Monthly Archives: September 2015

MSt alumna Jennifer Thorp’s libretto premieres at the Britten Theatre, 14th-15th Oct 2015.

The Choice is part of a collaboration between Vocal Futures and The English Concert to showcase Handel in a modern frame. Two ancient goddesses compete over the future of a young, privileged soldier: MSt alumna Jennifer Thorp wrote the libretto … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis on being one of the “Mulberry Bush Women of the Year 2015”

One of my students very sweetly nominated me as a ‘Mulberry Bush Women of the Year 2015’ and I was duly invited to lunch at Balliol. I was surprised and grateful to be nominated as the nominees are chosen as … Continue reading

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Marti Leimbach, 4 November 2015

“Writing Scandalously: Serious Sex Scenes for the Non-Genre Writer” with Marti Leimbach Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road 5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm All are welcome and no bookings are necessary Marti Leimbach is the author of seven … Continue reading

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Nigel Cliff, 26 November 2015

Writing the Cold War with Nigel Cliff Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road 5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm All are welcome and no bookings are necessary Nigel Cliff is the author of The Shakespeare Riots (Random House, 2007), … Continue reading

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MSt Tutor George Szirtes article in The Guardian on Hungary, refugees and Viktor Orbán’s government

MSt tutor George Szirtes’ article, “Hungary has been shamed by Viktor Orbán’s government” has been published in The Guardian.

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“How to get Published” session, chaired by MSt Director, Dr Clare Morgan

Dr Clare Morgan: (LMH and Kellogg College), novelist, literary critic and Director of the MSt in Creative Writing Dr Angus Philips: (Exeter), author of The Future of the Book in the Digital Age and Director of Publishing Studies at Oxford … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis on POESI-O-RAMA Festival, Malmö, Sweden, 2015

‘The music says freedom exists…’ MSt Tutor, Jenny Lewis, at the POESI-O-RAMA Festival, Malmö, Sweden, 11-13 September, 2015 I was honoured to be asked to read with Adnan al-Sayegh at the POESI-O-RAMA Festival in Malmo, Sweden on 12 September 2015. … Continue reading

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MSt students Zachary Burke & Eva Hibbs launch “Still Listening” podcasts on writing and music

MSt students Zachary Burke and Eva Hibbs have launched Still Listening: “Good writing deserves to be engaged with in this dynamic way and, simply put, we want to draw people back into the story. As a podcast, Still Listening hopes … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Maya Popa on Irish poetry and other matters for the Poetry Foundation

MSt alumna Maya Popa’s  article on Irish poetry has appeared in Poetry, and another piece of her is on Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Blog. Read Forever Writing from Ireland and A Kind of Seduction  

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s collaboration with Tom de Freston to Bloomsbury

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s retelling of the Orpheus myth, a poetic graphic novel in collaboration with artist Tom de Freston has is to published by Bloomsbury in 2016. More on that soon.

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