Category Archives: Alumni News

MSt alumna Jingan Young’s poem “Plum Nest” has won the 2018 Bi’An Award for Poetry. About the prize: “The Bi’an Award is a new writing competition open to UK-based writers of Chinese heritage and supported by Arts Council England, Arvon and … Continue reading →

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargrave’s The Way Past Winter is the Sunday Times’ Children’s Book of the Year 2018 for the age group over 12. More on this (behind paywall)

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MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s Booker-shortlisted novel Everything Under is one of the Guardian’s “Best Books of the Year“, and one of Lithub’s Favourite Books of 2018.

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MSt alumni Daisy Johnson and Kiran Millwood Hargrave have been shortlisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year for Daisy’s Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Everything Under (Jonathan Cape) and Kiran’s The Way Past Winter (Chicken House). https://www.thebookseller.com/news/johnson-and-millwood-hargrave-battle-it-out-blackwells-book-year-885076

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MSt alumni Majella Kelly and Art Allen have won First and Third Prizes respectively, in the Ambit Poetry Competition. The poems, on the theme of ‘Home’ and judged by Malika Booker, are available to read online.

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The Guardian’s podcast with MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Jessie Burton talking about feminist fairytales is available online. From the announcement: “On this week’s show, we’re talking feminist fairytales with Jessie Burton and Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Burton’s latest book, … Continue reading →

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MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s Everything Under has been shortlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize, 2018. From the announcement: “The Man Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK and Ireland. This … Continue reading →

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MSt alumna Maya Popa’s “The Bees have been cancelled” is a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. You can read about it and order it from the Society

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