River Of Ink is the debut novel by Paul M.M. Cooper and is published by Bloomsbury this week. Paul was born in south London, grew up in Cardiff, and graduated from the University of Warwick before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA. He graduated in 2013 and has recently returned to […]
Archives for January 2016
Erin Soros shortlisted for Costa Short Story Award
Fallen’ by Erin Soros has been shortlisted for this year’s Costa Short Story Award, which is worth £3,500 to the winner. Erin (pictured) graduated from the PhD in Creative & Critical Writing at UEA last year, having initially joined UEA as the 2008 Charles Pick Writing Fellow. She was previously shortlisted for the Costa Short Story […]
Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Boy’s Quest For Freedom And His Future by Phyllida Scrivens
Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Boy’s Quest For Freedom And His Future is the debut biography by UEA alumna Phyllida Scrivens and is published by Pen and Sword Books this month. Phyllida graduated with a BA in Literature from the Open University in 2011 and completed the MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction at UEA in […]
Yuki Chan in Bronte Country by Mick Jackson
Yuki Chan in Bronte Country is the new novel by UEA alumnus Mick Jackson and is published by Faber & Faber this week. Mick graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1992 and published his first novel, The Underground Man, in 1997. This won the Society of Authors First Novel Award and was shortlisted […]
Beside Myself by Ann Morgan
Beside Myself is the first novel by UEA alumna Ann Morgan and is published by Bloomsbury this week. Ann graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in English Literature, after which she worked as a Campaigns Officer for the architectural history charity, the Victorian Society. She graduated from UEA with an MA in Creative Writing […]
Peter Gizzi at UEA
The American poet Peter Gizzi will be reading at the UEA Drama Studio tomorrow evening at 8pm, and will be joined by the poets Jennifer Cooke and Meryl Pugh. Admission is free. Gizzi (pictured) has taught at Brown University and The University of California and has taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 2001. For […]
Iain AJ Ross shortlisted for Imison Award
UEA alumnus Iain AJ Ross has been included on the shortlist of three for the 2016 Imison Award for the best original script by a writer new to radio. He was selected last year for Original British Dramatists 2015, a BBC Radio 4 showcase of five plays by writers new to radio. His Imison-nominated play, […]
Gull by Glenn Patterson
Gull is the new novel by UEA alumnus Glenn Patterson and is published by Head of Zeus this week. Glenn graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 1986 and has since published twelve other books, including his debut novel, Burning Your Own (1988), which won a Betty Trask Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. […]
Philippa Found and Gordon Collins longlisted for Galley Beggar Short Story Prize
Two UEA alumni have been nominated for the inaugural Galley Beggar Short Story Prize. Philippa Found is longlisted for ‘How To Be In Love With Your Best Friend’ and Gordon Collins for ‘Do Not Fall Asleep in the Bath’. They were selected from 570 submissions. Philippa (pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose) MA in […]