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MSt alumna Maya Popa runner up for the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize 2020

MSt alumna Maya Popa is the runner up for whe Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize 2020. Read more about the prize, Maya, and the other winners here.

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MSt tutor Jamie McKendrick’s Poem on the Underground “Out There”

View the poem at Poems on the Underground

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MSt tutor Ella Hickson appointed Associate Artist at the Old Vic

MSt tutor Ella Hickson has been announced as the Old Vic Theatre’s new Associate Artist, hosting Creatives’ Corner instagram live chat, Wednesdays at 3pm. From the Old Vic’s website: “We are delighted to announce award-winning playwright Ella Hickson as our … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Laura Theis winner of the Mogford Prize for Food & Drink Writing

MSt alumna Laura Theis won the 2020 Mogford Prize for Food & Drink Writing for “The Lift”. The prize was judged by Jeremy Mogford, Stephen Fry and Prue Leith. Read about the prize and Laura, read and download “The Lift” … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel “What’s Left of Me is Yours” published by Orion Books

MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel What’s Left of Me is Yours has been published by Orion Books in the UK, and around the world. Some of the reviews (from Orion Books):

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MSt alumna Maya Popa reads for The Paris Review

MSt alumna Maya Popa’s reading of Lisel Mueller is now available online. The announcement from The Paris Review: In our new series of videograms, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times—broadcasting straight from their couches … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Susie Campbell’s poetry pamphlet “Tenter” published by Guillemot Press.

MSt alumna Susie Campbell’s poetry pamphlet Tenter has been published by Guillemot Press. From the announcement: “Tenter is named after the tenter-frames on which cloth is stretched (using tenter-hooks). The poems weave around the making of the Bayeux tapestry as … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Patrick Toland shortlisted for 2020 Hippocrates Poetry Prize

MSt alumnus Patrick Toland’s poem “By Virtue of the Merits of her Son” has been shortlisted for 2020 FPM-Hippocrates Health Professional Poetry award. The winners in the 2020 Hippocrates will be announced by the judges during the second Poems to Live … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee’s “How We Disappeared” longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction

MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee’s novel How We Disappeared has been longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. The twelve books on the longlist are: THE NARROW LAND by Christine Dwyer Hickey (Atlantic) THE PARISIAN by Isabella Hammad … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee’s “How We Disappeared” longlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction

MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee’s How We Disappeared has been longlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The shortlist will be announced on 22nd April and the winner on 3rd June The longlist is (links to Guardian reviews): Djinn Patrol … Continue reading

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