Amy LeBlanc
Positions
Doctoral Candidate
Sessional Instructor
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
M.A. English, University of Calgary , 2021
B. Ed. Secondary English Language Arts, University of Calgary , 2019
B.A. Honours English and Creative Writing, University of Calgary , 2017
Biography
Amy LeBlanc is a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary and Managing Editor at Canthius. She has also been the program manager for the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program. Amy is the author of I know something you don’t know with Gordon Hill Press (2020, long listed for the 2021 ReLit Award and selected as a finalist for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry), Unlocking with the University of Calgary Press (2021), and Homebodies with Great Plains Publications (2023). Her second poetry collection I used to live here is forthcoming with Gordon Hill Press in 2025. Her fiction and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Room, Arc, The Fiddlehead, Funicular, Canadian Literature, CV2, PRISM International, and the Literary Review of Canada among others. Amy's latest poetry chapbook "Undead Juliet at the Museum" was published with ZED Press in August 2021. Amy is a recipient of the 2020 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award and was a finalist for an Alberta Magazine Publishers Showcase Award for poetry in 2021. She is a recipient of a SSHRC CGS-D award, is a 2022 Killam Laureate, and is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal.
Recent and forthcoming publications:
Articles:
- "(De)composing Gothicism: Disturbing the (eco-)Gothic in Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle," co-authored with Leah Van Dyk, Studies in American Fiction.
- "Gothic Gaming: The Ill Body and the Haunted House in Kitty Horrorshow’s Anatomy," forthcoming in Game Studies.
- "Think about what you don’t get to see”: Reading Ghosts and Unnatural Narration in Leanne Shapton’s Guestbook" forthcoming in The Journal of Narrative Theory (56.1), 2026
- "(Me=Aquarius=very unpredictable) Ghostliness and Temporality in Tamaki & Tamaki’s Skim," in Gnosis.
Book chapters:
- "The Uncanny and Doubling Horror of Childhood: Abject Disruptions in Stranger Things," Black Witches & Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024).
- "‘Do you trust your friends?’: Horror, Narrative Authority, and Parkdale Haunt" forthcoming in Aural Chills and Sounds of Terror: Podcasting Horror (TBC)
- “Love and Queerness at the End of the World: The Collective Catharsis of Sad Girl Music,” co-authored with Ryanne Kap (forthcoming in Music In/As Literature, under contract with Lexington Books).
Creative work:
- "A Moment of Mourning Suspended in Air" (poem), forthcoming in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
- "Someone is Dead," (short story), forthcoming in ReVisions: Speculating in Literature and Film in Canada.
- "Murine" (poem), in The Fiddlehead
- "Fulmination," (poem), Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review.
-"The witch gets sick and her stomach is full of hair" (poem), THIS Magazine.
Research
Areas of Research
- Canadian Gothic Literature
- Haunted House Literature
- Horror Media
- Videogames
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 336.04 | Creative Writing: Across the Genres | Spring 2024 |
| ENGL 436.05 | Popular Genre Writing | Fall 2024 |
| ENGL 251 | Literature and Society | Winter 2025 |
Awards
- Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal, Nominated by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards. 2023
- Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, Killam Trusts. 2022
- CGS-D Award , SSHRC. 2021
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta . 2020
- Eyes High Doctoral Recruitment Award , Faculty of Graduate Studies . 2021
- Kathleen and Russell Lane Canadian Writing Scholarship, 2020
- CGS-M Joseph Bombardier Scholarship, SSHRC. 2020
- Master's Research Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies . 2020
In the News
- Calgary’s Gideon Keys: Petrifying prose or ghoulish guide? UCalgary expert breaks down one of Calgary’s creepiest urban legends. UToday. (2023)
- 2023 Killam Awards winners shape the future through high-impact scholarship. UToday. (2023)
- Killam award winner identifies connections between the haunted house and the sick body. UToday. (2022)
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