MSt tutor Sarah Bakewell’s new book “At the Existentialist Cafe” to be published on 3rd March

Posted on February 9, 2016 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt tutor Sarah Bakewell’s new book At the Existentialist Cafe is to be published by Chatto & Windus on 3rd March, 2016.

“Paris, near the turn of 1933. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking. Pointing to his drink, he says, “You can make philosophy out of this cocktail! …”

Read more about the book at
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1089993/at-the-existentialist-cafe/

In a related event, Sarah and Nigel Warburton will be talking about “Philosophy in the Bookshop” at  Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford on Saturday 19 March, at 11.00 am

http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/stores/oxford-bookshop/events/

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s article (and audio) on “Awater” in Poetry News

Posted on February 9, 2016 by MSt Creative Writing

In the latest issue of Poetry News, MSt tutor Jane Draycott‘s article (and linked audio) follows the strange trail left by the Dutch modernist masterpiece, ‘Awater’

http://poetrysociety.org.uk/publications-section/poetry-news/after-awater-jane-draycott-joins-the-trail/

 

 

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis speaks at opening of Anglo-Iraqi Studies Centre (AISC) in London

Posted on January 26, 2016 by MSt Creative Writing
With Dr. Salah Al-Timimi, Iraqi Ambassador to UK

With Ambassador Dr. Salah Al-Timimi

With AISC manager, Nadeem Al-Abdalla

With AISC manager, Nadeem Al-Abdalla

On 23rd January, MSt tutor Jenny Lewis was a guest speaker at the the opening of the new Anglo-Iraqi Studies Centre (AISC) in London.  The AISC collection of over 2,000 books in English about Iraqi history and culture, includes several rare books and some by Freya Stark and Gertrude Bell.

Jenny will also be giving a talk and seminar at the centre on 19 March about her Mesopotamian connections and researches.

More on the event on Facebook

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MSt alumnus Nabin Chhetri’s poetry collection “Bini” to be published in 2016

Posted on January 21, 2016 by MSt Creative Writing

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MSt alumnus Nabin Chhetri’s collection of poetry, Bini will be published by Red Mountain Press at the end of 2016. Bini is a collection of 46 poems, many award winning, that reflect on the themes of memory and individual’s relation with the place.
http://redmountainpress.us

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MSt tutor Eileen Horne’s article on George Moore and Zola in the Irish Times

Posted on January 21, 2016 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt tutor Eileen Horne article, entitled “George Moore, Zola and their publisher sacrificed on altar of Victorian prudery” is in the Irish Times.

“If looks alone could immortalise a writer, the Anglo-Irish author, critic, dramatist and autobiographer George Moore (1852-1933) might be a household name today…”

Read the rest of the article on the Irish Times website

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MSt tutor Belinda Jack lecture on Ibsen’s The Doll’s House, London, 26 Jan 2016

Posted on January 21, 2016 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt tutor, Belinda Jack, who is Gresham Professor of Rhetoric, will be giving a lecture at the Museum of London on “Theatre and Individualism: Henrik Ibsen, ‘A Doll’s House'”

Tuesday, 26 January 2016
6:00pm
 Museum of London
Entry open to all, no reservation required
“A Doll’s House is a three-act play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Its first performance was at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, in Denmark, on 21 December 1879. It is often considered to be a feminist play as Nora, the heroine, leaves her husband and children intent on self-discovery. Ibsen, on the other hand, denied any conscious attempt to provide propaganda for the women’s rights movement and claimed that his concern was for the description of humanity. If the play is about the need to find the self and to live true to that self, then what is the nature of individualism that the play promotes?”
For more information, see the Gresham House  website.
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MSt tutor Nicoletta Demetriou’s “The Cypriot Fiddler” profiled by the British Academy

Posted on January 21, 2016 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt tutor Nicoletta Demetriou’s project,  “The Cypriot Fiddler” has been profiled on the British Academy’s blog.

Read the article “Sharing music, sharing life stories: The Cypriot Fiddler project”

For more on the project, visit the Cypriot Fiddler Facebook page.

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MSt alumna Bette Adriaanse to tour US cities with her novel

Posted on December 16, 2015 by MSt Creative Writing

With the support of Dutch Culture USA and her publisher, Unnamed Press, MSt alumna Bette Adriaanse is to tour several US cities.

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MSt alumna Maya Popa’s “A Kind of Thinking and Other Poems” a winner of the Narrative Magazine’s 30 Below Contest

Posted on December 16, 2015 by MSt Creative Writing

Maya PopaMSt alumna Maya Popa’s “A Kind of Thinking and Other Poems” has been named one of the winners of the Narrative Magazine’s 30 Below Contest 2015.

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MSt alumna Alexandra Strnad finalist for Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

Posted on December 16, 2015 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt alumna Alexandra Strnad  is a finalist for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. Two of her poems will be published in the Aesthetica 2016 annual.

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