Monthly Archives: June 2018

MSt tutor Helen Mort elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

(picture from the RSL website) MSt tutor Helen Mort has been elected one of the Royal Society of Literature’s “40 under 40” From the RSL announcement: “The RSL celebrates not only the United Kingdom’s diverse literary heritage but also the … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Helen Mort wins 2018 Andrew Waterhouse Award

MSt tutor Helen Mort has won the 2018 Andrew Waterhouse Award for Poetry. “Established in 2000 by New Writing North, the Northern Writers’ Awards supports work-in-progress by new, emerging and established writers across the North of England.” More information about … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel “The Sentence” to be published in 2019

MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel “The Sentence” is to be published in 2019 by Weidenfeld & Nicholson in June 2019 (U.K. & Commonwealth) and by Doubleday in Spring 2020 (USA &Canada). Read about it at The Literary Consultancy, The Bookseller (” ‘touching’ … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Anna Beer on BBC Four, in “Unsung Heroines”, 22nd June 2018

MSt tutor Anna Beer is appearing in BBC Four’s Unsung Heroines: the Lost World of Female Composers, 22nd June 2018 at 8 pm (UK) From the BCC Four announcement: “Danielle de Niese explores the lives and works of five female … Continue reading

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MSt alumna JC Niala’s work in London Theatre showcase, 19th & 28th June 2018

MSt alumna JC Niala has been chosen as one of the emerging storytellers whose work is to be showcased in London, on the 19th and 28th of June From the announcement: “Using the theme of ‘Otherness and Hospitality’, the TellYours … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Sam Thompson’s novel “Jott” published by John Murray

MSt tutor Sam Thompson’s new novel Jott has been published by John Murray. From the publisher’s announcement: “In February of 1935, two young Irishmen walk in the grounds of a London mental hospital. Arthur Bourne, a junior psychiatrist, is about … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Peter More wins 2018 Mary Soames Award for History

MSt tutor Peter Moore has been awarded the Mary Soames Award for History. From the press release “Peter Moore, author of The Sunday Times bestseller “The Weather Experiment”, has been presented with the Mary Soames Award for History at a … Continue reading

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Poetry reading by MSt alumni Romola Parish, Humphrey Astley, Catherine Higgins-Moore, Mary-Jane Holmes, Laura Theis online

(photo from Kellogg College) MSt alumni Romola Parish, Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley, Catherine Higgins-Moore (2009), Mary-Jane Holmes, and Laura Theis read at Kellogg College on 21st May 2018. You can watch them read in the video kindly made available by the … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott at the Oxford Translation Day, 9 June 2018

From the announcement: “Join Modern Poetry in Translation for a reading and conversation with Jane Draycott, focusing on her translation of Storms Under the Skin by Henri Michaux, a PBS Recommended Translation. Henri Michaux (1899-1984) was one of the most … Continue reading

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