UEA alumnus Sam Byers has been awarded a £3,750 Betty Trask Award for his first novel ‘Idiopathy’, which was published by Fourth Estate last year. Sam graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003 and completed his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing earlier this year. He is a regular reviewer for […]
Archives for June 2014
New plays by E.V.Crowe and Timberlake Wertenbaker at the RSC
New plays by UEA writers E.V.Crowe and Timberlake Wertenbaker are among the four works being performed in the Midsummer Mischief festival of world premieres now running at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford. E.V.Crowe (pictured) graduated from UEA’s MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Most Promising Playwright Award at the […]
Divya Ghelani selected for B3 Media TalentLab
UEA alumna Divya Ghelani has been selected for the 2014 edition of B3 Media TalentLab, an Arts Council-supported scheme aimed at writers, producers, artists and directors from Black, Asian and Minority backgrounds. Her commission will enable her to develop a short film adapted from the series of flash fictions she wrote earlier this year for the University […]
Thomas Morris signs book deal with Faber
UEA alumnus Thomas Morris has signed a two-book deal with Faber and Faber, who will publish his debut story collection, ‘We Don’t Know What We’re Doing’, next year. Thomas (pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA last year, and wrote most of the stories in his collection while on the MA. In 2013 he was also […]
First make them laugh – comedy in fiction
How to be funny, as writers – or funnier, at least?
Zebra Crossing
An extract from a new novel by UEA graduate, Meg Vandermerwe.
After Sebald – a tribute
Bae Su-Ah on the educational experience of translating the work of W. G. Sebald.
Next UEA Creative Writing Course in Calcutta, India – 28th August – 5th September 2014
The school is delighted to announce that the 4th edition of the Indian Creative Writing workshop will be held on the 28th of August until the 5th of September in Calcutta, India, in partnership with the British Council, Caravan magazine, and the Kolkata Literary Meet. The workshop will be about ‘Exploring the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction’, and will […]
‘Randall’ by Jonathan Gibbs
‘Randall’ is the first novel by UEA alumnus Jonathan Gibbs and is published by Galley Beggar Press today. Jonathan (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2009 and completed his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2014. He has taught for the past three years on the undergraduate Creative […]
‘The Country of Ice Cream Star’ by Sandra Newman
‘The Country of Ice Cream Star’ is the third novel by UEA alumna Sandra Newman and is published by Chatto and Windus this week. Sandra was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from UEA’s Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2002, when she was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award for her debut novel ‘The Only […]