Elizabeth is Missing by UEA alumna Emma Healey has been included on the shortlist of three titles in the running for this year’s Desmond Elliott Prize, which is worth £10,000 to the winner. Emma (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2011, and subsequently worked for the UEA IT department while […]
Archives for May 2015
Toby Litt and Rose Tremain shortlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize
Two UEA Creative Writing alumni have been shortlisted for this year’s Edge Hill Short Story Prize, which recognises excellence in a published collection of short stories and is worth £5,000 to the winner. Rose Tremain (pictured), who graduated from UEA in 1967 and has become the first female Chancellor of the university, is nominated for […]
Neel Mukherjee wins Encore Award
UEA alumnus Neel Mukherjee has won the £10,000 Encore Award for his second novel The Lives of Others, which was published by Chatto & Windus last year. Neel (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001 and published his first novel, A Life Apart, in 2010. Initially published in India as […]
‘Hyacinth Girls’ by Lauren Frankel
Hyacinth Girls is the debut novel by UEA alumna Lauren Frankel and is published this week by Crown Publishers in the USA. Lauren (pictured) grew up in Stratford, Connecticut and studied English at Vassar College in New York State. In 2005 she graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction), when she was the […]
‘Things We Have in Common’ by Tasha Kavanagh
‘Things We Have in Common’ is the debut novel by UEA alumna Tasha Kavanagh and is published by Canongate this week. Tasha (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1992 and has worked in film editing for ten years on productions such as ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ and ‘Seven Years in Tibet’. […]
‘The Green Road’ by Anne Enright
‘The Green Road’ is the new novel by UEA alumna Anne Enright and is published by Jonathan Cape this week. Anne graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1987. Her first book, a collection of short stories called ‘The Portable Virgin’, was published in 1991 and was the winner of the Rooney Prize. […]
‘The Lady of Misrule’ by Suzannah Dunn
‘The Lady of Misrule’ is Suzannah Dunn’s sixth historical novel and is published by Little, Brown this week. It follows ‘The Queen of Subtleties’ (2004), ‘The Sixth Wife’ (2007), ‘The Queen’s Sorrow’ (2008) and ‘The Confessions of Katherine Howard’ (2010) – a Richard & Judy pick in 2011 – and ‘The May Bride’ in 2014. […]
Four UEA alumni nominated for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
Four UEA alumni have been longlisted for the 2015 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. They are David Almond (BA 1973) for ‘Half A Creature From The Sea’, published by Walker Books; Avril Joy (BA 1972) for ‘Millie and Bird: Tales of Paradise’, published by Iron Press; Toby Litt (MA 1995) for ‘Life-like’, published by […]