Stories by two UEA writers which were shortlisted for this year’s Bristol Short Story Prize are to be published this month in the annual Bristol Short Story Prize anthology. Bethany Proud, who graduated from the English Literature with Creative Writing BA in 2011, is included for her story ‘Ferried Back’. Krishan Coupland, who is currently […]
Archives for 2013
‘From the Belly of the Cat’, edited by Stephanie Ye
‘From the Belly of the Cat’ is a new anthology of feline-themed Singaporean short stories edited by current UEA Creative Writing student, Stephanie Ye, and will be launched at the Singapore Writers Festival today. Stephanie joined the UEA Prose Fiction MA this year, and is the author of ‘The Billion Shop’, a chapbook of four […]
Joshua Allen and Sarah Bower in ‘Unthology 4’
Two short stories by UEA graduates are included in the latest collection of new short fiction in the widely celebrated ‘Unthology’ series. ‘Unthology 4’, edited by Ashley Stokes and Robin Jones, is published today by Unthank Books and features work by Joshua Allen and Sarah Bower. Joshua graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose […]
George Szirtes shortlisted for TS Eliot Prize
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 […]
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.