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 PublicationsVenue: Edmond Safra, Said Business School
Date: Saturday 19 September
Timings: 11.45am-1pm Panel discussion and Q&ASession 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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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis on POESI-O-RAMA Festival, Malmö, Sweden, 2015
‘The music says freedom exists…’
MSt Tutor, Jenny Lewis, at the POESI-O-RAMA Festival, Malmö, Sweden, 11-13 September, 2015
I was honoured to be asked to read with Adnan al-Sayegh at the POESI-O-RAMA Festival in Malmo, Sweden on 12 September 2015. Invited by Hassan Hadi, Director of the Modern Art Theatre Group and Björn Ganzer, the Swedish poet (and rock musician) who travelled with us on the Al-Kalima ‘Poetry and Resistance’ Festival in Morocco earlier this year, the festival was dedicated to the memory of the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish Poet Laureate, Tomas Tranströmer. (more…)
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MSt students Zachary Burke & Eva Hibbs launch “Still Listening” podcasts on writing and music
MSt students Zachary Burke and Eva Hibbs have launched Still Listening:
“Good writing deserves to be engaged with in this dynamic way and, simply put, we want to draw people back into the story.
As a podcast, Still Listening hopes to provide a platform for emerging UK talents, explore the relationship between writing and music, and investigate how art forms react in conversation with another.”
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