Category Archives: Alumni News

John Murray has snapped up a “dark, subversive and surprising” book from MSt alum Christine Anne Foley. Jocasta Hamilton, publisher, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Bodies at auction from Sara O’Keefe at Aevitas. It will publish in summer 2023. … Continue reading →

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Snow Widows mines never-before-seen archive material to reconstruct the lives of five women – wives, mothers and sisters of the men participating in Robert Falcon Scott’s polar expedition – MSt alumna Katherine MacInnes offers a fresh and utterly different perspective … Continue reading →

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MSt alumnus C.A. Blintkios’ novel The Smoke is Me, Burning is now available for pre-sale with Kernpunkt Press. Jonathan McAloon, journalist for the BBC, The Guardian, and TLS, says of the book that it is “a sort of scrapbook of place magic. … Continue reading →

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MSt alumna Laura Theis has won first prize in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2021, in the category for poets who speak English as an Additional Language.  The prize, awarded by The Poetry Centre at Oxford Brookes, was judged this … Continue reading →

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Comedian, author and actor Helen Lederer launched the Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP) in 2019, to recognise, celebrate and encourage witty women authors.  With not only a sequel but a Netflix adaptation in the works, MSt alumna Jesse Satanto’s … Continue reading →

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MSt alumna Rose Edwards has published her second novel with UCLan. The Ember Days follows Rose’s earlier novel, The Harm Tree, on 7 October. “Exiled from a broken land, two friends try to escape the darkness they left behind them. Together … Continue reading →

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The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) is pleased to announce Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for his manuscript The Oxford Soju Club. The judges say, “Park’s accomplished fiction manuscript is a riveting ‘tale of … Continue reading →

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Described by the publisher as, ‘an inspirational manifesto for re-igniting our passion for life and our inner drive,’ MSt Alumnus Sharath Jeevan’s new book is written to help the reader achieve more lasting fulfilment. Published on 2 September 2021, Intrinsic … Continue reading →

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MSt alumnis Chris Viner has a new book coming out with J. New Books on 1 August 2021. A portion of the royalities from novella Brief Tenancies will go to the Foundation for Peace. A trailer for the publication can … Continue reading →

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Given all the wonderful successes of our alumni, we’ve decided to create a list. This is by no means complete, and we will be updating it as we go along. It’s in alphabetical order (work in progress), by first name, … Continue reading →

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