Stranger, Baby is the collection of poetry by UEA student Emily Berry and has recently been published by Faber & Faber. Emily grew up in London and studied English Literature at Leeds University and Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College before joining UEA to undertake a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing under the supervision of […]
Archives for 2017
Limehouse by Steve Waters
Limehouse is the new play by Steve Waters and is currently playing at the Donmar Warehouse in London until 15th April. Steve (pictured) is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at UEA and the director of the Scriptwriting programme. His many previous plays include Temple (Donmar Warehouse), Little Platoons and The Contingency Plan (Bush Theatre, London), Fast […]
Words and Women: Four published, with introduction by Naomi Wood
Words and Women: Four is the latest annual collection of short prose by women nationally over the age of 40 and at any age in the East of England, and is published by Unthank Books this week to coincide with International Women’s Day. The volume – which contains memoir, fiction and creative non-fiction – is […]
Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Stay With Me is the debut novel by Ayobami Adebayo and has just been published by Canongate in the UK and will be published by Knopf in the USA later this year. Translation rights have been sold to a range of overseas publishers. Ayobami graduated from UEA in 2014 and was the recipient of a full-fees […]
Sara Barnard shortlisted for YA Book Prize
Beautiful Broken Things, the debut novel for Young Adults by UEA alumna Sara Barnard, has been shortlisted for the 2017 YA Book Prize. Sara (pictured) graduated from the BA in Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2010 and published Beautiful Broken Things with Macmillan Children’s Books in 2016. Her second YA novel, A Quiet […]
Rose Tremain longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize
The Gustav Sonata (Chatto & Windus) by UEA alumna Rose Tremain has been longlisted for the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Rose (pictured) graduated from UEA with a BA in English in 1967 and later returned to the university to teach on the Creative Writing MA and, more recently, to become the University’s first […]
The Lucky Ones by Julianne Pachico
The Lucky Ones is the debut collection of short stories by UEA writer Julianne Pachico and has recently been published by Faber & Faber. Julianne grew up in Cali in Columbia. In 2013 she graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA, where she is currently studying for a PhD in Creative […]
Sohini Basak wins Beverly Prize
UEA alumna Sohini Basak is the winner of the 2017 Beverly Prize, organized by Eyewear Publishing and open to outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry or criticism. Her debut collection of poetry We Live In The Newness Of Small Differences will be published by Eyewear next year. Sohini (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative […]
Sean Wai Keung wins Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition
UEA alumnus Sean Wai Keung has won The Rialto’s first Open Pamphlet Competition. Sean (pictured) is a British-Chinese poet and performer who graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from Roehampton University in 2014 before joining UEA’s MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2015. He graduated last year. He was awarded the 2013 Farrago Zoo […]
Richard Lambert and Anjali Joseph longlisted for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.
Two UEA alumni have been longlisted for this year’s Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, which is worth £30,000 to the winner: Richard Lambert for ‘The Hazel Twig and Olive Tree’ and Anjali Joseph for ‘Everlasting Lucifer’. Richard (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2010 and a published a debut collection […]