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Category Archives: MSt News
MSt alumna Jingan Young wins 2018 Bi’An Award for Poetry
MSt alumna Jingan Young’s poem “Plum Nest” has won the 2018 Bi’An Award for Poetry. About the prize: “The Bi’an Award is a new writing competition open to UK-based writers of Chinese heritage and supported by Arts Council England, Arvon and … Continue reading
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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargrave’s “The Way Past Winter” Sunday Times’ Children’s Book of the Year
MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargrave’s The Way Past Winter is the Sunday Times’ Children’s Book of the Year 2018 for the age group over 12. More on this (behind paywall)
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MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s “Everything Under” on Guardian and Lithub’s Books of the Year lists
MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s Booker-shortlisted novel Everything Under is one of the Guardian’s “Best Books of the Year“, and one of Lithub’s Favourite Books of 2018.
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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki on judging panel for Young Muslim Writers Award
MSt tutor Roopa Farooki has been named a judge on the panel for Young Muslim Writers Award 2018. From the announcement: “The judging panel comprised of 31 award-winning poets, writers, and journalists have been announced for the 8th annual Young … Continue reading
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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’ “Gilgamesh Retold” launches in London, Oxford, 3rd, 4th Oct, 11th Nov 2018
Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh’s city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns … Continue reading
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MSt alumni Daisy Johnson & Kiran Millwood Hargrave shortlisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year
MSt alumni Daisy Johnson and Kiran Millwood Hargrave have been shortlisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year for Daisy’s Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Everything Under (Jonathan Cape) and Kiran’s The Way Past Winter (Chicken House). https://www.thebookseller.com/news/johnson-and-millwood-hargrave-battle-it-out-blackwells-book-year-885076
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MSt alumni Majella Kelly and Art Allen First and Third in Ambit Poetry Competition
MSt alumni Majella Kelly and Art Allen have won First and Third Prizes respectively, in the Ambit Poetry Competition. The poems, on the theme of ‘Home’ and judged by Malika Booker, are available to read online.
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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s Guardian podcast available
The Guardian’s podcast with MSt alumna Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Jessie Burton talking about feminist fairytales is available online. From the announcement: “On this week’s show, we’re talking feminist fairytales with Jessie Burton and Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Burton’s latest book, … Continue reading
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MSt alumna Maya Popa interviews MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis for Carcanet blog
Jane Draycott and Jenny Lewis: Recalibrating the Classics MSt alumna Maya Popa interviewed MSt tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis for Carcanet blog, which is now available to read online. From the announcement; “This week on the blog, Jenny Lewis and Jane Draycott talk … Continue reading
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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s work in three new anthologies
MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s work features in three new anthologies coming out in 2018: The Asian Writer, A Decade (Dahlia Press), to be launched at the Asian Writer Festival 2018 (Oct 20th) Paper Mirrors, (Crocus/Commonword), to be launched at the … Continue reading
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