MSt alumna Maya Popa’s “The Bees have been cancelled” is a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. You can read about it and order it from the Society
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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 Lofthouse from The Writing Coach, Stephanie Zia from Blackbird Books).
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MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s “Histories” nominated for 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival’s First Book Award
MSt alumnus Sam Guglani’s Histories has been nominated for the 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival’s First Book Awards.
From the announcement: “Revealing and intimate interlinked collection of stories set in a hospital, written by a doctor … Sam Guglani’s vivid prose has the raw intensity of poetry that pulls the reader in on every page. Histories is a luminous argument for truly seeing and listening to others and to ourselves.”
Read more about the book, and vote for it.
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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 best in contemporary English language writing in Britain. The 40 Under 40 initiative honours the achievements of Britain’s younger writers, and introduces a new generation of writers to the Society’s existing Fellowship of over 500.”
More about the election and all the new Fellows and about Helen.
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