‘A Week In Paris’ is the seventh novel by UEA tutor in Creative Writing Rachel Hore and has just been published by Simon and Schuster. Rachel (pictured) worked in publishing for several years before joining UEA and teaches the Publishing module that leads to the production of the annual anthology of work by UEA Creative […]
Archives for October 2014
‘The Surfacing’ by Cormac James
‘The Surfacing’ is the second novel by UEA alumnus Cormac James and has recently been published by Sandstone Press. Cormac was born and grew up in Cork, Ireland, and since 2002 has lived in Montpellier, France. He graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1994 and published his first novel, ‘Track and Field’, […]
Jack Wang joins UEA as David T.K. Wong Writing Fellow
Jack Wang has been announced as the 2014-15 David T.K. Wong Writing Fellow at UEA and will be joining the Creative Writing programme this week. Jack (pictured) was born in Taiwan and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He earned a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona, […]
Tiffany Atkinson joins UEA as a Professor of Creative Writing
he poet and critic Tiffany Atkinson has joined UEA as a Professor of Creative Writing and Convenor of the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry). Tiffany (pictured) gained a PhD in Critical Theory from Cardiff University before moving to Aberystwyth University to lecture in English Literature and Creative Writing. She is the author of three poetry […]
Yewande Omotoso joins UEA as Etisalat Fellow
Novelist Yewande Omotoso has joined UEA on a four-month fellowship established and sponsored by the international telecommunications company Etisalat. The fellowship is intended to celebrate new African fiction, encouraging upcoming African writers while supporting the African publishing industry. Yewande (pictured) was born in Barbados, grew up in Nigeria and currently lives in Johannesburg. She trained as […]
Chloe L Yeoh receives Bryan Heiser Memorial Bursary
Chloe L Yeoh is the inaugural recipient of the Bryan Heiser Memorial Bursary to undertake the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA. The bursary is worth £1,000 and is dedicated to the memory of MA alumnus Bryan Heiser, who died of polio in 2013, aged 67. Bryan, who joined the MA in 2009, was […]
Mahreen Sohail joins UEA as Charles Pick Writing Fellow
Mahreen Sohail has been announced as one of this year’s two Charles Pick South Asia Writing Fellows at UEA and will be joining the Creative Writing programme this week. Mahreen (pictured) graduated with an M.F.A from Sarah Lawrence College in the USA, where she studied as a Fulbright scholar. She moved back to Pakistan in […]
Rose Tremain shortlisted for BBC National Short Story Award
‘The American Lover’ by UEA alumna Rose Tremain has been shortlisted for the 2014 BBC National Short Story Award. Rose (pictured) graduated from UEA with a BA in English in 1967. During her degree she was taught by both Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury, and later returned to the university to teach alongside Bradbury on […]
‘Our Lady of the Nile’ translated by Melanie Mauthner
UEA alumna Melanie Mauthner has translated ‘Our Lady of the Nile’, the first novel by Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga, which was originally published by Gallimard in France in 2012. The translation is published by Archipelago Books of New York. Melanie graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2007, having previously […]
Lindsey Fairweather selected for IdeasTap Inspires WCN competition
UEA alumna Lindsey Fairweather is one of ten young writers selected for the 2014 IdeasTap Inspires Writers’ Centre Norwich Creative writing Competition and will receive six months of professional development and mentoring. Selected by a panel of judges and mentors – writers Daniel Hahn, Kerry Hudson, Alex Preston, Amy Sackville and Nicola Upson – from […]