‘Death & Texas’ is the fourth collection of short stories by UEA alumnus Clive Sinclair and has recently been published by Halban. Clive completed his BA at UEA in 1969 and his PhD in 1983 and later returned to the University as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow in 2004. His first collection of stories, ‘Hearts […]
Archives for March 2014
Bun-Maska
Bun-maska crept tentatively, one foot at a time, ascending the staircase that swung feebly around the decrepit Mira chawl like a barbed wire. Tiny glasses of chai clinked in the iron glass holder he carried, as though deliberately trying to betray the silence their owner hoped to maintain. The late afternoon sun washed the wooden […]
Kali
He squatted on a patch of cabbages, under the relentless supervision of a July sun.
A Jaundiced Tale
The chicken curry had more curry than chicken. So, he threw it at her. She dodged the fiery droplets with a practiced ease. They fell instead, on Lolita, staring silently from a corner of the room. The book had stood there for a long time, mute and un-thumbed. And now, rivulets of gravy and spice disfigured Lolita’s face. […]
Rotterdam Wives
‘Columbia’, irrespective of what the name suggests … was not much more than a run-down strip joint.
Matt Zandstra wins Curtis Brown Award
Matt Zandstra is this year’s winner of the £1,500 Curtis Brown Award, which is awarded annually to the best student on the UEA Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA, as chosen by a panel of Curtis Brown agents. The prize was established by the agency in memory of their colleague Giles Gordon and the inaugural award […]
The Last Boat Home – extract
A short extract from Dea Brøvig’s debut novel, The Last Boat Home (Hutchinson, 2014).
‘Deep Shelter’ by Oliver Harris
‘Deep Shelter’ is the second novel by UEA alumnus Oliver Harris and is published by Jonathan Cape this week. Oliver was born in London in 1978 and graduated with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare studies from University College London before joining the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA at UEA in […]
Divya Ghelani nominated for Harry Bowling Prize
‘Runaway’, the novel-in-progress of UEA alumna Divya Ghelani, is one of two runners-up for the 2014 Harry Bowling Prize for New Writing. Divya (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007 and subsequently worked in advertising before joining the University of Hong Kong, where she gained an MPhil in Literary Studies. […]
John Boyne shortlisted for UKLA Award
‘The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket’ by UEA alumnus John Boyne has been shortlisted in the 7-11 age category of this year’s UKLA Book Awards. John (pictured) graduated from the UEA Creative Writing MA in 1995 and published his first novel, ‘The Thief of Time’, in 2000. His first novel for children, ‘The […]