The Corner of Moon Street is the new collection of short stories by UEA alumnus Tom Saunders and is published by Reuben Books this week. Tom graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1987 and is the author of four other books, including most recently To The Boy (2014). His short stories have been […]
Archives for October 2016
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Power is the new novel by UEA alumna Naomi Alderman and is published by Viking this week. Naomi graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003. Her first novel Disobedience (2006) won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and the Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers. Her second novel The […]
Ruby Robinson and Denise Riley shortlisted T S Eliot Prize
UEA alumna Ruby Robinson and UEA professor Denise Riley have been shortlisted for this year’s T S Eliot Prize for poetry. Ruby (pictured) is nominated for her debut collection Every Little Sound, which was published by Liverpool University Press earlier this year and shortlisted for the 2016 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection. She graduated […]
Gull Stones and Cuckoos edited by Lynne Bryan and Belona Greenwood
Gull Stones and Cuckoos is an anthology of contemporary rural lifewriting edited by UEA alumnae Lynne Bryan (MA 1985) and Belona Greenwood (MA 2005). It is published by Unthank Books this week. Supported by Arts Council England, the anthology is the culmination of the Rural Writes project, a partnership between Norfolk Libraries and Words and Women […]
Versailles by Yannick Hill
18-10-16 Versailles is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Yannick Hill and has recently been published by Unbound. Yannick graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003, having previously gained a distinction on the UEA BA in English Literature with Creative Writing. He has since worked as a professional editor and journalist. […]
Rubber Ring by James McDermott
12-10-16 Rubber Ring is the new solo show by UEA alumnus James McDermott and will open at the Pleasance Theatre Islington in London on 31st October and run until 6th November before touring. James (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) this year. He has performed his solo shows Beached (INK, Latitude and Southwark Playhouse) […]
Razi
Who was the one following the demon’s orders? The child as pure and clean as a blank slate, or the mother whose faith had been broken by trials?
KJ Orr wins BBC National Short Story Award
4-10-16 ‘Disappearances’ by UEA alumna KJ (Katherine) Orr has been announced as the winner of this year’s £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award. 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. She was previously […]
Meadhbh Ní Eadhra shortlisted for Over The Edge New Writer of The Year award
30-9-16 ‘Friday…’, a new short story by UEA alumna Meadhbh Ní Eadhra, has been shortlisted for the 2016 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year award, an international short story competition organized by Galway City Library. Meadhbh (pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2013. She is the author of two […]
Anne Enright and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan nominated for Books Are My Bag Readers Awards
Two UEA authors have been nominated for the inaugural Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, supported by National Book Tokens. Former Booker Prize-winner Anne Enright, who graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 1987, has been shortlisted in the Fiction category for her latest novel, The Green Road (Vintage). Current Creative & Critical Writing PhD […]