Jean Boase-Beier writes on translating the poetry of the Holocaust with reference to Paul Celan’s Totenhemd.
Archives for 2013
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 […]
TWO POEMS
Two poems by the Chicago-based English poet, John Wilkinson. His Selected Poems will be published later this year.
Healing the State of Man
Sarah Lewis’ ‘Healing the State of Man’ received a special mention in the 2013 BBC National Short Story Award and is published in full here.
Alice Falconer wins inaugural Onoto Scholarship
UEA’s inaugural Onoto Creative Writing Scholarship has been awarded to Alice Falconer under the auspices of UEA’s Centre for Writing and Science, a collaboration between the Creative Writing programme and the Tyndall Centre for climate change research. Sponsored by the Onoto Pen Company, the scholarship is worth £2,500, plus an Onoto pen to the value […]
Eliza Robertson and Sara Taylor secure book deals
Eliza Robertson’s debut collection of short stories, ‘Wallflowers’, will be published by Hamish Hamilton in Canada next year. Eliza (pictured) was born in Vancouver and studied creative writing at the University of Victoria before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2011. She was that year’s recipient of the Booker Foundation […]
‘The Poets’ Daughters’ by Katie Waldegrave
‘The Poets’ Daughters: Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge’ is the first book by UEA alumna Katie Waldegrave and is published by Hutchinson this week. Katie (pictured) graduated from the UEA Life Writing MA in 2007 and completed her PhD under the supervision of Kathryn Hughes in 2012. She is a former Head of History at […]
Michael Miller’s new collection of poetry
‘The First Thing Mastered’ is the second collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Michael Miller and is published this month in the USA by Tebot Bach. Michael graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2003 and published his first collection ‘College Town’, also with Tebot Bach, in 2010. He was a poetry judge […]
Sarah Lewis achieves Special Mention in BBC National Short Story Award
‘Healing the State of Man’ by UEA alumnus Sarah Lewis has uniquely been awarded a Special Mention after just missing out on the shortlist of five for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award, which is worth £15,000 to the winner. ‘We Are Watching Something Terrible Happening’ by UEA Professor of Poetry Lavinia Greenlaw is […]