Category Archives: Tutor News

MSt tutor Alice Jolly’s new novel to Unbound

MSt tutor Alice Jolly’s new novel, Between The Regions Of Kindness is to be published by Unbound in 2016. Proceeds from the book will go to First Story “an amazing charity who change lives through writing“. You can read more about … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Alex Coulton on “Ten things I learned whilst submitting my novel to agents….”

I graduated from the MSt in 2014, and took another eighteen months to finish my first fiction manuscript. It involved a few dramatic decisions (saving hard for a year so as to afford a six month break from work; leaving … Continue reading

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MSt Tutor Anna Beer on moving on …

I completed the first draft of my new book almost exactly a year ago. For the last twelve months, my writer’s life has been one of editing and proof-reading, punctuated by meetings with marketing people and a belated education in … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Sarah Bakewell’s new book “At the Existentialist Cafe” to be published on 3rd March

MSt tutor Sarah Bakewell’s new book At the Existentialist Cafe is to be published by Chatto & Windus on 3rd March, 2016. “Paris, near the turn of 1933. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s article (and audio) on “Awater” in Poetry News

In the latest issue of Poetry News, MSt tutor Jane Draycott‘s article (and linked audio) follows the strange trail left by the Dutch modernist masterpiece, ‘Awater’ http://poetrysociety.org.uk/publications-section/poetry-news/after-awater-jane-draycott-joins-the-trail/    

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis speaks at opening of Anglo-Iraqi Studies Centre (AISC) in London

On 23rd January, MSt tutor Jenny Lewis was a guest speaker at the the opening of the new Anglo-Iraqi Studies Centre (AISC) in London.  The AISC collection of over 2,000 books in English about Iraqi history and culture, includes several … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Eileen Horne’s article on George Moore and Zola in the Irish Times

MSt tutor Eileen Horne article, entitled “George Moore, Zola and their publisher sacrificed on altar of Victorian prudery” is in the Irish Times. “If looks alone could immortalise a writer, the Anglo-Irish author, critic, dramatist and autobiographer George Moore (1852-1933) … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Belinda Jack lecture on Ibsen’s The Doll’s House, London, 26 Jan 2016

MSt tutor, Belinda Jack, who is Gresham Professor of Rhetoric, will be giving a lecture at the Museum of London on “Theatre and Individualism: Henrik Ibsen, ‘A Doll’s House’” Tuesday, 26 January 2016 6:00pm  Museum of London Entry open to … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Nicoletta Demetriou’s “The Cypriot Fiddler” profiled by the British Academy

MSt tutor Nicoletta Demetriou’s project,  “The Cypriot Fiddler” has been profiled on the British Academy’s blog. Read the article “Sharing music, sharing life stories: The Cypriot Fiddler project” For more on the project, visit the Cypriot Fiddler Facebook page.

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Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Dr Lyndall Gordon, 4th February 2016

“Telling Lives: The Challenge of the Family Memoir” Dr Lyndall Gordon Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road 5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm All are welcome and no bookings are necessary Lyndall Gordon grew up in Cape Town where … Continue reading

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