Category Archives: Tutor News

MSt tutor Rebecca Abram’s “The Jewish Journey: 4000 years in 22 objects from the Ashmolean Museum” out now

MSt tutor Rebecca Abram’s The Jewish Journey: 4000 years in 22 objects from the Ashmolean Museum has been published by the Ashmolean Museum, (ISBN 978-1-910807-03-3). Read more about it/buy it online from the Ashmolean online shop.

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki to be keynote speaker at the Asian Writer Festival, 21 October, Royal Asiatic Society

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be the keynote speaker at the Asian Writer Festival  on 21 October, at the Royal Asiatic Society. Roopa will also be doing a panel on relationships in literary fiction. Twitter link and eventbrite links below. … Continue reading

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Rehearsed reading of MSt tutor Ben Brown’s play “The Promise”, London, November 2nd

There will be a rehearsed reading of MSt tutor Ben Brown’s play The Promise on November 2 at the JW3 in Hampstead. The reading will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Jonathan Freedland, From the JW3 announcement: “On … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’ “Taking Mesopotamia” translated into Farsi

MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’ poetry collection, Taking Mesopotamia, has been translated into Farsi by Mohammad Sadegh Raisee and published in Iran on 30 August 2017.

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s translation of Henri Michaux is Poetry Book Society’s Autumn Recommended Translation

MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s translation of Storms Under the Skin by Henri Michaux has been named Poetry Book Society Autumn Recommended Translation. From the Poetry Book Society’s announcement. “Poet and artist Henri Michaux (1899-1984) was one of the most original … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis on her project “Promoting poetry through public engagement”, Carcanet blog

“In May 2016 I won the Inaugural Warden’s Prize for Public Engagement in Doctoral Research at Goldsmiths. The award reflected the way my doctoral studies into Mesopotamian literature and my retelling of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh(forthcoming from Carcanet Press … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Helen Mort explores voices from around the world for BBC Radio 4

MSt tutor Helen Mort presents BBC Radio 4’s “Bodies in Motion” series. From the Radio 4 announcement: “The first edition of a new globe-trotting poetry series. Poet Helen Mort explores exciting voices from around the world. This week, she hears … Continue reading

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MSt tutor George Szirtes awarded honorary doctorate by the University of East Anglia

(image from George Szirtes’ blog) MSt tutor George Szirtes has been awarded honorary doctorate by the University of East Anglia. The press release announces: “George Szirtes lives in Wymondham and is a poet and translator and retired UEA reader: Born … Continue reading

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MSt tutors Clare Morgan, Roopa Farooki, Alice Jolly at Waterstones, Gower St, London, Wed, 12th July 2017

Clare Morgan, Roopa Farooki and Alice Jolly will be taking part in a panel discussion on Literary Fiction at Waterstones, Gower Street, London at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 12th July.  Tickets are £6.00 and include a glass of wine. Do come along … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Prof Belinda Jack’s lecture “Poetry and Immortality: John Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale'” available online

MSt tutor Prof Belinda Jack’s lecture Poetry and Immortality: John Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ is available online. It has attracted over 30,000 views to date.  

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