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MSt tutor Mary Jean Chan reading at Kellogg College, Oxford on Thursday 19th May
This Thursday, 19 May, there will be poetry readings and discussion with two acclaimed poets, Theophilus Kwek and Mary Jean Chan, who will be in conversation with Niall Munro. This event will run from 17:30-18:30 in the Mawby Room, Kellogg … Continue reading
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Register now for translation workshop celebrating the first anthology of Ethiopian Amharic poetry in English
Songs We Learn from Trees: Translation workshop and reading 5 May 2022 All are welcome to join the Translation Exchange and translator Chris Beckett, to work together translating an Amharic poem into English. *No knowledge of Amharic is necessary to join … Continue reading
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MSt tutor, poet and novelist Helen Mort, to speak about her forthcoming book in Oxford on 15 February
In the Oxford Centre for Life Writing Weinrebe Lecture, Helen Mort will discuss her forthcoming book, A Line Above the Sky, which melds memoir and nature writing to ask why humans are drawn to danger, and how we can find … 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Novel Prize 2020, “a new biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world”.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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MSt tutors Jenny Lewis & George Szirtes read at Poets & Writers Studio International, Sat 9 Jan 2021
MSt tutors Jenny Lewis & George Szirtes will be reading at Poets & Writers Studio International, organised by Sudeep Sen and Indran Amirthanayagam on Saturday 9 Jan 2021 at 4 pm (GMT)/11 am (EST)/9.30 pm (IST). https://tinyurl.com/y3sm2v6s
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MSt alumnus Nabin Chhetri commissioned by Stanza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival
MSt alumnus Nabin Chhetri has been commissioned to write a poem for Stanza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival. More details at the Stanza site
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MSt alumna Laura Theis’ “How to Extricate Yourself” published by Dempsey & Windle
MSt alumna Laura Theis collecttion “How to Extricate Yourself” has been published by Dempsey & Windle From the announcement: “What would it be like to be a writer in residence on the moon? Or to wake up with hair made … Continue reading
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