Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing

MSt alumna Sarvat Hasin interview, Oxford Writers’ House

From the Oxford Writer’s House website: “This week, we present an exclusive interview with Sarvat Hasin – recent graduate of the MSt in Creative Writing at Oxford University – whose debut novel, This Wide Night, has just been published by Penguin India. You can read … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Harry Man shortlisted for 2016 Ted Hughes Award

MSt tutor Harry Man has been shortlisted for the 2016 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry, for  Finders Keepers (Sidekick Books). From the Poetry Society’s announcement: “Described as a poetic field guide to Britain’s vanishing wildlife, the book Finders Keepers … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jamie McKendrick awarded 2016 John Florio prize for translation

MSt tutor Jamie McKendrick has been awarded the 2016 John Florio prize for translation from Italian for his translation of Antonella Anedda’s Archipelago. ‘Where Anedda crisscrosses the usual navigational lines between poetry and prose, McKendrick expertly follows, occasionally shifting course … Continue reading

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Kat Sommers, 1 March 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 … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s “The Girl Of Ink And Stars” shortlisted for Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Girl Of Ink And Stars has been shortlisted for Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in the Young Readers category. “Kiran Millwood-Hargrave … offers us the rich allegories of a young girl fighting for truth against … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Daisy Johnson longlisted for Sunday Times EFG Short Story award

Photo from Eve White agency MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s short story “Blood Rites” has been longlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. The shortlist will be announced on March 19th, and the winner on April 27th.

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MSt alumna Sarvat Husain’s novel “This Wide Night” launch, 17th March, Oxford

MSt alumna  Sarvat Hasin’s debut novel, “This Wide Night” will be launched at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford on 17th March 2017. “A retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women’, but transported to 1970s Karachi, this stunning new novel presents a … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s “The Girl Of Ink And Stars” shortlisted for inaugural Jhalak Prize

The Jhalak Prize “seeks to celebrate books by British/British resident BAME writers, and the overall winner will be presented with a prize of £1,000. The shortlist consists of fiction, YA, non-fiction, debuts, short stories and genre.” This year’s judges are … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Sabyn Javeri’s novel “Nobody Killed Her” launched at Karachi Literature Festival

  MSt alumna Sabyn Javeri’s novel Nobody Killed Her (HarperCollins, 2017) was launched at Karachi Literature Festival on Saturday 11th February 2017. The novel is available to pre-order on Amazon.

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Poetry Society Annual Lecture, with Jan Wagner. 20 February 2017

Jan Wagner Image: Alberto Novelli, Villa Massimo The Poetry Society Annual Lecture in partnership with New College Oxford, by the German poet and translator, Jan Wagner. The Shedding of Skins and Schemes: a voice of one’s own and the voices … Continue reading

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