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Author Archives: MSt 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 SeriesKellogg College Centre for Creative … Continue reading
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Barney Norris’s new musical, co-written with Sting, opens in 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 … Continue reading
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Armando Ledezma reports from Venezuela for the New Yorker
Recent course graduate Armando Ledezma is embedded in Caracas, and has written for the New Yorker about what’s happening in Venzuela in the wake of Nicholas Maduro’s capture. You can read his work here.
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Isabelle Baafi wins the Forward Prize for Best First Collection
We are delighted to announce that recent alumna Isabelle Baafi has won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Isabelle’s extraordinary work is available in all good bookshops; you can also buy it here.
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Theresa Lola wins the Walcott Prize
We are delighted that MSt alumna Theresa Lola has been awarded the Walcott Prize. Honoring the work of St. Lucian Nobel Prize poet Derek Walcott, the prize is offered annually for a book of poetry by a non-US citizen published … Continue reading
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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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