Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing

MSt Tutor Alice Jolly wins 2014 VS Pritchett prize

MST Tutor Alice Jolly won the 2014 VS Pritchett prize for her short story “Ray the Rottweiler”. The prize is awarded by the Royal Society of Literature for the best unpublished story of the year. This year’s judges were Dame Margaret … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kent DePinto’s produces BBC Radio 4’s “Has the Book a Future?”

Has the Book a Future? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040lpgz

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MSt tutor Emma Jones on ‘Next Generation 2014’ list of poets

Once every decade, the  Poetry Book Society recognises “the 20 most exciting new poets from the UK and Ireland”. MSt tutor Emma Jones the ‘Next Generation 2014’ list:   http://poetrybooks.co.uk/projects/51/ and http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/11/next-generation-20-poets-poetry-book-society-kate-tempest  

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: : Elleke Boehmer, 28 October 2014

“The World in a Grain of Sand”: Writing Shorter and Longer Narrative Michaelmas Term Week 3 Thursday 28th October 2014 5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing Mawby Room, Kellogg College,62 Banbury Road. All are … Continue reading

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Thomas Glave, 27 November 2014

Secretive Women, Taboos and Dangerous Sex Michaelmas Term Week 7 Thursday 27th November 2014 5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing Mawby Room, Kellogg College,62 Banbury Road. All are welcome and no bookings are necessary … Continue reading

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Conference: Women Writing Across Cultures: Past, Present and Future, 26 – 28 September 2014

An international conference at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford Friday 26 September to Sunday 28 September 2014. Organized by the ‘What is Women’s Writing?’ Interdisciplinary Research Group, supported and funded by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott wins 2014 Open International Hippocrates poetry prize

MSt tutor, Jane Draycott has won the 2014 Hippocrates NHS and Open Prize for Poetry and Medicine. The judges were poet Philip Gross, barrister Robert Francis QC and Mumsnet Editor Sarah Crown. “Jane Draycott’s winning poem The Return concerns the many sanatoria … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’ presentation “Finding my father in Mesopotamia”, 15 May 2014

at the National Archives,The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. 15 May 2014 14:00-15:00 “Through a presentation of original photographs, poetry and witness statements from her latest collection, Taking Mesopotamia (which was heavily based on research at The National … Continue reading

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Kirsty Gunn, 13 May 2014

Kirsty Gunn: “Writing Music” Tuesday 13 May 2014 5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm In what ways does the lyric novel differ from more conventional forms of storytelling? How might the sound of a text influence our response to it? … Continue reading

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MSt Alumnus Prajwal Parajuly launches “Land Where I Flee”, Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. 18th February 2014

MSt alumnus Prajwal Parajuly’s Oxford launch of his newest book, Land Where I Flee Tuesday, February 18th at 19:00 Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford 51 Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BQ

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