The Boy At The Top Of The Mountain by UEA alumnus John Boyne has been shortlisted for this year’s Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) Book of the Year Award. The book was published by Doubleday Children’s in 2015. John graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1995, and returned as a Creative Writing Fellow […]
Archives for March 2016
The Living by Anjali Joseph
The Living is the third novel by UEA alumna Anjali Joseph and is published by 4th Estate this week. Anjali (pictured) was born in Bombay in 1978 and read English at Trinity College, Cambridge before joining UEA. She graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2008 and completed her PhD in Creative and […]
At The Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
At The Edge of the Orchard is the eighth novel by UEA alumna Tracy Chevalier and is published by HarperCollins this week. Tracy (pictured) was born in Washington DC and moved to English in 1984. She graduated from the UEA Creative Writing MA in 1994 and published her first novel The Virgin Blue in 1996. […]
Words and Women: Three published, with introduction by Emma Healey
Words and Women: Three is the latest annual collection of short prose by women writers in the East of England, and is published by Unthank Books this week to coincide with International Women’s Day. The volume – which contains memoir, fiction and creative non-fiction – is edited by UEA alumnae Lynne Bryan (MA 1985) and […]
Paddy & K’Den
A new short story featured from the Being Dad anthology published on March 3rd by Tangent Books.
Gavin McCrea longlisted for Walter Scott Prize
Mrs Engles, the debut novel by UEA alumnus Gavin McCrea, has been longlisted for this year’s Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, which is worth £25,000 to the winner. Gavin (pictured) holds a BA and an MA from University College Dublin, and completed his MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2009. Under […]
The Face: Strangers On A Pier by Tash Aw
The Face: Strangers On A Pier is the new book by UEA alumnus Tash Aw and is the latest in a series of autobiographical works by writers to be published by Restless Books. Tash was born in Taipei to Malaysian parents and grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He graduated from the UEA MA in […]
Rob Magnuson Smith and Thomas Morris longlisted for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Two UEA alumni have been included in the 12-strong longlist for this year’s £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Rob Magnuson Smith is nominated for ‘The Elector of Nossnearly’ and Thomas Morris for ‘Clap Hands’. Rob graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2009, when he was that year’s recipient of […]