Friendly Bombs, a new play about John Betjeman by UEA alumnus Christopher James, opens at the Maddermarket theatre in Norwich this evening. Chris (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA in 1997 and was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award in 2002, when he also won the Bridport Prize for […]
Archives for 2016
Air by Ryan Gattis
1-12-16 Air is the first novel for young adults by UEA alumnus Ryan Gattis and is published by Adaptive Books this week. Ryan was born in Illinois, USA, and raised in Colorado. He graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2002 and published his first novel Roo Kickkick and the Big […]
DW Wilson wins 2016 Manchester Fiction Prize
UEA alumnus DW (Dave) Wilson has been announced as the winner of the this year’s £10,000 Manchester Fiction Prize for his short story ‘All This Concrete Beneath Your Feet’. Dave (pictured) was born in British Columbia and joined UEA as the inaugural recipient of the Booker Foundation bursary. He graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose […]
Rebecca Tamás wins 2016 Manchester Poetry Prize
UEA writer Rebecca Tamás has been announced as the co-winner of the 2016 Manchester Poetry Prize. She shares the £10,000 prize with Dante Di Stefano. Rebecca (pictured) was born in London and studied at the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh, where she won the Grierson Verse Prize. She is currently studying for a PhD in […]
Kazuo Ishiguro, Anne Enright and Natasha Pulley longlisted for International Dublin Literary Award
24-11-16 Three UEA alumni have been included on the longlist for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award, which is worth €100,000 to the winner and is nominated by libraries worldwide. Kazuo Ishiguro (pictured), who graduated from the UEA Creative Writing MA in 1980, is nominated for The Buried Giant (Faber). Anne Enright, who graduated from […]
Rose Tremain and Denise Riley shortlisted for Costa Book Awards
Two UEA writers have been shortlisted for this year’s Costa Book Awards. The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain (Chatto & Windus) is nominated in the Novel category, while Say Something Back by Denise Riley (Picador) is nominated in the Poetry category. Rose (pictured) graduated from UEA with a BA in English in 1967 and later […]
The Story Cure by Susan Elderkin and Ella Berthoud
The Story Cure: An A-Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy and Wise is a literary guidebook compiled by UEA alumna Susan Elderkin and her friend Ella Berthoud and is published this week by Canongate. Ella and Susan (pictured) met as English Literature students at Cambridge University before Susan joined the UEA Creative Writing […]
Forbidden Line by Paul Stanbridge
Forbidden Line is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Paul Stanbridge and has just been published by Galley Beggar Press. Paul grew up in Essex and studied literature at the universities of Reading and Manchester before joining UEA to undertake his doctoral thesis, The Making of David Jones’s Anathemata. He gained his PhD in 2011, […]
Bastards of Young
An extract from a longer work, centering on the author’s upbringing in a rural Irish village
All the Bright Stars
Unlike all the other stars in the universe, the North Star stays fixed and true above the North Pole. For centuries, it has been a beacon of light and hope, guiding mariners, adventurers, and other lost souls home. From a mythological perspective, the North Star symbolizes not only home but also the gateway to heaven: […]