‘Daylight Saving’ by UEA alumnus Edward Hogan has been shortlisted for the 2013 Branford Boase Award for the best debut children’s novel. The award is worth £1,000 and this year’s chair of judges is the Guardian’s children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare. The winner will be announced on 11th July at a ceremony in London. Edward […]
Archives for 2013
‘The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure’ by CD Rose
‘The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure’ is the first book by UEA Creative Writing graduate, CD (Chris) Rose, and is to be published by Melville House in both the UK and the USA next year. Chris (pictured) graduated from the UEA Creative Writing MA (Prose Fiction) in 2007 and was shortlisted earlier this year for […]
Jean McNeil shortlisted for Canadian National Magazine
UEA Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Jean McNeil, has been nominated for the 2013 Canadian National Magazine Awards for ‘Ice Diaries: a Climate Change Memoir’. Jean (pictured) is the author of ten books of fiction, travel, literature and poetry, most recently the novel ‘The Ice Lovers’, which is set in the Antarctic. Her work has […]
‘A Place In The Country’ by W.G. Sebald
‘A Place In The Country’ is a newly translated collection of essays by the late W.G. Sebald and is published today by Hamish Hamilton. Sebald (pictured) joined UEA in 1970 as a lecturer in German Literature and became Professor of European Literature in 1987. He was a founding Director of the British Centre for Literary […]
George Szirtes wins CLPE Poetry Award
UEA Reader in Poetry, George Szirtes, has won this year’s CLPE Poetry Award for ‘In The Land of Giants’, his first book of poems for children since ‘The Red All Over Riddle Book’ in 1997. The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education launched the award in 2003, and previous winners have included John Agard, Grace […]
Sarah Ridgard nominated for Desmond Elliott Prize
UEA alumna Sarah Ridgard has been longlisted for this year’s Desmond Elliott Prize for her debut novel, ‘Seldom Seen’, which was published by Hutchinson last year. Sarah (pictured) graduated with a distinction from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2002, having previously worked for Amnesty International, Oxfam and Oxford University Press. […]
Rose Tremain shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize
‘Merivel’, the most recent novel by UEA alumna Rose Tremain, has been included on the shortlist of six novels in contention for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Rose graduated from UEA with a BA in English in 1967. During her degree she was taught by both Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury, and […]
‘The Human Script’ by Johnny Rich
‘The Human Script’ is the first novel by UEA alumnus Johnny Rich and is launched this month as the inaugural publication of the new digital imprint Red Button Publishing. Johnny graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 1999 and has since developed a career in public relations, media, and as a consultant […]
‘Idiopathy’ by Sam Byers
‘Idiopathy’ is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Sam Byers and is published by Fourth Estate this week. Sam was born in 1979 and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003. He is currently completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing under the supervision of Giles Foden and Rachel Potter. […]
‘The Collector of Lost Things’ by Jeremy Page
‘The Collector of Lost Things’ is the new novel by UEA alumnus Jeremy Page and has just been published by Little Brown. Jeremy graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 1994 and returned as a Writing Fellow in 2010 and as a tutor on the MA programme in 2011. He has worked as a script […]