Master's in Creative Writing

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  • MSt tutor Jenny Lewis on being one of the “Mulberry Bush Women of the Year 2015”

    Woman of the Year 2015 lunchOne of my students very sweetly nominated me as a ‘Mulberry Bush Women of the Year 2015’ and I was duly invited to lunch at Balliol. I was surprised and grateful to be nominated as the nominees are chosen as a mark of admiration for the way they have improved the lives of others and inspired them.

    This was the fifteenth Mulberry School Women of the Year lunch which in the past has featured speakers such as Baroness Scotland, Nicola Horlick and P.D. James. The event is a way of fund-raising for, and raising awareness of, the achievements of the Mulberry Bush School which gives hope to children who have experienced high levels of domestic violence and neglect.

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  • Kellogg College Creative Writing Seminar Series: Marti Leimbach, 4 November 2015

    “Writing Scandalously: Serious Sex Scenes for the Non-Genre Writer”

    with Marti Leimbach

    Mawby Room, Kellogg College,
    62 Banbury Road
    5 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm

    All are welcome and no bookings are necessary

    Marti Leimbach is the author of seven novels, including New York Times bestseller Dying Young and Daniel Isn’t Talking. Widely translated, and published worldwide, Marti is a core course tutor at Oxford University’s Creative Writing Program, where she teaches on the Master’s program. Her upcoming novel, Age Of Consent, will be published in 2016 by Penguin Random House in the USA and Fourth Estate in the UK.

    Seminar Convenor: Dr Clare Morgan

    http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/researchcentres/CW

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  • MSt Tutor George Szirtes article in The Guardian on Hungary, refugees and Viktor Orbán’s government

    MSt tutor George Szirtes’ article, “Hungary has been shamed by Viktor Orbán’s government” has been published in The Guardian.

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  • “How to get Published” session, chaired by MSt Director, Dr Clare Morgan

    Dr Clare Morgan: (LMH and Kellogg College), novelist, literary critic and Director of the MSt in Creative Writing
    Dr Angus Philips: (Exeter), author of The Future of the Book in the Digital Age and Director of Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes
    Caroline Wood: Agent and Director at the Felicity Bryan literary agency
    Juliet Mabey: founder of Oneworld Publications

    Venue: Edmond Safra, Said Business School
    Date: Saturday 19 September
    Timings: 11.45am-1pm Panel discussion and Q&A

    Session description:

    The gateway to publishing fiction has for centuries been guarded by a relatively small number of editors, publishers and magazine proprietors, leaving first-time writers to navigate the dos and don’ts of submission protocol in order to stand out among an ever-growing crowd. Now, with the emergence of self-publishing and digital platforms as legitimate vehicles for new works, what options are available to emerging writers? In this session, our panel of experts will discuss traditional as well as alternative means of getting published – and the best ways to improve your chances of finding the right publisher for your work.

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