An extract from Ruth Gilligan’s fourth novel, ‘Nine Folds to Make a Paper Swan’…
Archives for June 2016
Everyone is Watching
An extract from Megan Bradbury’s stunning debut, ‘Everyone is Watching’, a novel about the people who defined New York
Everyone is Watching by Megan Bradbury
13-6-16 Everyone is Watching is the debut novel by UEA alumna Megan Bradbury and is published by Picador this week. Megan was born in the United States and grew up in Britain. She graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2004 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose […]
Katharine Norbury longlisted for Wainwright Prize
15-6-16 The Fish Ladder: A Journey Upstream by Katharine Norbury has been longlisted for the 2016 Wainwright Prize, which celebrates the best writing on the outdoors, nature and UK-based travel writing. The prize is sponsored by Wainwright Golden Beer and is awarded in association with The National Trust and selected with the assistance of a […]
Denise Riley shortlisted for Forward Prize for poetry
14-6-16 Say Something Back by UEA professor Denise Riley has been shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prize for Best Collection, which is worth £15,000 to the winner and £1,000 to each of the shortlisted authors. Her collection was published by Picador last year and includes A Part Song, the winner of the 2012 Forward Poetry […]
Ruby Robinson shortlisted for Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection
14-6-16 Every Little Sound by UEA alumnus Ruby Robinson has been shortlisted for this year’s Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection, which is worth £5,000 to the winner. Ruby (pictured) was born in Manchester in 1985 and gained a BA in English Literature from UEA in 2006, when she completed a dissertation in Creative […]
Kim Sherwood shortlisted for Bath Novel Award
14-6-16 UEA alumna Kim Sherwood has been shortlisted for this year’s Bath Novel Award, a competition open to writers of any nationality who have yet to be traditionally published. Kim (pictured) graduated from the BA in Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2011 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2012. She […]
The Joyce Girl by Annabel Abbs
13-6-16 The Joyce Girl is the debut novel by UEA alumna Annabel Abbs and is published by Impress Books this week. Annabel grew up in Bristol, Wales and Sussex, before studying for a BA in English Literature at UEA, graduating in 1987, after which she established a successful marketing consultancy. The Joyce Girl won the […]
Truth
She found her mother’s voice behind the sofa, in pieces, a layer between a cup and saucer…
Owl Song at Dawn
An excerpt from the first chapter of Emma Claire Sweeney’s debut novel ‘Owl Song at Dawn’