Nancy Parker’s Diary of Detection is the new book for children by UEA alumna Julia Lee and is published by OUP this week. Julia graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2000. Her first novel, written under the name Julia Widdows, was shortlisted for the Daily Mail First Novel Award in 2007 and […]
Archives for February 2016
The Destructives by Matthew De Abaitua
The Destructives is the new science fiction novel by Matthew De Abaitua and is published by Angry Robot this week. Matthew was born in Liverpool in 1971 and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1994, after which he lived and worked as Will Self’s amanuensis in a remote cottage in Suffolk. Self & I, […]
Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard
Beautiful Broken Things is the first novel for Young Adults by UEA alumna Sara Barnard and has just been published by Macmillan Children’s Books. Sara graduated from UEA’s BA in Literature with Creative Writing in 2010 and has since worked as a copywriter and online content manager. She currently lives in Brighton and is represented […]
Mudumai Kolam
Feet planted in perfect balance,
she bends each morning
deftly dotting the floor.
Light Box by KJ Orr
Light Box is the debut collection of short stories by UEA alumna K.J. Orr and is published by Daunt Books this week. Katherine (K.J.) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007 and subsequently completed a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of Chichester. Her short fiction has been published […]
Thatha Kuzhandhai
Your beauty is everywhere
but where is your love?
The Sphere of Old Age
In the eye of the universe one is no more than a speck of dust, she would think with detachment, and smile.
Andrea Holland wins Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition
UEA Tutor in Creative Writing Andrea Holland has won the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition for her poem ‘Svay Pak Mathematics’. Andrea won the 2012 Norfolk Commission for Poetry and the resulting book, Broadcasting, is a collection of poems and MOD-owned photographs based on the requisition of five Norfolk villages in WWII. Her pamphlet, Borrowed, was […]
Nadine Vladescu edits Our Imaginary Friends
UEA alumna Nadine Vladescu is the editor of Prietenii nostri imaginari (Our Imaginary Friends), a collection of short fiction recently published in Romania by Humanitas. Conceived and introduced by Nadine (pictured), the volume contains thirteen short stories by some of Romania’s leading authors, including one by Nadine called ‘Porcu’ (‘Pig’). Nadine is a translator, conference […]
The Last Match by Anna Ziegler
The Last Match is the latest play by UEA alumna Anna Ziegler and will premiere at The Old Globe theatre in San Diego on 13 February, running until 13 March. Anna (pictured) studied English at Yale University and graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2002. She subsequently gained an MFA in […]