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We are delighted to learn that MSt tutor Ingrid Persaud has been nominated for the RSL Encore Award for her novel The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh<\/em>. Awarded to an exceptional second novel, past winners of the Encore include Sally Rooney, Ali Smith and Anne Enright – it’s a fantastic predictor of literary careers, and a major achievement to be nominated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are delighted to learn that MSt tutor Ingrid Persaud has been nominated for the RSL Encore Award for her novel The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh. Awarded to an exceptional second novel, past winners of the Encore include Sally Rooney, Ali Smith and Anne Enright – it’s a fantastic predictor of literary careers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-tutor_news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p40Qhf-B3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2489,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2489","url_meta":{"origin":2297,"position":0},"title":"Sophie Ratcliffe wins the E.M.Forster Award","author":"MSt Creative Writing","date":"April 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"MSt tutor Professor Sophie Ratcliffe has been named as the 2026 recipient of the E.M. 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