New work by four UEA alumni is included in the anthology ‘New Welsh Short Stories’, edited by Francesca Rhydderch and Penny Thomas and published by Seren: ‘On The Inside’ by Trezza Azzopardi, ‘Rising-Falling’ by Joe Dunthorne, ‘Pulling Out’ by Eluned Gramich, and ‘17’ by Thomas Morris. Trezza graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 1998 […]
Archives for April 2015
‘And She Was’ by Sarah Corbett
‘And She Was’ is a verse-novel by UEA alumna Sarah Corbett and is published by Pavilion Poetry this week. Sarah graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 1998 and gained a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from Manchester University in 2013. Her first collection of poetry ‘The Red Wardrobe’ was the […]
Julia Blackburn at UEA
The author Julia Blackburn will be appearing at the UEA literary festival this Wednesday, where she will be reading from her new work ‘Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske’, and talking to UEA Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Henry Sutton about her life and career. Julia Blackburn has published seven books of non-fiction, including […]
‘Mrs Engels’ by Gavin McCrea
‘Mrs Engels’ is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Gavin McCrea and is published by Scribe this week. Gavin was born in Dublin in 1978 and has since travelled widely, living in Japan, Belgium and Italy, among other places. He holds a BA and an MA from University College Dublin, and completed his MA in […]
‘Blood Child’ by Eleanor Rees
‘Blood Child’ is the new collection of poetry by UEA alumna Eleanor Rees and is published by Pavilion Poetry this week. Eleanor graduated from UEA with an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2002 and received an Eric Gregory Award that year for her debut pamphlet ‘Feeding Fire’. Her first full length collection ‘Andraste’s Hair’ […]
‘Small Hands’ by Mona Arshi
Small Hands is the debut collection of poetry by UEA alumna Mona Arshi and has just been published by Liverpool University Press. Mona (pictured) trained as a lawyer and worked for the human rights organisation Liberty for several years before joining UEA. She graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2013 and was subsequently […]
Scorper
An extract from Rob Magnusson Smith’s new novel, Scorper, published by Granta Books this year.
Three Poems
Introducing three self-translated poems from Brazilian poet, Dirceu Villa.
David Nicholls at UEA
The novelist David Nicholls will be appearing at the UEA literary festival this Wednesday, where he will be reading from his new novel ‘Us’ and talking to UEA Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Henry Sutton about his life and career. ‘Us’ is David Nicholls’ fourth novel and was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize. […]
THE POET FEELS TO READ
A poem from Angus Sinclair for UEA Poetry Festival.