Category Archives: MSt News

MSt almunus Nemat Sadat’s novel “The Carpet Weaver ” to be published by Penguin Random House, June 2019

(image from Penguin Random House) From the announcement: Penguin Random House India is proud to announce the publication of The Carpet Weaver by Nemat Sadat in June 2019. The Kite Runner meets Brokeback Mountain in this sweeping tale of a … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Maya Popa’s “The Bees have been cancelled” recommended by Poetry Book Society

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Helen Mort wins 2018 Andrew Waterhouse Award

MSt tutor Helen Mort has won the 2018 Andrew Waterhouse Award for Poetry. “Established in 2000 by New Writing North, the Northern Writers’ Awards supports work-in-progress by new, emerging and established writers across the North of England.” More information about … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel “The Sentence” to be published in 2019

MSt alumna Stephanie Scott’s novel “The Sentence” is to be published in 2019 by Weidenfeld & Nicholson in June 2019 (U.K. & Commonwealth) and by Doubleday in Spring 2020 (USA &Canada). Read about it at The Literary Consultancy, The Bookseller (” ‘touching’ … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Anna Beer on BBC Four, in “Unsung Heroines”, 22nd June 2018

MSt tutor Anna Beer is appearing in BBC Four’s Unsung Heroines: the Lost World of Female Composers, 22nd June 2018 at 8 pm (UK) From the BCC Four announcement: “Danielle de Niese explores the lives and works of five female … Continue reading

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MSt alumna JC Niala’s work in London Theatre showcase, 19th & 28th June 2018

MSt alumna JC Niala has been chosen as one of the emerging storytellers whose work is to be showcased in London, on the 19th and 28th of June From the announcement: “Using the theme of ‘Otherness and Hospitality’, the TellYours … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Sam Thompson’s novel “Jott” published by John Murray

MSt tutor Sam Thompson’s new novel Jott has been published by John Murray. From the publisher’s announcement: “In February of 1935, two young Irishmen walk in the grounds of a London mental hospital. Arthur Bourne, a junior psychiatrist, is about … Continue reading

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