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  • MSt alumnus Nemat Sadat’s novel “The Carpet Weaver” published by Penguin India

    MSt alumnus Nemat Sadat’s novel The Carpet Weaver published by Penguin India. It has been reviewed on LiveMint, by India Today and other media, and Grazia India, has an interview with Nemat.

    Grazia: “The Kite Runner meets Brokeback Mountain in this sweeping tale of a young gay man’s struggle.”

    India Today: “In The Carpet Weaver, journalist and activist Nemat Sadat tells the story of a young boy’s transition to adulthood against the backdrop of severe changes in his homeland. Just as Kanishka Nurzada, the protagonist, gathers courage to tell his parents about his sexuality, chaos erupts in the country and his life changes in ways he had never imagined. The politics of the region becomes a powerful backdrop to Kanishka’s life story, as he carries his secret in fear.”

    The novel is available in South Asia and online.

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  • MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargrave signs four-book deal with Hachette Children’s

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    MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargrave has signed a six-figure, four-book deal with Hachette Children’s Group. From the announe

    From the announcement in The Bookseller:
    “Kiran is one of the most thrilling children’s novelists writing today, leading the way in the market. Her exciting stories absorb the reader at plot level, and on a deeper level she taps into themes and symbols that explore what it means to be human,” said group senior publisher Ruth Alltimes. “On behalf of the whole team here, I could not be more delighted to welcome Kiran to Hachette Children’s Group.”

    Read more about it at The Bookseller.

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  • MSt alumna Majella Kelly wins 2019 Strokestown International Prize

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    MSt alumna Majella Kelly has won Strokestown International Prize with her poem ‘Virginia Creeper’. Read more about it at the Poetry Society website.

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  • MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee’s article on Roman roads & colonial legacies in “Prospect”

    MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee’s article “How Europe’s Roman roads reveal the challenge of rebuilding after colonialism” has been published in Prospect online.

    An ancient Roman road in Rome—but what might the vestiges of the Roman empire tell us about how states rebuild after imperialism? Photo: Pixabay (fromProspect)

    “It’s a known phenomenon: systems and structures, if robust, continue to work for as long as they are unchanged.
    Once upon a time, the Romans ruled a vast swathe of Europe, of North Africa, and of what is now called the Middle East. Where they conquered, they built towns and cities, many of which survive to this day …“

    Read the full article on the Prospect website.


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