Demi-Gods is the first novel by UEA alumna Eliza Robertson and is published by Bloomsbury this week. Eliza joined the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2011 as that year’s recipient of the UEA-Booker Foundation scholarship. She graduated in 2012 as the recipient of the Curtis Brown Award completed her PhD in […]
Archives for October 2017
Julianne Pachico and Sara Taylor shortlisted for Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
Two UEA writers have been included on the shortlist of five in contention for this year’s The Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. Julianne Pachico is nominated for The Lucky Ones, her debut collection of stories, which was published by Faber & Faber earlier this year. Sara Taylor is nominated for her second […]
Grace Brown and Emily Ford shortlisted for V.S. Pritchett Prize
Two UEA writers have been included on the shortlist of four in contention for The Royal Society of Literature V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize. Emily Ford (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) this year and is nominated for ‘The Hikers’. Grace Brown is a current student on the MFA in Creative […]
Three new Creative Writing titles from Louise Tondeur
UEA alumna Louise Tondeur has recently published a series of short writing guides on Kindle: How To Think Like A Writer, Find Time To Write, and How To Write A Novel And Get It Published. She has also published Drama Lesson Plans For Busy Teachers. Louise graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose […]
Deepa Anappara wins Bridport First Novel Prize
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by UEA writer Deepa Anappara has been announced as the winner of the Bridport / Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel. Deepa (pictured) is a journalist and editor who graduated this year from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) and has just begun her PhD in […]
Writers in Conversation with Christopher Bigsby
Writers in Conversation Volume Six is the latest compilation of Christopher Bigsby’s interviews with writers at the UEA International Literary Festival, which has been running since 1991. It is published by the UEA Publishing Project under the Boilerhouse Press imprint, in association with the Arthur Miller Institute for American Studies, and features interviews with Naomi […]
Into The Mountain by Charlotte Peacock
Into The Mountain: A Life Of Nan Shepherd is the first book by UEA alumna Charlotte Peacock and is published by Galileo Publishers this week. This will be the first biography of the Scottish author. A freelance photographer and poet whose work has been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize, Charlotte graduated from the MA in […]
The Nameless Places by Richard Lambert
The Nameless Places is the second collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Richard Lambert and is published by Arc this week. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2010 and published his debut collection of poetry, Night Journey, in 2012. He is currently on Escalator, a talent development scheme for writers […]
Naomi Alderman shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards
The Power by UEA alumna Naomi Alderman has been shortlisted in the Popular Fiction category of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, which are sponsored by National Book Tokens, curated by bookshops and voted for by readers. Naomi (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003. Her first novel Disobedience […]
Sugar Money by Jane Harris
Sugar Money is the new novel by UEA alumna Jane Harris and is published by Faber & Faber this week. Jane graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 1992, and completed her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 1995. Between 1992 and 1994 she was the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at HMP […]