‘The Hunger Trace’ is the second novel by UEA alumnus Edward Hogan and is published by Simon & Schuster this month. Edward (pictured) graduated
from the Creative Writing MA at UEA in 2004 and was the recipient of that year’s David Higham Award….
Archives for February 2011
Maire Cooney wins international short story award
Recent UEA graduate Maire Cooney has won the 2010 Raymond Carver Short Story Award for her story ‘The White Rabbit’. The award is organised by US literary journal The Carve, and is worth $1,000 to the winner. Maire’s winning story is publishe…
Maire Cooney wins international short story award
Recent UEA graduate Maire Cooney has won the 2010 Raymond Carver Short Story Award for her story ‘The White Rabbit’. The award is organised by
US literary journal The Carve, and is worth $1,000 to the winner. Maire’s winning story is …
Jane Lawes signs book deal with Usborne
UEA graduate Jane Lawes (pictured) has signed with book publisher Usborne to write a series of novels for children on the theme of gymnastics. The
first three titles in the Gym Stars series will be ‘Summertime and Somersaults’, ‘Friendships a…
Reel ed altre poesie
‘Reel ed altre poesie’ is the Italian-language selected poems of UEA Reader in Creative Writing, George Szirtes. Translated by the Italian poet Gabriele Natali and published by Polistampa, this is the third translated selection of George’s work, fo…
New book by Agnes Lehoczky
‘Poetry, the Geometry of the Living Substance’ by UEA graduate Agnes Lehoczky is the first sustained study in English of one of the most important Hungarian writers of the 20th century, the modernist poet Ágnes Nemes Nagy. It has just been pub…
Ian McEwan to receive Jerusalem Prize
UEA alumnus Ian McEwan (pictured) is to receive Israel’s most prestigious literary award, the Jerusalem prize, at the Jerusalem book fair this month. The prize, which is worth £6,000, is awarded biennially to a writer whose works deal with theme…
Anjali Joseph and Helon Habila shortlisted for Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
Two UEA Creative Writers have been included on this year’s shortlists for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Anjali Joseph (pictured) is nominated in the South Asia and Europe Best First Book category for her novel ‘Saraswati Park’, while Helon H…
Philip Langeskov in Best Short Stories
A short story by UEA writer Philip Langeskov is to be included in the forthcoming anthology, ‘The Best British Short Stories 2011’, edited by Nicholas Royle and scheduled for publication in April by Salt. Philip graduated from the UEA Creative …