UEA Reader in Poetry, George Szirtes, has been shortlisted for this year’s TS Eliot Prize for his latest collection Bad Machine, which was published earlier this year by Bloodaxe. Also included on the shortlist is Moniza Ali, a recent tutor on the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry). Her collection At The Time Of Partition […]
Archives for October 2013
Seamus Heaney in Conversation with Chris Bigsby
Chris Bigsby in conversation with the late Seamus Heaney on poetry and craft.
Eliza Robertson shortlisted for the Journey Prize
UEA writer Eliza Robertson has been shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, which is worth $10,000 to the winner and $1,000 for each of the finalists. She is nominated for her story ‘My Sister Sang’, which was published earlier this year in ‘Grain’ magazine. Eliza (pictured) grew up […]
‘A Kind of Eden’ by Amanda Smyth
‘A Kind of Eden’ is the new novel by UEA alumna Amanda Smyth and has recently been published by Serpent’s Tail. Amanda is Irish/Trinidadian and completed the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2000. Her short stories and poetry have been published in New Writing, London Magazine, the TLS and broadcast on BBC Radio […]
‘The Tip of My Tongue (and Some Other Weapons as Well)’ by Trezza Azzopardi
13-10-13 ‘The Tip of My Tongue (and Some Other Weapons as Well)’ is the latest title by UEA alumna and Creative Writing lecturer Trezza Azzopardi. A contemporary adaptation of a tale from the celtic myth cycle the Mabinogion, it is published in paperback by Seren this week. Trezza graduated from the UEA Creative Writing MA […]
‘Where Women Are Kings’ by Christie Watson
‘Where Women Are Kings’ is the second novel by UEA alumna Christie Watson and is published by Quercus this week. Christie trained as a paediatric nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital and worked in nursing for ten years before joining the Creative Writing MA in 2007, when she was the recipient of the Malcolm Bradbury […]
PONTI!
We are pleased to feature new fiction by Sharlene Teo, the 2013 David TK Wong writing fellow at UEA.
Translating the Poetry of the Holocaust with Jean Boase-Beier
Jean Boase-Beier writes on translating the poetry of the Holocaust with reference to Paul Celan’s Totenhemd.
Recent short fiction by UEA alumni
‘I Should Let Him Tell You’ by Lauren Rose (MA 2013) has recently been longlisted for Glimmer Train’s Family Matters contest, while ‘The Legacy’ by Hannah Coneys (BA 2012; current MA) and ‘The Genie of the Crispy Fried Chicken Shop’ by Dani Redd (current MA) were published in ‘Toast’, an anthology of stories selected by […]
‘Changed’ by Lynda Williams and Andy Campbell
‘Changed’ is an interactive digital story created by Andy Campbell and UEA alumna Lynda Williams and will be featured at the Norwich Fringe Festival from today. The narrative unfolds as users touch or click the texts and objects that appear on-screen. It is compatible with iPads and desktop computers and was created as an exploration […]