Category Archives: Tutor News

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki at the Margate Bookie Literary Festival , 29 Sept 2018

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be appearing at the Margate Bookie Literary Festival From the announcement: “29 September, 1-2pm, Turner Contemporary Art Gallery: MY FAMILY AND OTHER SECRETS Meet three writers whose books are about difficult dads, manipulative mums and … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s SI Leeds Literary Prize Reading, 14 Sept 2018, London

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be reading for SI Leeds Literary Prize Readings at Richmix in London,  14 September About the prize, from their website: “The SI Leeds Literary Prize The SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial prize for … Continue reading

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MSt director Clare Morgan and tutors Alice Jolly and Roopa Farooki at Writing Coach event

MSt director Clare Morgan and tutors Alice Jolly and Roopa Farooki participated in a Writing Coach panel discussion on “Routes to Publication”, at the Google Digital Academy on 16th August 2018. (Pictured with Louise Dougherty, John Mitchinson from Unbound, Jacqui … Continue reading

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MSt tutors Roopa Farooki and Anjali Joseph in Breaking Ground: Celebrating British Writers of Colour

MSt tutors Roopa Farooki & Anjali Jospeh are listed in Breaking Ground: Celebrating British Writers of Colour. from the brochure: “Highlighting 200 contemporary British writers of colour, the Speaking Volumes Breaking Ground brochure is an indispensible guide to the wealth … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Helen Mort elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

(picture from the RSL website) MSt tutor Helen Mort has been elected one of the Royal Society of Literature’s “40 under 40” From the RSL announcement: “The RSL celebrates not only the United Kingdom’s diverse literary heritage but also the … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Helen Mort wins 2018 Andrew Waterhouse Award

MSt tutor Helen Mort has won the 2018 Andrew Waterhouse Award for Poetry. “Established in 2000 by New Writing North, the Northern Writers’ Awards supports work-in-progress by new, emerging and established writers across the North of England.” More information about … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Anna Beer on BBC Four, in “Unsung Heroines”, 22nd June 2018

MSt tutor Anna Beer is appearing in BBC Four’s Unsung Heroines: the Lost World of Female Composers, 22nd June 2018 at 8 pm (UK) From the BCC Four announcement: “Danielle de Niese explores the lives and works of five female … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Sam Thompson’s novel “Jott” published by John Murray

MSt tutor Sam Thompson’s new novel Jott has been published by John Murray. From the publisher’s announcement: “In February of 1935, two young Irishmen walk in the grounds of a London mental hospital. Arthur Bourne, a junior psychiatrist, is about … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Peter More wins 2018 Mary Soames Award for History

MSt tutor Peter Moore has been awarded the Mary Soames Award for History. From the press release “Peter Moore, author of The Sunday Times bestseller “The Weather Experiment”, has been presented with the Mary Soames Award for History at a … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott at the Oxford Translation Day, 9 June 2018

From the announcement: “Join Modern Poetry in Translation for a reading and conversation with Jane Draycott, focusing on her translation of Storms Under the Skin by Henri Michaux, a PBS Recommended Translation. Henri Michaux (1899-1984) was one of the most … Continue reading

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