28-9-16 ‘Magda’, a short story by current UEA student Tom Watson, has been shortlisted for the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize. Tom (pictured) was born and raised in London and worked in commodities for a Japanese trading house before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA. His short story ‘The Cafe at […]
Archives for September 2016
Judy O’Kane and Deborah Spring shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize
27-9-16 Two alumnae of the MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction at UEA have been shortlisted for this year’s Tony Lothian Prize (formerly known as the Biographers’ Club Prize), which is awarded for the best proposal by an uncommissioned, first-time biographer. Judy O’Kane has been nominated for ‘Thirst’, a project exploring wine, terroir and identity, while Deborah Spring […]
KJ Orr shortlisted for BBC National Short Story Award.
16-9-16 ‘Disappearances’ by UEA alumna KJ (Katherine) Orr has been shortlisted for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award, which is worth £15,000 to the winner. Katherine (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007 and subsequently completed a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of Chichester. […]
Eleanor Wasserberg shortlisted for 2016 East Anglian Book Awards
15-9-16 Foxlowe, the debut novel by UEA alumna Eleanor Wasserberg, has been shortlisted in the Fiction category of 2016 East Anglian Book Awards. Eleanor (pictured) was born in Staffordshire and graduated with a BA in Classics and English from the University of Oxford before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in […]
Pierrot Grenade
Listen to Vahni Capildeo, winner of the 2016 Forward Prize for Best Collection, perform ‘Pierrot Grenade’ at UEA.
Review of ‘TIN CAN WHITE GOWN’
A review of Alison Graham’s pamphlet, TIN CAN WHITE GOWN (Pyramid Editions, 2016)
Say Something Back
Listen to Denise Riley read from her Forward Prize shortlisted collection, ‘Say Something Back’ (2016)
The Two of Us by Kathy Page
The Two of Us is the new collection of short stories by UEA alumna Kathy Page and is published by Biblioasis in Canada this week. It has already been longlisted for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize. Kathy graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1988 and is the author of seven novels, including The […]
Sister Sebastian’s Library by Phil Whitaker
Sister Sebastian’s Library is the new novel by UEA alumnus Phil Whitaker and is published by Salt this week. Phil graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 1996 and published his first novel Eclipse of the Sun in 1997. This went on to win the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Betty […]
The Dhow House by Jean McNeil
The Dhow House is the new novel by UEA Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Jean McNeil and is published this week in the UK by Legend Press. It will be published by ECW in the USA and Canada next March. Originally from Nova Scotia in Canada, Jean (pictured) is the co-Director of the MA in Creative […]