Monthly Archives: August 2017

MSt alumna Marie Gethins signs with Curtis Brown agent Cathryn Summerhayes

MSt alumna Marie Gethins, who was shortlisted for the 2017 Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize , and won the Dorset Fiction Award, has signed with Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown. Read about Marie and her work on … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s translation of Henri Michaux is Poetry Book Society’s Autumn Recommended Translation

MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s translation of Storms Under the Skin by Henri Michaux has been named Poetry Book Society Autumn Recommended Translation. From the Poetry Book Society’s announcement. “Poet and artist Henri Michaux (1899-1984) was one of the most original … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis on her project “Promoting poetry through public engagement”, Carcanet blog

“In May 2016 I won the Inaugural Warden’s Prize for Public Engagement in Doctoral Research at Goldsmiths. The award reflected the way my doctoral studies into Mesopotamian literature and my retelling of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh(forthcoming from Carcanet Press … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Martin Jago’s translation of “Antigone” at the Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles on 10th Sept 2017

MSt alumnus Martin Jago’s translation of Sophocles’ Antigone is getting a staged reading at The Mark Taper Auditorium in the downtown Los Angeles Public Library. 2pm, 10th September. Entrance free. For more details visit the company webpage

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