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Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing
What I’m Reading Now
A beautiful reflection by Departmental Lecturer Kate Longworth on her relationship with reading I didn’t realise until I sat down to write this how consuming, even dysfunctional, a relationship I have with reading and with books. I think about reading … Continue reading
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Celebrating twenty years of the Oxford Master’s in Creative Writing
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Oxford Creative Writing MSt, we are proud to announce the publication of Meridian. A collection of poetry, prose and dramatic writing from twenty-five acclaimed alumni of the programme, curated by Amal Chatterjee, … Continue reading
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Barney Norris’s new play opens in Manchester
Departmental Lecturer Barney Norris’s latest play Going Out Out opens this week at HOME Manchester, in a co-production between HOME and Karl Sydow, prior to a London transfer in spring 2026. You can book tickets here. The playtext is also … Continue reading
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Amal Chatterjee announces forthcoming new book
Prisoners of Empire: How Former Colonies Were Set Up to Fail Amal Chatterjee “A compelling social and political balance-sheet of empire, revealing how former colonies worldwide are still shackled by the legacies of colonial oppression. Why do some former colonies … Continue reading
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Chris Barkley publishes debut novel, The Man on the Endless Stair
We are delighted that former student Chris Barkley has published his debut novel The Man on the Endless Stair, described in the Times as ‘an eerie, deeply atmospheric tale of hidden treasure and trauma.’ A tense and atmospheric Scottish island murder … Continue reading
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Isabelle Baafi shortlisted for the T.S.Eliot Prize
Congratulations to our former student Isabelle Baafi, whose debut collection Chaotic Good, already shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, has now been shortlisted for the prestigious T.S.Eliot Prize as well.
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What I’m Reading Now
Departmental Lecturer Barney Norris shares some of his current reading and research focuses. I read a couple of hundred books a year; in the last week, Michael Kaiser’s The Art of the Turnaround, a memoir that’s also a how-to guide … Continue reading
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Alexandra Strnad’s The Wykehamist published by Black Spring Press
The MSt team are delighted to celebrate the publication of Alexandra Strnad’s The Wykehamist, in a really beautiful edition with a cover design referencing classic crime novels of the mid-twentieth century. You can order the novel direct from the publisher … Continue reading
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Ingrid Persaud nominated for the Encore Award
We are delighted to learn that MSt tutor Ingrid Persaud has been nominated for the RSL Encore Award for her novel The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh. Awarded to an exceptional second novel, past winners of the Encore include … Continue reading
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Jingan Young writing on new BBC drama
MSt alumna Jingan Young has written an episode of the BBC’s newly commissioned Glasgow-set legal drama, Counsels. Read more about the programme here.
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