UEA writer Helon Habila is the editor of the recently published ‘Granta Book of the African Short Story’, which includes work by twenty-nine writers
representing twenty countries. Helon (pictured) came to UEA as a Writing Fellow in 2004 and su…
Archives for October 2011
The Total Anarchy and The Disorder
A blog about not writing a story, commissioned by Writers’ Centre Norwich in response to their Worlds event, summer, 2011.
Alex Ivey longlisted for Mslexia competition
Recent UEA graduate Alex Ivey has been longlisted for the Mslexia Women’s Novel Competion. Alex
(pictured) moved to England from the USA in 1999 and worked in the voluntary sector managing older people’s services before graduating from UEA’s…
Black Beauty
A poem commissioned by Writers’ Centre Norwich as part of their Worlds event.
A Norfolk Colour Chart
A WCN-commissioned piece on colour influences from the Norfolk landscape.
Esther Morgan’s new collection
‘Grace’ is the third collection of poetry by UEA alumna Esther Morgan and is published this week by Bloodaxe Books. Esther (pictured) graduted
from the Creative Writing (Poetry) MA in 1997 and subsequently taught on both UEA’s undergraduate C…
Sue Healy wins Short Story Prize
‘The Last of the Shower’, a new story by UEA writer Sue Healy, has won the 2011 Highlands & Islands Short Story Association competition. Sue
(pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2009 and has since also won the 2010 W…
An Interview With Steve Waters
An interview with Steve Waters, who joined UEA’s School of Literature, Drama & Creative Writing in September, 2011.
Re-Drafted: Noah Barleywater Runs Away
John Boyne gives an interesting glimpse of his editorial process working on his award-winning new children’s novel, Noah Barleywater Runs Away.
Jane Harris shortlisted for Galaxy National Book Award
UEA writer Jane Harris has been shortlisted for the Popular Fiction Book of the Year category of the Galaxy National Book Awards for her second novel, ‘Gillespie and I’, which was published by Faber and Faber earlier this year. Jane
(pictured)…