Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing

MSt alumni Daisy Johnson & Kiran Millwood Hargrave shortlisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year

MSt alumni Daisy Johnson and Kiran Millwood Hargrave have been shortlisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year for Daisy’s Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Everything Under (Jonathan Cape) and Kiran’s The Way Past Winter (Chicken House). https://www.thebookseller.com/news/johnson-and-millwood-hargrave-battle-it-out-blackwells-book-year-885076

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MSt alumni Majella Kelly and Art Allen First and Third in Ambit Poetry Competition

MSt alumni Majella Kelly and Art Allen have won First and Third Prizes respectively, in the Ambit Poetry Competition. The poems, on the theme of ‘Home’ and judged by Malika Booker, are available to read online.

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s Guardian podcast available

The Guardian’s podcast with MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Jessie Burton talking about feminist fairytales is available online. From the announcement: “On this week’s show, we’re talking feminist fairytales with Jessie Burton and Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Burton’s latest book, … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Maya Popa interviews MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis for Carcanet blog

Jane Draycott and Jenny Lewis: Recalibrating the Classics MSt alumna Maya Popa interviewed MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis for Carcanet blog, which is now available to read online. From the announcement; “This week on the blog, Jenny Lewis and Jane Draycott talk … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s work in three new anthologies

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s work features in three new anthologies coming out in 2018: The Asian Writer, A Decade (Dahlia Press), to be launched at the Asian Writer Festival 2018 (Oct 20th) Paper Mirrors, (Crocus/Commonword), to be launched at the … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Helen Mort and student Phoebe Stuckes read at the Festival Hall, 23 Oct 2018

MSt tutor Helen Mort and student Phoebe Stuckes will be reading at Festival Hall  Oct 23rd in And the Air Sang: 20 Years of Foyle Young Poets an event celebrating 20 years of The Poetry Society’s award, and featuring readings … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Anna Beer’s “Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh”: events on radio & in London, October 2018

MSt tutor Anna Beer will be talking about her new book Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh at several events in London in October, and, on 22 October 2018, will be on Radio 4’s Start … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jingan Young shortlisted for Women of the Future Awards 2018

MSt alumna Jingan Young has been shortlisted for Women of the Future Awards 2018, in the Arts & Culture category. “The Women of the Future Awards, founded by Pinky Lilani CBE DL in 2006, were conceived to provide a platform … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s “Everything Under” shortlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize

MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s Everything Under has been shortlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize, 2018. From the announcement: “The Man Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK and Ireland. This … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki at the Margate Bookie Literary Festival , 29 Sept 2018

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be appearing at the Margate Bookie Literary Festival From the announcement: “29 September, 1-2pm, Turner Contemporary Art Gallery: MY FAMILY AND OTHER SECRETS Meet three writers whose books are about difficult dads, manipulative mums and … Continue reading

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