The Mark And The Void, the third novel by UEA alumnus Paul Murray, has been announced as the co-winner of the 2016 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction, alongside The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001 and published his first […]
Archives for May 2016
Noon in Paris, Eight in Chicago by Douglas Cowie
Noon in Paris, Eight in Chicago is the new novel by UEA alumnus Douglas Cowie and is published by Myriad Editions this week. Douglas is originally from Chicago and has lived in England and Berlin since 1999. He graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2000 and completed his PhD in […]
Owen Sheers, Eluned Gramich and Thomas Morris on Wales Book of the Year shortlist
Three UEA alumni have been included in the category shortlists for the 2016 Wales Book of the Year Award. I Saw A Man by Owen Sheers and We Don’t Know What We’re Doing by Thomas Morris (both Faber) are shortlisted for The Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award. Woman Who Brings The Rain by Eluned Gramich […]
Blind Water Pass by Anna Metcalfe
Blind Water Pass is the debut collection of short stories by UEA student Anna Metcalfe and is published by John Murray this week. Anna was born in Germany in 1987 and grew up in Fife and Lincolnshire. She graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2012 and is currently undertaking […]
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
The Gustav Sonata is the new novel by UEA alumna and current Chancellor of the university, Rose Tremain, and is published by Chatto & Windus this week. Rose graduated from UEA with a BA in English in 1967. During her degree she was taught by Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury, and later returned to the […]
Say Something Back by Denise Riley
Say Something Back is the new collection of poetry by UEA professor Denise Riley, and is published by Picador this week. The book reproduces A Part Song, the winner of the 2012 Forward Poetry Prize for Best Single Poem. Denise is currently Professor of Poetry and the History of Ideas at UEA, and was formerly […]
Iron Towns by Anthony Cartwright
Iron Towns is the new novel by UEA alumnus Anthony Cartwright and is published by Serpent’s Tail this week. Anthony was born in 1973 in Dudley and graduated from the UEA undergraduate programme in 1996. His first novel The Afterglow was published by Tindal Street Press in 2004 and was a winner of the Betty […]
NOON IN PARIS, EIGHT IN CHICAGO
Douglas Cowie’s new novel reimagines the turbulent love affair between Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren. Here’s the first chapter…
Mutants by Toby Litt
Mutants: Selected Essays is a collection of twenty-six essays by UEA alumnus Toby Litt and is published by Seagull Books this week. Toby graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 1995 and was included in the 2003 Granta list of Best of Young British Novelists. He is the author of nine […]
One Bad Apple by Matt Whyman
One Bad Apple is the new novel for children by UEA alumnus Matt Whyman and has just been published by Hot Key Books. Matt graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1992 and is the author of numerous books for younger readers, including Boy Kills Man (2004), which was shortlisted for the Booktrust […]