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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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Poetry reading by MSt alumni Romola Parish, Humphrey Astley, Catherine Higgins-Moore, Mary-Jane Holmes, Laura Theis online

(photo from Kellogg College) MSt alumni Romola Parish, Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley, Catherine Higgins-Moore (2009), Mary-Jane Holmes, and Laura Theis read at Kellogg College on 21st May 2018. You can watch them read in the video kindly made available by the … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Mary-Jane Holmes’ poetry collection “Heliotrope with Matches and Magnifying Glass” published by Pindrop Press

From the Pindrop Press announcement: “Mary-Jane Holmes, winner of the Bridport Prize 2017, dazzles with this, her debut collection. These poems range far and wide – from the landscapes, stories and traditions of the North Pennines, rich with dialect; to … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Alice Jolly’s novel “Mary Sate, Imbecile” launch on 20th June 2018, London

MSt tutor Alice Jolly’s novel Mary Sate, Imbecile will be launched in London on Wednesday 20th June 2018 at Daunt Books. To attend, RSVP to mountvernonstroud@gmail.com.

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MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee’s play “Finding José” in Tamasha’s scratch night, London, 25th May 2018

MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee’s play, Finding José, is one of four  in Tamasha’s “Over to You” scratch night on 25th May 2018. Date: Friday, 25 May 20178, 7:30pm Venue: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA From Tamasha’s website: … Continue reading

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MSt alumna JC Niala at AfOx (Africa Oxford Initiative) on May 11th, 2018

From the website: “AfOx insaka The AfOx insaka is a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research with speakers from diverse and varied academic disciplines. There are two events each term. On Friday of Week 3, and Friday … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jana Casale’s novel “The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky” published by Knopf on 17th April 2018

MSt alumna Jana Casale’s novel The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky will be published by Knopf on 17th April 2018. Jana will be appearing in Cambridge (MA), Brooklyn, and San Francisco (see below for details) From the press release: … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s first adult novel to be published by Picador

After a “hotly contested” auction, MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s first adult novel is to be published by Picador. From The Bookseller: “Award-winning children’s author Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s first foray into adult fiction has gone to Picador for a significant … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott to judge SciPO (science and poetry competition) 2018

MSt tutor Jane Draycott is to judge the SciPO 2018 science and poetry competition. First prize, £100, second prize, £75, third prize, £50. Deadline: 23rd April. For details of competition and how to enter, go to https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/…/scipo-2018-meeting-science…

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MSt alumna Maya Popa’s “You Always Wished the Animals Would Leave” published

MSt alumna Maya Popa’s poetry collection You Always Wished the Animals Would Leave has been published by New Michigan Press “This is a work of seething precision. In these poems, hope is a meticulous, meditative state—a method of forensic searching … Continue reading

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