{"id":2134,"date":"2022-10-27T08:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T08:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:03:32","slug":"mst-courise-director-dr-clare-morgan-reads-from-her-new-short-story-collection-scar-tissue-in-cardiff-on-thursday-10-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"MSt Course Director Dr Clare Morgan reads from her new short story collection, Scar Tissue, in Cardiff on Thursday 10 November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MSt Course Director, Dr Clare Morgan, will be reading from her new short story collection Scar Tissue at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, at 7pm on Thursday 10 November.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free, but registration is essential, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/short-story-double-event-clare-morgan-and-angela-graham-tickets-440239396887\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Scar Tissue<\/em> offers a fresh perspective on the nature of individual existence in all its transient vulnerability. As we travel from Wales and the Marches to places as far away as India, Paris, New England, Scandinavia and Spain, these lyrical, evocative, and searching stories unflinchingly explore the darker and more challenging aspects of emotional, sexual and familial relationships, while simultaneously celebrating the joys of being alive in an unfathomable world. <em>Scar Tissue<\/em> is published alongside a re-print of Clare\u2019s first collection <em>An Affair of the Heart<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"454\" data-attachment-id=\"2135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?attachment_id=2135\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?fit=2094%2C928&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2094,928\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?fit=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?fit=1024%2C454&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?resize=1024%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?resize=1024%2C454&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?resize=768%2C340&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?resize=1536%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?resize=2048%2C908&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-27-094843.png?resize=500%2C222&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSt Course Director, Dr Clare Morgan, will be reading from her new short story collection Scar Tissue at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, at 7pm on Thursday 10 November. 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