A History of Loneliness’ is the latest novel by UEA alumnus John Boyne and has just been published in the UK by Doubleday. John was born in Dublin in 1971, and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin before joining the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 1994, when he was awarded the Curtis […]
Archives for October 2014
Adam Foulds and Emily Berry named as Next Generation Poets
UEA alumnus Adam Foulds and current PhD student Emily Berry have been named by the Poetry Book Society as being among the best 20 emerging poets from the UK and Ireland to have published a first collection within the last 10 years. The list of Next Generation poets, which is supported by the Arts Council […]
Short Story successes for Tim Harding and KJ Orr
UEA alumnus Tim Harding has been shortlisted for The Moth International Short Story Prize 2014 for his story ‘The Sad Mans Club’. Tim graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2010 and is currently working on his first novel. A new short story by KJ (Katherine) Orr, ‘The Lake Shore Limited’, was […]
Neel Mukherjee shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
UEA alumnus Neel Mukherjee has been shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is worth £50,000 to the winner. Neel is nominated for his second novel, ‘The Lives of Others’, which was recently published by Chatto & Windus. He graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001 and published his first […]
Owen Sheers and Naomi Wood shortlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
Two graduates of the UEA Creative Writing MA have been included on the longlist for the 2014 International Dylan Thomas Prize, which is for authors aged 39 or under and is worth 30,000 to the winner. Owen Sheers graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 1998 and is nominated for his drama ‘Mametz’, […]
Breeders by Ben Ockrent
‘Breeders’ is a new comedy by UEA graduate Ben Ockrent and opens this evening as part of the One Stage season at the St James Theatre in London. Directed by Tamara Harvey, the play stars Tamzin Outhwaite and Jemima Rooper and ill run until 4 October. Ben (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing […]
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
‘The Children Act’ is the thirteenth novel by UEA alumnus Ian McEwan and is published by Jonathan Cape today. Ian was the inaugural student on the UEA Creative Writing MA, graduating in 1971, and published his first collection of short stories, ‘First Love, Last Rites’, in 1975. His second novel ‘The Comfort of Strangers’ (1981) […]