Category Archives: Alumni News

MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee’s How We Disappeared has been longlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The shortlist will be announced on 22nd April and the winner on 3rd June The longlist is (links to Guardian reviews): Djinn Patrol … Continue reading →

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MSt alumna Sophy Roberts was interviewed about her book The Lost Pianos of Siberia on Music Matters on BBC Radio Three. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is published by Doubleday in the UK (February 2020), and Grove Press in the … Continue reading →

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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 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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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 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 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” 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” 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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