The Penguin Diaries is the new collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Christopher James and is published by Templar Poetry this week. Christopher graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA in 1997 and was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award in 2002, when he also won the Bridport Prize for Poetry. […]
Archives for January 2017
Joanna Walsh wins Arts Foundation Fellowship
UEA research student Joanna Walsh has won the 2017 Arts Foundation Fellowship in the Creative Non-Fiction category. The Fellowship is worth £10,000. Joanna (pictured) is completing a CHASE-funded PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA, exploring the possibilities of digital narrative. She is a contributing editor at 3:AM Magazine and Catapult.co, and has previously […]
Victorians Undone by Kathryn Hughes
Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum is the new book by UEA Professor of Life Writing Kathryn Hughes and is published by Fourth Estate this week. Her biography George Eliot: the Last Victorian (1998) was the winner of the James Tait Black Award while The Short Life and Long Times […]
Rockadoon Shore by Rory Gleeson
Rockadoon Shore is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Rory Gleeson and has recently been published by John Murray. Rory graduated with a BA in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin, and completed his MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2014. His writing has appeared in The Irish Times, Miscellany Magazine and Far Off […]
A Quiet Kind Thunder by Sara Barnard
A Quiet Kind Thunder is the second novel for Young Adults by UEA alumna Sara Barnard and has recently been published by Macmillan Children’s Books. Sara graduated from the BA in Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2010 and published her first YA novel, Beautiful Broken Things, in 2016.
KJ Orr and Paul Stanbridge shortlisted for Republic of Consciousness prize
11-1-17 Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the inaugural Republic of Consciousness prize for books published by small presses. The prize money of £2,000 will be split between the winning author and their publisher. KJ (Katherine) Orr is nominated for Light Box, her debut collection of short stories, published by Daunt Books last year, […]
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan longlisted for Jhalak Prize
5-1-17 UEA student Rowan Hisayo Buchanan has been longlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour for her debut novel Harmless Like You (Sceptre). Rowan (pictured) is currently completing her PhD in Creative & Critical Writing at UEA. The Jhalak Prize is a new annual award to celebrate books […]
Under the Cherry Trees…
There are dead bodies buried under the cherry trees! It’s true, I swear. How else could they flower that beautifully?