Roger Williams  x in conversation with Lyse Doucet

Roger Williams was born and raised in South Wales. He settled in Montreal after completing a Master’s degree at New Brunswick University and his doctorate at the University of Wales in Cardiff. 

He enjoyed a thirty-year career at Marianopolis College as a teacher and administrator. He taught a wide variety of English literature courses, while never letting a semester go by without at least one course on the plays of Shakespeare.

In retirement he and his wife, Kate, divide their time between Sutton and Lake Memphremagog, where Kate’s family has lived for many decades. Roger’s enthusiasm for Shakespeare has been kept alive by teaching at the Bishop’s University extension program in Knowlton, and giving public seminars to interested audiences.

Rogers has also continued to be an avid advocate and literacy supporter, participating in Knowlton Literacy Festival for many years, introducing festival authors to audiences, in addition to interviewing authors!