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MSt tutor Jane Draycott reading at the British Library, 26 Nov 2018

MSt tutor Jane Draycott will be reading at the British Library on Monday 26 Nov 2018 for Carcanet’s “What makes a Classic?” From the announcement: One generation’s classics look quite different from another’s. So how do you define them? To … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis at the Stanford University Centre, Oxford, 20th Nov 2018

MSt tutor Jenny Lewis will be at the Stanford University Centre in Oxford on the 20th of November 2018, 5 – 7 pm. From the announcement: Translating Trauma: Creative Responses to War and Conflict British poet Jenny Lewis and Iraqi … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’ “Gilgamesh Retold” launches in London, Oxford, 3rd, 4th Oct, 11th Nov 2018

Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh’s city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Maya Popa interviews MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis for Carcanet blog

Jane Draycott and Jenny Lewis: Recalibrating the Classics MSt alumna Maya Popa interviewed MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis for Carcanet blog, which is now available to read online. From the announcement; “This week on the blog, Jenny Lewis and Jane Draycott talk … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s work in three new anthologies

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s work features in three new anthologies coming out in 2018: The Asian Writer, A Decade (Dahlia Press), to be launched at the Asian Writer Festival 2018 (Oct 20th) Paper Mirrors, (Crocus/Commonword), to be launched at the … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Helen Mort and student Phoebe Stuckes read at the Festival Hall, 23 Oct 2018

MSt tutor Helen Mort and student Phoebe Stuckes will be reading at Festival Hall  Oct 23rd in And the Air Sang: 20 Years of Foyle Young Poets an event celebrating 20 years of The Poetry Society’s award, and featuring readings … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Anna Beer’s “Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh”: events on radio & in London, October 2018

MSt tutor Anna Beer will be talking about her new book Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh at several events in London in October, and, on 22 October 2018, will be on Radio 4’s Start … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki at the Margate Bookie Literary Festival , 29 Sept 2018

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be appearing at the Margate Bookie Literary Festival From the announcement: “29 September, 1-2pm, Turner Contemporary Art Gallery: MY FAMILY AND OTHER SECRETS Meet three writers whose books are about difficult dads, manipulative mums and … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s SI Leeds Literary Prize Reading, 14 Sept 2018, London

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be reading for SI Leeds Literary Prize Readings at Richmix in London,  14 September About the prize, from their website: “The SI Leeds Literary Prize The SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial prize for … Continue reading

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MSt director Clare Morgan and tutors Alice Jolly and Roopa Farooki at Writing Coach event

MSt director Clare Morgan and tutors Alice Jolly and Roopa Farooki participated in a Writing Coach panel discussion on “Routes to Publication”, at the Google Digital Academy on 16th August 2018. (Pictured with Louise Dougherty, John Mitchinson from Unbound, Jacqui … Continue reading

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