27-7-16 Two UEA authors have recently secured book deals. Vintage has acquired The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, the debut novel by Imogen Hermes Gowar following a 10-publisher auction. It will be published in 2018. Imogen graduated with a BA in Art History from UEA in 2012 and with an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in […]
Archives for July 2016
Allie
I remember slicing onions with someone else’s hands, sleeping on car key pillows and driving through every red light with my babies in the backseat. My mother took me to the emergency room and stood around with doctors watching my legs hammer the air. I got increased medication in a take-away cup. Four p.m. became […]
Nullipara
There are many things Dr. M didn’t tell me. Side effects including (but not limited to): Nausea brought on by toothpaste/garlic/cigarettes/conversation An inclination to fall in love with portraits of women in art galleries Occasional difficulty breathing eased only by Petula Clark Anxiety around the possibility that my bed could be unisex A skin-and-boniness laughably […]
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Poetry from UEA alumna Emma Mackilligin
Green Love
The following work by Alyson Kissner was written during her time on the Creative Writing Masters degree programme at the University of Edinburgh. This campus-based course is a one-year degree with dedicated strands in fiction and poetry. (There is also a Writing-for-Performance degree as well as an on-line Masters in Creative Writing for part-time students). […]
To Loss
The following work by Alyson Kissner was written during her time on the Creative Writing Masters degree programme at the University of Edinburgh. This campus-based course is a one-year degree with dedicated strands in fiction and poetry. (There is also a Writing-for-Performance degree as well as an on-line Masters in Creative Writing for part-time students). […]
Where We All Belong
The following work by Ignacio Peña was written during their time in the Creative Writing Masters degree programme at the University of Edinburgh. This campus-based course is a one-year degree with dedicated strands in fiction and poetry. (There is also a Writing-for-Performance degree as well as an on-line Masters in Creative Writing for part-time students). […]
Lass’ sie nach Berlin kommen
A poem from Alison Graham’s debut collection, ‘Tin Can White Gown’
Eight Rivers of Shadow by Leo Hunt
11-7-16 Eight Rivers of Shadow is the new novel for young adults by UEA alumnus Leo Hunt and is published this week by Orchard Books in the UK and Candlewick Press in the US. Leo (pictured) graduated from UEA in 2014 with First Class Honours in Creative Writing and American Literature. His first YA novel, Thirteen Days […]
We Are Those Lions
When I wake up my whole body feels stiff and heavy, my skin tight like I’ve grown in my sleep and now it’s straining to cover twice as much of me…