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Category Archives: Tutor News
What I’m Reading Now
Departmental Lecturer Barney Norris shares some of his current reading and research focuses. I read a couple of hundred books a year; in the last week, Michael Kaiser’s The Art of the Turnaround, a memoir that’s also a how-to guide … Continue reading
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Ingrid Persaud nominated for the Encore Award
We are delighted to learn that MSt tutor Ingrid Persaud has been nominated for the RSL Encore Award for her novel The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh. Awarded to an exceptional second novel, past winners of the Encore include … Continue reading
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Reflecting on the passing of Athol Fugard
The Guardian recently published Departmental Lecturer Barney Norris’s tribute to the playwright and novelist Athol Fugard, who has died at the age of 92. You can read the full text below: I feel that Athol Fugard and his wife, … Continue reading
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Camille Ralphs publishes collection with Faber
While the MSt blog was hibernating, MSt tutor and former student Camille Ralphs published her first collection with Faber and Faber – a thrilling landmark in an already prestigious career. Heartfelt congratulations to Camille.
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Barney Norris’s new play opens in London
Departmental Lecturer Barney Norris’s new play, Second Best, inspired by the novel of the same name by David Foenkinos, opens on January 24th at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), the play is directed by Michael Longhurst … Continue reading
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Course Director Dr Clare Morgan appearing at the Oxford Literary Festival on 31 March 2023
On 31 March at 6pm, MSt Course Director Dr Clare Morgan will be in conversation with fellow writer Susan Sellers, discussing how and why the radically experimental and pioneering writers Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield continue to inspire contemporary writing. … Continue reading
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Course Director Dr Clare Morgan in conversation with Tim Pears in Oxford on 2 March
MSt Course Director Dr Clare Morgan will discuss her writing with fellow short fiction writer Tim Pears, at Waterstones in Oxford on Thursday 2nd March. For more information and to book a ticket click here.
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Dr Clare Morgan giving seminar on ‘Writing the Short Story,’ 24th November at Kellogg College, Oxford
Dr Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt in Creative Writing, will be giving a seminar on ‘Writing the Short Story’ at the Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing on Thursday 24th November. The session will take place in the Mawby … Continue reading
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MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s ‘The Claim’ is The Guardian’s Poem of the Week
‘The Claim,’ from Jane Draycott’s recently published fifth collection, The Kingdom, has been selected by Carol Rumen’s as Poem of the Week in The Guardian. Also in The Guardian, David Morley wrote that Jane’s work demonstrates, “a patient intelligence of … Continue reading
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MSt tutor Jamie McKendrick reading from his recent poetry collection in Oxford 20 November
Oxford’s Woodstock Bookshop will be hosting its first in-store poetry event on 20 November, when MSt tutor Jamie McKendrick will be joined by Jennie Feldman to give readings from their most recent collections. Jamie will be reading from Anomaly (Faber … Continue reading
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