A new writing fellowship has been announced by UEA, sponsored by the international telecommunications company Etisalat. It will be awarded each year to the recipient of the newly created Etisalat Prize for Literature, an award established by the company to celebrate new African fiction. Open to debut novels by African writers, the winner will receive […]
Archives for 2013
Richard House and Tash Aw longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Two UEA alumni have been included on the longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Richard House is nominated for ‘The Kills’, which was published a ‘digital-first’ sequence of four novels by Panmacmillan in March, while Tash Aw is nominated for his third novel ‘Five Star Billionaire’, which was published by Fourth Estate in February. […]
Luke Owen wins Papatango New Writing Prize
UEA Scriptwriting graduate Luke Owen has been named as the winner of this year’s Papatango New Writing Prize in partnership with the Finborough Theatre, London. His play ‘Unscorched’ was chosen unanimously from over 500 entrants and will receive a full professional production at the Finborough Theatre from October 29th to November 23rd. The script will […]
THREE POEMS
Three poems by UEA MA Creative Writing graduate and poet, Liz Adams
SEVEN QUESTIONS: EDITH GROSSMAN
Sharlene Teo interviews the pre-eminent translator of Spanish-language literature today. Grossman has translated, among others, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes.
How can snow be crunchy when it’s wet?
An experiment with Norwich-Jakarta relay translation.
‘The Savages’ by Matt Whyman
‘The Savages’ is the latest novel for children by UEA alumnus Matt Whyman and has just been published by Hot Key Books in the UK. Matt graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1992 and is the author of numerous books for younger readers, including ‘Boy Kills Man’ (2004), which was shortlisted for […]
‘The Royal Nappy’ by Nicholas Allan
‘The Royal Nappy’ is the latest picture book for children by UEA alumus Nicholas Allan and has recently been published by Red Fox. Nicholas studied Fine Art at the Slade and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 1981. He is the author/illustrator of over thirty children’s books, including the bestselling ‘The […]
‘A Map of Nowhere’ by Martin Bannister
‘A Map of Nowhere’ is the debut novel by UEA Creative Writing alumnus Martin Bannister and is published by Legend Press this week. Martin, who was born in Wigan and now lives in London, graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2005. Previously he studied Fine Art and worked as an artist, graffiti […]
‘This House is Haunted’ by John Boyne
‘This House is Haunted’ is the new novel by UEA Creative Writing alumnus John Boyne and is published by Doubleday. John’s 2006 novel for children, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, has sold 5 million copies worldwide and was released as a Heyday/Miramax feature film starring David Thewlis in 2008. John (pictured) completed the MA […]