Thomas Halford
Visiting Assistant Professor
Program: English
Phone: (709) 639-4805
Email: z53tafh@mun.ca
Office: AS332H
Credentials
B.A., B.Ed. (UNB), M.A., Ph.D. (91亚色)
Research interests
Contemporary Canadian literature (poetry, drama, and prose), Atlantic Canadian literature, surveillance, sousveillance, creative writing, book making, community publishing, the long 18th century (British), Samuel Pepys.
Teaching
First year courses, Canadian literature, creative writing and publishing, the long 18th century (British)
Selected Publications
Books
Halford, Tom. Nightmares of the National Imaginary: Surveillance and Sousveillance in Canadian Literature. U of T Press, 2025.
Peer Reviewed Articles (selected)
Halford, Tom. Sunset Tourism in Kevin Majors One for the Rock, Two for the Tablelands, and Three for Trinity: Travel and Identity in Three Newfoundland and Labrador Crime Novels.&苍产蝉辫;Clues (Fall 2023).
Halford, Tom. Principles to Sort By: Surveillance and the Police in David Adams Richardss Principles to Live By. Studies in Canadian Literature (Winter 2019).
Halford, Tom. A Reconsideration of Surveillance in Michael Winters This All Happened: What Actually Happened? Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. (Spring 2016).
Magazine and Newspaper Articles (selected)
Halford, Tom. Literary Ferment in Western Newfoundland: A West Coast Renaissance Sort Of.&苍产蝉辫;Newfoundland Quarterly (Winter 2024).
Halford, Tom. "New Islands: An Alistair MacLeod story set in Cape Breton is brought to life in Scotland.&苍产蝉辫;Canadian Notes and Queries (Spring 2022).
Halford, Tom. Namwali Serpells Bungee Chord, or Humour in Souvankham Thammavongsas How to Pronounce Knife.&苍产蝉辫;The Miramichi Reader (Fall 2021).
Halford, Tom. A Foggy Sense of Place.&苍产蝉辫;Telegraph Journal. Saint John, NB. 14 April, 2017.
Literary and Artistic Work (selected)
Halford, Tom. The Herbert Breath Preservation Society. Paper View Independent Publishing, 2024.
Halford, Tom. The Abstracts. Paper View Independent Publishing, 2022.
Halford, Tom. Mill Rat. Frog Hollow Press, 2021.
Halford, Tom. Deli Meat: A Novel. Crooked Cat Books, 2018.
Halford, Tom. The Art of Shooting. CBC Literary Awards, Longlisted. 2010.
Halford, Tom. Trends of Buffoonery. CBC Literary Awards, Shortlisted. 2006.
Editing and Publishing Work
Buoys and Markers. Ed. Robert Hengeveld and Tom Halford. Horseshoe Community Press, [Forthcoming 2025].
Preserving Petries by Doris Butt. Ed. Tom Halford, Andrew Testa, and Renee Snook. Horseshoe Community Press, 2024.
Antlerman by Jeremy Wills. Ed. Tom Halford, Andrew Testa, and Renee Snook. Horseshoe Community Press, 2024.
The Photographer: Three Haunting Tales by Mervyn Dean. Ed. Tom Halford, Andrew Testa, and Renee Snook. Horseshoe Community Press, 2023.