Author: MSt Creative Writing

  • Creative Writing Seminar Series – John Fuller, Nicholas Murray and John Barnie

    Creative Writing Seminar Series – John Fuller, Nicholas Murray and John Barnie

    Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing

    Mawby Room, Kellogg College,62 Banbury Road

    5.00 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm

     

    Hilary Term Week 7:

    Wednesday 4th March 2026

     

    The Poetry of Engagement

    Three award-winning Rack Press poets, John Fuller, Nicholas Murray and John Barnie, explore the role of small presses in the poetry scene and the challenges of writing politically engaged poetry that speaks to the present moment. John Fuller has published fifteen collections of poetry and is Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford. Nicholas Murray is a poet, novelist and literary biographer who has written on Bruce Chatwin, Andrew Marvell and Matthew Arnold. John Barnie is a prolific poet and essayist, and editor of Planet: the Welsh Interationalist for sixteen years. He was writer in residence at the Oxford Museum of Natural History where his poetry focused on his concern for nature and environmental issues.

    Seminar Convenor: Dr Clare Morgan

    Centre for Creative Writing – Kellogg College

    All are welcome and no bookings necessary.

     

     

  • The Papers School Inaugural Poetry Chapbook Prize

    The Papers School Inaugural Poetry Chapbook Prize

    Submissions are open until the 20th of February 2026. Judged by Jenny Lewis, tutor of poetry at the University of Oxford.

  • Chris Barkley at the Oxford Centre for Creative Writing

    Chris Barkley at the Oxford Centre for Creative Writing

    Award-winning novelist and MSt alumnus Chris Barkley will speak at the Oxford Centre for Creative Writing, Kellogg College on Wednesday, February 4th at 5pm. Please see full details below for this event:

    Creative Writing Seminar Series
    Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing
    Mawby Room, Kellogg College,
    62 Banbury Road
    5.00 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm


    Hilary Term Week 3:
    Wednesday 4th February 2026


    Chris Barkley
    Sharing a Mystery: The Science of Stories

    Chris Barkley’s debut novel, The Man on the Endless Stair was released in summer 2025 and
    was described in The Times as ‘An eerie, deeply atmospheric tale of hidden treasure and
    trauma.’ He was appointed Writer in Residence by the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2022 and
    has won the Oxford University Kellogg Writing Competition as well as the Bedford
    International Writing Prize. He achieved a distinction on the MSt in Creative Writing at the
    University of Oxford and has taught creative writing at Yale. Edinburgh is where he stays.


    Seminar Convenor: Dr Clare Morgan


    https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/kellogg-centres/centre-for-creative-writing/

    All are welcome and no bookings are necessary

  • Barney Norris’s new musical, co-written with Sting, opens in Amsterdam

    Barney Norris’s new musical, co-written with Sting, opens in Amsterdam

    The Last Ship - Royal Theatre Carré Amsterdam

    Departmental Lecturer Barney Norris’s collaboration with Sting, The Last Ship, is currently playing a sold-out run at the Royal Theatre Carre in Amsterdam, and will then tour to the Seine Musicale in Paris, the Glasshouse Theatre in Brisbane and The Metropolitan Opera New York, before returning to the Carre for a second season in the autumn. You can book tickets here.