The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty is the new book by UEA alumna Elizabeth L Silver and is published by Penguin Press this week. Elizabeth graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2004. Since graduation she has been the recipient of several grants, including a residency at […]
Archives for April 2017
Time to Win by Harry Brett
Time to Win is the new crime novel by UEA Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Henry Sutton and is published this week by Corsair under the pseudonym Harry Brett. Henry is the author of nine previous novels including My Criminal World and Get Me Out Of Here. A former Literary Editor of Esquire magazine and […]
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan shortlisted for Authors’ Club Award
Harmless Like You, the debut novel by UEA student Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, has been shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, which is worth £2,500 to the winner. Rowan (pictured) was longlisted earlier this year for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the inaugural Jhalak Prize for the Book of the Year by a Writer of […]
Rose Tremain shortlisted for Ondaatje Prize and IBW Book Award
28-4-17 The Gustav Sonata by UEA alumna Rose Tremain has been shortlisted for both the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize and the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award (adult category). The novel was also recently nominated for the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Rose (pictured) graduated from UEA with a BA in English […]
The Day Ends Like Any Day by Timothy Ogene
The Day Ends Like Any Day is the debut novel by UEA student Timothy Ogene and has recently been published by Holland House. Timothy was born in Nigeria and has since lived in Liberia, Germany, the US, and the UK. He holds a BA in English and History from St. Edward’s University, Texas, an MA […]
Anne Enright shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award
The Green Road by UEA alumna Anne Enright has been shortlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award, which is worth €100,000 to the winner and is nominated by libraries worldwide. Anne (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1987 and in 2015 became the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. She is the […]
Cody, The Medicine Man & Me by Alan Wilkinson
Cody, The Medicine Man & Me is the first novel UEA alumnus Alan Wilkinson and is published by Ouen Press this week. Alan graduated from the MA in Creative Writing UEA in 1989 and has since made a living as a writer, ghosting biographies and writing corporate histories. He has made numerous road trips across […]
Naomi Alderman and Ayobami Adebayo shortlisted for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Novels by two UEA alumnae have been shortlisted for this year’s £30,000 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. They are Stay With Me (Canongate), the debut novel by Ayobami Adebayo (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2014, and The Power (Viking), the fourth novel by 2003 MA graduate Naomi Alderman. The winner of […]
The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard
The Day That Went Missing, a memoir, is the latest book by UEA alumnus Richard Beard and is published by Harvill Secker this week. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1995 and has published six novels including Lazarus is Dead, Dry Bones and Damascus, which was a New York Times Notable Book […]
How To Be Human by Paula Cocozza
How To Be Human is the debut novel by UEA alumna Paula Cocozza and is published by Hutchinson this week. Paula graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2015 and was the recipient of the David Higham Award. She is a staff feature writer at the Guardian and has also written for […]