Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing

MSt almunus Nemat Sadat’s novel “The Carpet Weaver ” to be published by Penguin Random House, June 2019

(image from Penguin Random House) From the announcement: Penguin Random House India is proud to announce the publication of The Carpet Weaver by Nemat Sadat in June 2019. The Kite Runner meets Brokeback Mountain in this sweeping tale of a … Continue reading

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Kat Sommers, “Wandering lonely as a cloud: Coping with isolation as a writer”, 21 November 2018

“Wandering lonely as a cloud: Coping with isolation as a writer” Kat Sommers is a comedy writer based in south London. She has written for the BBC, Sky, and the School of Life, and recently co-wrote a sitcom for Radio … Continue reading

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Peter Bush, “The Translator as Writer”, 25 October 2018

“The Translator as Writer” Peter Bush is a full-time literary translator and has translated over 70 works mainly from Catalan and Spanish. Translations include Josep Pla’s The Gray Notebook (NYRB), Najat El Hachmi’s The Last Patriarch (Serpent’s Tail), Merce Rodoreda’s … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Maya Popa’s “The Bees have been cancelled” recommended by Poetry Book Society

MSt alumna Maya Popa’s “The Bees have been cancelled” is a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. You can read about it and order it from the Society

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s SI Leeds Literary Prize Reading, 14 Sept 2018, London

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be reading for SI Leeds Literary Prize Readings at Richmix in London,  14 September About the prize, from their website: “The SI Leeds Literary Prize The SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial prize for … Continue reading

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MSt director Clare Morgan and tutors Alice Jolly and Roopa Farooki at Writing Coach event

MSt director Clare Morgan and tutors Alice Jolly and Roopa Farooki participated in a Writing Coach panel discussion on “Routes to Publication”, at the Google Digital Academy on 16th August 2018. (Pictured with Louise Dougherty, John Mitchinson from Unbound, Jacqui … Continue reading

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Sam Guglani at the Edinburgh Book Festival, 17 August 2018

Who Will Nurse the Doctors? MSt alumnus Sam Guglani will be appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival with Caroline Elton. From the announcement: “Medics aren’t immune to illness, and increasingly their working conditions threaten their own health. Clinical psychologist Caroline … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s “Histories” nominated for 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival’s First Book Award

MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s Histories has been nominated for the 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival’s First Book Awards. From the announcement: “Revealing and intimate interlinked collection of stories set in a hospital, written by a doctor … Sam Guglani’s vivid prose … Continue reading

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

(picture from the Man Booker website) MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s novel Everything Under had been longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. From the announcement: “Everything Under, Daisy Johnson (Vintage, Jonathan Cape) Judges’ comment: “A hypnotic, mythic, unexpected story from … Continue reading

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MSt tutors Roopa Farooki and Anjali Joseph in Breaking Ground: Celebrating British Writers of Colour

MSt tutors Roopa Farooki & Anjali Jospeh are listed in Breaking Ground: Celebrating British Writers of Colour. from the brochure: “Highlighting 200 contemporary British writers of colour, the Speaking Volumes Breaking Ground brochure is an indispensible guide to the wealth … Continue reading

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