Category Archives: Tutor News

Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Emma Jones, 5th March 2015

“The Medium of Poetry” with MSt tutor Emma Jones Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road 5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm All are welcome and no bookings are necessary Emma Jones’ first book, The Striped World, was published by … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Alice Jolly, winner of the VS Pritchett Prize 2014, reflects on winning

Two Ways To Win A Prize Alice Jolly Just recently I won the V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize which is awarded by the Royal Society of Literature for the best unpublished short story of the year. I have never won … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Tina Pepler’s Radio 4 drama series “Syria: Bread and Bombs” available online

MSt tutor Tina Pepler’s black comedy about aid workers, “Syria: Bread and Bombs”, which aired from 24th to 28th November, 2014 is now available online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04prh8z

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MSt Tutor Wendy Brandmark launches novel, The Stray American. London,13 December 2014

MSt tutor Wendy Brandmark’s new novel The Stray American, will be launched in London on Saturday 13 December at 7.30pm Venue: October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL. Cost: Free, but book your places with bernadette@hollandparkpress.co.uk. “The … Continue reading

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MSt Tutor Alice Jolly wins 2014 VS Pritchett prize

MST Tutor Alice Jolly won the 2014 VS Pritchett prize for her short story “Ray the Rottweiler”. The prize is awarded by the Royal Society of Literature for the best unpublished story of the year. This year’s judges were Dame Margaret … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Emma Jones on ‘Next Generation 2014’ list of poets

Once every decade, the  Poetry Book Society recognises “the 20 most exciting new poets from the UK and Ireland”. MSt tutor Emma Jones the ‘Next Generation 2014’ list:   http://poetrybooks.co.uk/projects/51/ and http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/11/next-generation-20-poets-poetry-book-society-kate-tempest  

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott wins 2014 Open International Hippocrates poetry prize

MSt tutor, Jane Draycott has won the 2014 Hippocrates NHS and Open Prize for Poetry and Medicine. The judges were poet Philip Gross, barrister Robert Francis QC and Mumsnet Editor Sarah Crown. “Jane Draycott’s winning poem The Return concerns the many sanatoria … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’ presentation “Finding my father in Mesopotamia”, 15 May 2014

at the National Archives,The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. 15 May 2014 14:00-15:00 “Through a presentation of original photographs, poetry and witness statements from her latest collection, Taking Mesopotamia (which was heavily based on research at The National … Continue reading

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MSt Tutor George Szirtes shortlisted for the 2013 TS Eliot Prize

MSt tutor George Szirtes’ Bad Machine has been shortlisted for the 2013 TS Eliot poetry prize. More on the TS Eliot prize.

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MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play on Radio 4 Extra, 16th and 17th October 2013

MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s radio play isten to my Inside Mind is on Radio 4 Extra on 16th Oct 2013 at 10am and 3pm; 17th Oct 203at 3pm. More information on it at the BBC.

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