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 […]
Archives for 2016
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 […]
Badminton by Molly Naylor
Badminton is the new collection of poetry by UEA alumna Molly Naylor and has just been published by Burning Eye Books. Molly graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) in 2008 and her first solo show, Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You, debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 before […]
Kafka Left No Title
The idea that a written work rarely, if ever, appears without a number of paratexts is central to this piece, and the fact that you are reading this abstract somewhat proves the point.
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
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 […]