Category Archives: Tutor News

Dr Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, publishes new collection of short stories

In a new short story collection published by Seren on 22 September, MSt Director Clare Morgan offers a fresh perspective on the nature of individual existence in all its transient vulnerability. Scar Tissue ranges broadly in geographic scope. From deep … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Mary Jean Chan reading at Kellogg College, Oxford on Thursday 19th May

This Thursday, 19 May, there will be poetry readings and discussion with two acclaimed poets, Theophilus Kwek and Mary Jean Chan, who will be in conversation with Niall Munro. This event will run from 17:30-18:30 in the Mawby Room, Kellogg … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Dr Anna Beer’s new book forthcoming from Oneworld

In her new book, Dr Anna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature.  Eve Bites Back places the female contemporaries of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton centre stage in the history … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Barney Norris’s play, The Wellspring, touring UK venues in 2022

This timely and intimate work from MSt tutor and award-winning playwright Barney Norris (The Remains Of The Day) and his father, the internationally acclaimed pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris, examines that age-old story of a boy and his dad, … Continue reading

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MSt tutor James Hawes’s book, Brilliant Isles, now available

A companion book to the landmark BBC2 television documentary series to be broadcast from April to June 2022, Brilliant Isles tells the turbulent story of British creativity through 80 stunning works or art, music, literature and architecture.  

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Watch MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams discuss her play The Meeting Room

MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams took part in an event in early March concerning the Arts and Restorative Justice, talking about how she researched and wrote her play The Meeting Room. The session can be watched here, and here is a … Continue reading

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MSt tutor, poet and novelist Helen Mort, to speak about her forthcoming book in Oxford on 15 February

In the Oxford Centre for Life Writing Weinrebe Lecture, Helen Mort will discuss her forthcoming book, A Line Above the Sky, which melds memoir and nature writing to ask why humans are drawn to danger, and how we can find … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Dr Belinda Jack on R4’s In Our Time

On 27 January MSt tutor Dr Belinda Jack was a guest on Radio 4’s In Our Time, discussing the novels and life of Colette, whose Claudine series was first published under her husband’s name.  You can listen again to the … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Harry Man wins The Stephen Spender Prize 2021

MSt tutor Harry Man has won The Stephen Spender Prize 2021. The Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation, with categories for young people (14-and-under, 16-and-under, and 18-and-under) as well as an open category for adults.  For more … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis commissioned to write and film a poem for the COP26 Climate Conference

Jenny Lewis and frequent collaborator Adnan al Sayegh have been commissioned to write and film a poem for the COP26 Climate Conference. They will be performing it live in London on Saturday 10 October, and the film will be shown … Continue reading

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