Category Archives: Alumni News

MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel “What’s Left Of Me Is Yours” to be published on 21st April, and listed in The Observer

MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel What’s Left Of Me Is Yours will be published on 21st April, simultaneously in the USA, Canada, UK & Commonwealth. Stephanie has also been named one of The Observer’s ‘Ten Best Debut Novelists for 2020’ … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s novel “The Mercies” published in the UK & the US.

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s novel The Mercies has been published in the UK & the US. From the UK announcement (Picador): “The Sunday Times Bestseller‘A gripping novel . . . Beautiful and chilling’ – Madeline Miller, author of Circe … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Majella Kelly’s “City Poems” out on 20th, 21st Feb 2020

Announcement from the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and ignition Press: “The Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre is delighted to announce the publication of three new ignitionpress poetry pamphlets: City Poems by Mia KangHush by Majella KellyHinge by Alycia PirmohamedWe will be launching them next … Continue reading

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MSt alumni Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Daisy Johnson in conversation, Blackwells, Oxford, 8th Feb 2020

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave will be in conversation with fellow alumna Daisy Johnson at Blackwells in Oxford, 8th Feb 2020. They will be talking about Kiran’s new novel, The Mercies. From the announcement: “‘A gripping novel inspired by a … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott and MSt alumnus Luke Allen win TLS Mick Imlah Poetry Prizes

MSt tutor Jane Draycott and MSt alumnus Luke Allen have won second and third TLS Mick Imlah Poetry Prizes, respectively. You can read the poems and about the prize here.

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MSt alumnus Arthur Allen’s verse novel “The Nurseryman” published by Kernpunkt Press

MSt alumnus Arthur Allen’s verse novel The Nurseryman has been published by Kernpunkt Press.From the announcement: “The Nurseryman is a verse novel told in polyphony as the collected account of a 17th Century voyage to Meta Incognita – the absolutely unknown … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jingan Young’s play “Life and Death of a Journalist” at the Vault Festival, London, 25 Feb – 1 Mar 2020

MSt alumna Jingan Young’s play “Life and Death of a Journalist” is on at the Vault Festival, London from 25 Feb – 1 Mar 2020. From the announcement: “Award-winning playwright Jingan Young makes a ferocious return to theatre with a … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s “Medicine Unboxed” now a podcast on SoundCloud

MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s “Medicine Unboxed” is now a podcast on SoundCloud. “Medicine Unboxed aims to inspire debate and medicine and to inform its culture. Medicine Unboxed is for the public, for health professionals and for all of us who … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Dahmicca Wright shortlisted for White Review Poet’s Prize 2019

MSt alumna Dahmicca Wright’s poem “Playing Dead” has been shortlisted for White Review Poet’s Prize 2019 .

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MSt alumna Mariah Whelan’s “the love i do to you” launch by Eyewear Books, 26 November 2019

MSt alumna Mariah Whelan’s “the love i do to you” will be launched by Eyewear Books on 26 November 2019. From the announcement: “In this genre-bending debut Mariah Whelan tells the love story of ‘He’ and ‘She’. Once lovers and … Continue reading

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