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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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MSt alumna Sophy Roberts interviewed about her book, “The Lost Pianos of Siberia” on Music Matters on Radio Three

MSt alumna Sophy Roberts was interviewed about her book The Lost Pianos of Siberia on Music Matters on BBC Radio Three. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is published by Doubleday in the UK (February 2020), and Grove Press in the … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel “What’s Left Of Me Is Yours” to be published on 21st April, and listed in The Observer

MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel What’s Left Of Me Is Yours will be published on 21st April, simultaneously in the USA, Canada, UK & Commonwealth. Stephanie has also been named one of The Observer’s ‘Ten Best Debut Novelists for 2020’ … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Marian Womack’s novel “The Golden Key” published by Titan Books

MSt tutor Marian Womack’s novel The Golden Key has been published by Titan Books. From the release note: “After the death of Queen Victoria, England heaves with the uncanny. Séances are held and the dead are called upon from darker … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s novel “The Mercies” published in the UK & the US.

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s novel The Mercies has been published in the UK & the US. From the UK announcement (Picador): “The Sunday Times Bestseller‘A gripping novel . . . Beautiful and chilling’ – Madeline Miller, author of Circe … Continue reading

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MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis at Carcanet’s 50 year celebration, Oxford, 20 Feb 2020

MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis will be reading at Carcanet’s 50 year celebration, Oxford, 20 Feb 2020. The announcement: “Thursday 20 Feb 2020, 17:30 to 19:00 Location:T S Eliot TheatreMerton CollegeOxfordOX1 4JD Description:Celebrate Fifty Years of Carcanet Press … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Majella Kelly’s “City Poems” out on 20th, 21st Feb 2020

Announcement from the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and ignition Press: “The Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre is delighted to announce the publication of three new ignitionpress poetry pamphlets: City Poems by Mia KangHush by Majella KellyHinge by Alycia PirmohamedWe will be launching them next … Continue reading

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MSt alumni Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Daisy Johnson in conversation, Blackwells, Oxford, 8th Feb 2020

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave will be in conversation with fellow alumna Daisy Johnson at Blackwells in Oxford, 8th Feb 2020. They will be talking about Kiran’s new novel, The Mercies. From the announcement: “‘A gripping novel inspired by a … Continue reading

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MSt director Dr Clare Morgan in the Wall Street Journal on poetry and business.

MSt director Dr Clare Morgan shared her thoughts on “The Hidden Power of Poetry to Make Better Entrepreneurs” with the Wall Street Journal . The article (paywall) is available here.

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s children’s novel “The Cure for a Crime” launch, London 15th January 2020

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