Nutshell is the fourteenth novel by UEA alumnus Ian McEwan and is published by Jonathan Cape this week. Ian was the inaugural graduate of the UEA Creative Writing programme in 1971, and published his first collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, in 1975. His second novel The Comfort of Strangers (1981) was shortlisted […]
Archives for August 2016
Catriona Ward selected for Fresh Talent promotion
Rawblood, the debut novel by UEA alumna Catriona Ward, is among the twelve titles selected for the WH Smith Fresh Talent promotion. Catriona (pictured) was born in Washington DC and grew up in America, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco. She studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing […]
The Last Pearlfisher of Scotland by Julia Stuart
The Last Pearlfisher of Scotland is the new novel by UEA alumnus Julia Stuart and is published by Vintage this week. Julia graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2013 and is the author of three previous novels. Her debut, The Matchmaker of Périgord, was published in 2007 and adapted for […]
Ali Smith receives honorary degree
Ali Smith becomes an Honorary Graduate of UEA. Listen to her inspirational acceptance speech.
The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland
An extract from Julia Stuart’s upcoming novel, ‘The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland’ (Vintage, 2016)
Foxlowe
An excerpt from Eleanor Wasserberg’s debut novel, a compulsive and chilling story about a girl growing up in a cult.
Seven UEA alumni nominated for Not The Booker Prize
Seven books by UEA alumni have been included in the longlist for The Guardian’s annual Not The Booker Prize competition. All the nominated novels, as well as the eventual winner, are selected by readers of the newspaper. In 2015 UEA alumna Tasha Kavanagh was included in the shortlist of six for her novel Things We […]
Thomas Morris wins Wales Book of the Year Award
We Don’t Know What We’re Doing, the debut collection of short stories by UEA alumnus Thomas Morris, has been announced as the overall winner of the 2016 Wales Book of the Year Award. Judged in three categories – Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction – and in two languages – Welsh and English – the award […]
The Lauras by Sara Taylor
The Lauras is the second novel by UEA student Sara Taylor and is published by William Heinemann this week. Sara graduated from UEA’s MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2013 and is currently studying at UEA for her PhD in Creative & Critical Writing. Her debut novel The Shore was published by William Heinemann […]
Divya Ghelani longlisted for SI Leeds Literary Prize
Runaway, the debut novel by UEA alumna Divya Ghelani, has been longlisted for this year’s SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women. The prize is run by Soroptimist International of Leeds in partnership with the Ilkley Literature Festival and independent publisher Peepal Tree Press. Soroptimist International is a global volunteer […]