Monthly Archives: March 2017

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Girl of Ink & Stars is the overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s  Book Prize 2017.  It is also the winner in the category Younger Fiction. From the Waterstone’s website: “…we’re proud to announce Kiran … Continue reading

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Plays by MSt alumna Jingan Young & MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee in “Foreign Goods Last Forever 2: Visions of England”, 24th, 25th April 2017

Plays by MSt alumna Jingan Young and MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee feature in Jingan Young’s Pokfulam Rd Production’s “”Foreign Goods Last Forever 2: Visions of England”” From the announcement: “After a sell out show at Theatre503 in November of 2016, … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus James Benmore launches paperback of third Dodger novel at Albion Beatnik, Oxford, 21 April

MSt alumnus James Benmore, who won the A.M.Heath Prize, 2010,  will be launching the third novel in his Dodger trilogy – Dodger of the Revolution – at the Albion Beatnik Bookstore on Friday 21 April, 2017, from 7.30-9.30pm. James will … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis collaboration “Writing Mesopotamia” events at the Ashmolean, 1st April

MSt tutor Jenny Lewis and Iraqi poet Adnan al-Sayegh celebrate the final stages of their four-year, Arts Council-funded ‘Writing Mesopotamia’ collaboration with two events at the Ashmolean Museum on Saturday 1st April, 2017 ‘Who Can Climb the Sky?’ and the … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus James Ellis’ novel “The Wrong Story” launch, Bath, 6 April 2017

MSt alumnus James Ellis’ novel The Wrong Story will be launched at Topping & Company in Bath on 6 April 2017. Venue The Bookshop, The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LS Doors open 7.30pm Start time 8pm Price range £6 – 7 … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson reading at Anthony Burgess Foundation 28 March

MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson is one of three debut writers reading at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation From the Foundation’s announcement: “… novelists Rory Gleeson and Alys Conran, and poet Joey Connolly. Roddy Doyle wrote of Gleeson’s debut, ‘Rockadoon Shore is … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus James Ellis on his novel, The Wrong Story, being published

MSt alumnus James Ellis’s novel The Wrong Story has been published by Unbound. “After falling from a car park roof, cartoonist Tom Hannah is left with partial amnesia and the feeling that something important is missing from his life. His … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson’s “Rockadoon Shore” published by John Murray

MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson’s novel Rockadoon Shore has been published by John Murray. From the publisher’s website: “Cath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s “Histories” to be published by Quercus, November 2017

MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s Histories to be published by Quercus in November 2017. From Janklow & Nesbit: “Histories is a hypnotic portrait of life in one hospital, over one week, where we witness charged encounters within the emotional and physical … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Sarvat Hasin interview, Oxford Writers’ House

From the Oxford Writer’s House website: “This week, we present an exclusive interview with Sarvat Hasin – recent graduate of the MSt in Creative Writing at Oxford University – whose debut novel, This Wide Night, has just been published by Penguin India. You can read … Continue reading

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