Author Archives: Kate Longworth

MSt Alumna Rose Edwards publishes new novel, The Ember Days

MSt alumna Rose Edwards has published her second novel with UCLan. The Ember Days follows Rose’s earlier novel, The Harm Tree, on 7 October. “Exiled from a broken land, two friends try to escape the darkness they left behind them. Together … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award

The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) is pleased to announce Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for his manuscript The Oxford Soju Club. The judges say, “Park’s accomplished fiction manuscript is a riveting ‘tale of … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Ben Brown’s play A Splinter of Ice at the Jermyn Theatre

“Moscow, 1987. As the Cold War begins to thaw, one of the great novelists of the twentieth century, Graham Greene, meets his old MI6 boss and notorious Soviet spy, Kim Philby. The two men raise their vodka glasses and talk … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Sharath Jeevan publishes with Hachette

Described by the publisher as, ‘an inspirational manifesto for re-igniting our passion for life and our inner drive,’ MSt Alumnus Sharath Jeevan’s new book is written to help the reader achieve more lasting fulfilment. Published on 2 September 2021, Intrinsic … Continue reading

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Dr Clare Morgan, MSt founder and director, judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021

Dr Clare Morgan, founder and director of the MSt in Creative Writing, will this month be judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021. In a town in which the history of the English language can be traced back by centuries, … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Chris Viner to publish novella with J. New Books

MSt alumnis Chris Viner has a new book coming out with J. New Books on 1 August 2021. A portion of the royalities from novella Brief Tenancies will go to the Foundation for Peace. A trailer for the publication can … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jennifer Thorp receives Ireland Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award

The Irish Government, in partnership with the Arts Council for Ireland, has announced that Jennifer Thorp will be a recipient of the Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award bursary scheme for artists in 2021. The award, named in honour of artist … Continue reading

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MSt Tutor Jenny Lewis reads with the exiled Iraqi poet, Adnan Al-Sayegh, at the Cardiff Poetry Festival at 11am on 18 April.

Adnan Al-Sayegh and Jenny Lewis will be reading from their ground-breaking dual-language Arabic/English version of part of Al-Sayegh’s astonishing anti-war epic poem ‘Uruk’s Anthem’. Giving voice to the profound despair of the Iraqi experience of recent wars, this superb translation … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Lani Yamamoto’s ‘Ours and Others’ shortlisted for the 2020 Novel Prize

MSt alumna Lani Yamamoto’s Ours and Others has been shortlisted for The Novel Prize 2020, “a new biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world”. The publishers are … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams’ “Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries” long-listed for the 2021 Wingate Literary Prize

MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams’ Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries, published in 2020 and  co-edited with Cesar Merchan-Hamann, has been long-listed for the 2021 Wingate Literary Prize.     From the Wingate Prize announcement: “The 2021 Wingate Literary Prize long list explores … Continue reading

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