Monthly Archives: March 2019

MSt alumna Blanka Čechová’s novel “Total Balkans” best rated Czech book on GoodReads  

MSt alumna Blanka Čechová’s novel Total Balkans is the best rated Czech book on GoodReads . From the cover: “Can billions be embezzled hundred by hundred? Does democratization make sense? And does an individual have any chance to make a … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s “The Deathless Girls”, a reinterpreting of Dracula, to be published by Orion Children’s Books’ Bellatrix

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s reinterpretation of Dracula is to be published by Orion Children’s Books’ new YA feminist series, Bellatrix. From The Bookseller “Millwood Hargrave has written The Deathless Girls – the untold story of the brides of Dracula. … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Alice Jolly’s “Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile” on the Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommends list

MSt tutor Alice Jolly’s novel Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile (published by Unbound) is one of the Walter Scott Prize Academy’s Recommends for 2019. From the announcement: “Announcing the Academy list, chair of Judges Alistair Moffatt said: “We are delighted to … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Hazel Barkworth’s novel “Heatstroke” to be published by Headline Review in 2020

MSt alumna Hazel Barkworth’s debut novel Heatstroke is to be published by Headline Review in 2020. From the Bookseller: “Headline’s sister imprint Headline Review has snapped up the “heady and compulsive” debut novel from Hazel Barkworth in a pre-empt deal. … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis and Michael Schmidt: events in Oxford, 27 Feb 2019

MSt tutor Jenny Lewis and poet Michael Schmidt at two events in Oxford on 27 Feb 2019 2.00-3.00pm Ashmolean Museum, OxfordGilgamesh the Escapologist – on the instability of texts and translations – https://www.ashmolean.org/event/gilgamesh-the-escapologist 5.30-6.30pm Kellogg College, Banbury Road, Oxford Recalibrating the … Continue reading

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