Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing

MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson reading at Anthony Burgess Foundation 28 March

MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson is one of three debut writers reading at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation From the Foundation’s announcement: “… novelists Rory Gleeson and Alys Conran, and poet Joey Connolly. Roddy Doyle wrote of Gleeson’s debut, ‘Rockadoon Shore is … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus James Ellis on his novel, The Wrong Story, being published

MSt alumnus James Ellis’s novel The Wrong Story has been published by Unbound. “After falling from a car park roof, cartoonist Tom Hannah is left with partial amnesia and the feeling that something important is missing from his life. His … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson’s “Rockadoon Shore” published by John Murray

MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson’s novel Rockadoon Shore has been published by John Murray. From the publisher’s website: “Cath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s “Histories” to be published by Quercus, November 2017

MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s Histories to be published by Quercus in November 2017. From Janklow & Nesbit: “Histories is a hypnotic portrait of life in one hospital, over one week, where we witness charged encounters within the emotional and physical … Continue reading

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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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