Category Archives: MSt News

MSt alumnus Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award

The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) is pleased to announce Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for his manuscript The Oxford Soju Club. The judges say, “Park’s accomplished fiction manuscript is a riveting ‘tale of … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Ben Brown’s play A Splinter of Ice at the Jermyn Theatre

“Moscow, 1987. As the Cold War begins to thaw, one of the great novelists of the twentieth century, Graham Greene, meets his old MI6 boss and notorious Soviet spy, Kim Philby. The two men raise their vodka glasses and talk … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Sharath Jeevan publishes with Hachette

Described by the publisher as, ‘an inspirational manifesto for re-igniting our passion for life and our inner drive,’ MSt Alumnus Sharath Jeevan’s new book is written to help the reader achieve more lasting fulfilment. Published on 2 September 2021, Intrinsic … Continue reading

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Dr Clare Morgan, MSt founder and director, judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021

Dr Clare Morgan, founder and director of the MSt in Creative Writing, will this month be judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021. In a town in which the history of the English language can be traced back by centuries, … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Chris Viner to publish novella with J. New Books

MSt alumnis Chris Viner has a new book coming out with J. New Books on 1 August 2021. A portion of the royalities from novella Brief Tenancies will go to the Foundation for Peace. A trailer for the publication can … Continue reading

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Alumni Publications – and Successes

Given all the wonderful successes of our alumni, we’ve decided to create a list. This is by no means complete, and we will be updating it as we go along. It’s in alphabetical order (work in progress), by first name, … Continue reading

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MSt alumna MJ Holmes’s novella “Don’t Tell the Bees” published by Ad Hoc Fiction

MSt alumna MJ Holmes’s novella Don’t Tell the Bees , which won the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award has been published by Ad Hoc Fiction. The judge of the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award , Michael Loveday, said: “WThe winning novella is a story … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee & MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee in the BookClub Show online

MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee and MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee spoke to the BookClub Show, about Jing-Jing’s Woman’s Prize for Fiction shortlisted novel How We Disappeared.

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MSt alumna Camille Ralphs appointed Poetry Editor at the Times Literary Supplement

MSt alumna Camille Ralphs has been appointed Poetry Editor at the Times Literary Supplement, the first woman ever hold the role. Camille also has a second pamphlet forthcoming, with If A Leaf Falls Press.

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MSt director Dr Clare Morgan in the Wall Street Journal on poetry and business.

MSt director Dr Clare Morgan shared her thoughts on “The Hidden Power of Poetry to Make Better Entrepreneurs” with the Wall Street Journal . The article (paywall) is available here.

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