Category Archives: Alumni News

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 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’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 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’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 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 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 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 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 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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