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Category Archives: MSt News
Gilgamesh Retold by MSt tutor Jenny Lewis to be dramatised and performed as a verse play in Oxford
MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’s Gilgamesh Retold (Carcanet Classics, 2018) was heralded on publication as being, ‘innovative, graceful, erudite and utterly unputdownable,’ and selected as a book of the year by publications including New Statesman, London Review of Books and The New … Continue reading
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Dr Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, publishes new collection of short stories
In a new short story collection published by Seren on 22 September, MSt Director Clare Morgan offers a fresh perspective on the nature of individual existence in all its transient vulnerability. Scar Tissue ranges broadly in geographic scope. From deep … Continue reading
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John Murray snaps up ‘dark and subversive’ debut novel from MSt alum Christine Anne Foley
John Murray has snapped up a “dark, subversive and surprising” book from MSt alum Christine Anne Foley. Jocasta Hamilton, publisher, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Bodies at auction from Sara O’Keefe at Aevitas. It will publish in summer 2023. … Continue reading
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MSt tutor Mary Jean Chan reading at Kellogg College, Oxford on Thursday 19th May
This Thursday, 19 May, there will be poetry readings and discussion with two acclaimed poets, Theophilus Kwek and Mary Jean Chan, who will be in conversation with Niall Munro. This event will run from 17:30-18:30 in the Mawby Room, Kellogg … Continue reading
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MSt tutor Dr Anna Beer’s new book forthcoming from Oneworld
In her new book, Dr Anna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature. Eve Bites Back places the female contemporaries of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton centre stage in the history … Continue reading
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Register now for translation workshop celebrating the first anthology of Ethiopian Amharic poetry in English
Songs We Learn from Trees: Translation workshop and reading 5 May 2022 All are welcome to join the Translation Exchange and translator Chris Beckett, to work together translating an Amharic poem into English. *No knowledge of Amharic is necessary to join … Continue reading
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MSt students Anna Seidel & Caroline King advocate for interdisciplinary convergence with their platform The Napkin Poetry Review
Though the pandemic has posed many challenges for students, it has also bred virtual community building leading to innovative ideas and creative ventures. One such virtual project brought to life by MSt student Anna Seidel and alumna Caroline King is … Continue reading
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MSt alumna Katherine MacInnes publishes new book, Snow Widows
Snow Widows mines never-before-seen archive material to reconstruct the lives of five women – wives, mothers and sisters of the men participating in Robert Falcon Scott’s polar expedition – MSt alumna Katherine MacInnes offers a fresh and utterly different perspective … Continue reading
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MSt tutor Barney Norris’s play, The Wellspring, touring UK venues in 2022
This timely and intimate work from MSt tutor and award-winning playwright Barney Norris (The Remains Of The Day) and his father, the internationally acclaimed pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris, examines that age-old story of a boy and his dad, … Continue reading
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MSt tutor James Hawes’s book, Brilliant Isles, now available
A companion book to the landmark BBC2 television documentary series to be broadcast from April to June 2022, Brilliant Isles tells the turbulent story of British creativity through 80 stunning works or art, music, literature and architecture.
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