun.

International Spenser Society invites abstracts for a session on "Catastrophizing Spenser" at #mla26 in Toronto. Send abstracts by March 14! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webpr…

Happy February. Be honest: are you team oak or team briar?

Mark your calendars for our next #Spenser at Random: we'll gather on Zoom on Monday, Feb. 24, 12pm EST/5pm GMT, to randomly select a #stanza from #TheFaerieQueene and see where the close reading takes us. Free; all welcome. Register: lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We also have big digital news: the International Spenser Society's new website is now live! Visit us at  spensersociety.org

Our next #Spenser at Random is a fortnight from today! We'll gather on Zoom on Monday, Feb. 24, 12pm EST/5pm GMT. The digital fates will decide on which #stanza from #TheFaerieQueene we close read in random, jovial crews. Free; all welcome. Register: lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Consider joining International Spenser Society at #mla26 in Toronto! We invite abstracts for a session on "Catastrophizing Spenser"; send proposals by March 14! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webpr…

We are one week away from our next #Spenser at Random! Join us on Zoom Monday, Feb. 24, 12pm EST/5pm GMT, when we randomly selected a #stanza from #TheFaerieQueene to close read together in gleeful, equally random groups. Free; all welcome. Register: lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

CFP for MLA 2026! "Unsettling Colonialism: Pasts & Futures of Settler Colonialism." Send short proposals & cv by 15 March 2025 to Susanne Wofford ([email protected]). More info here: mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webpr…

It's not too late to register for our #Spenser at Random TODAY, Monday, Feb. 24, 12pm EST/5pm GMT, on Zoom. Join us for fun, frivolity, and good times as we close read a randomly selected #stanza from #TheFaerieQueene. Free; all welcome. Register: lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Have you seen our new website? It's snazzy by any standard, and pretty much the most Spenserian place you'll find on the web. spensersociety.org

If you're going to be in the vicinity of Brighton on April 5, consider joining this exciting marathon reading of #Milton's #ParadiseLost. It's not #TheFaerieQueene, but it's still quite the epic. hollingdeanwednesdays.com/paradise-lost-…

You've got two weeks to submit a proposal for International Spenser Society's session on "Catastrophizing Spenser" at #mla26 in Toronto! Send proposals by March 14! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webpr…

#Spenser-ish CFP for MLA 2026: "Unsettling Colonialism: Pasts & Futures of Settler Colonialism." Send short proposals & cv by 15 March 2025 to Susanne Wofford ([email protected]). More info here: mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webpr…

Proposals are due tomorrow, March 14, for papers for International Spenser Society's session on "Catastrophizing Spenser" at #mla26 in Toronto! Send your abstract! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webpr…