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 […]
Archives for 2017
Lishan Chan selected for Jalan Kubor Writing Residency Programme
Recent UEA graduate Lishan Chan has been selected for the Jalan Kubor Writing Residency Programme at Sing Lit Station in Singapore. Lishan (pictured) has just completed the MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction at UEA and will be working on The Permit, a comedy/thriller screenplay-in-progress, over the course of her residency, which runs until Mar […]
Worlds from the Word’s End by Joanna Walsh
Worlds from the Word’s End is the new collection of short fiction by UEA research student Joanna Walsh and has recently been published by And Other Stories. 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 […]
The Red Threads of Fortune and The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
The Red Threads of Fortune and The Black Tides of Heaven are twin novellas by UEA graduate JY Yang and will published simultaneously this week by the science fiction and fantasy publisher Tor. JY (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) last year. A journalist and former scientist from Singapore, JY’s short […]
Kick by Mitch Johnson
Kick is the debut novel for children by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson and is published this week by Usborne with endorsement from Amnesty International UK. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2014 and currently works as a bookseller in Waterstones, Norwich, where he lives with his wife.
Editing Emma by Chloe Seager
Editing Emma is the first Young Adult novel by UEA alumna Chloe Seager and has recently been published by Harlequin. Chloe grew up in East London and graduated from UEA in 2014 with a BA in English Literature & Drama. She lives in London and is a literary agent specializing in Young Adult, Science Fiction […]
Green Lion by Henrietta Rose-Innes
Green Lion by UEA writer Henrietta Rose-Innes is the second of her novels to be published in the UK by Aardvark Bureau, having been published originally in South Africa in 2015. An earlier novel Nineveh was published in the UK and USA last year, having been published originally in South Africa in 2011 and shortlisted […]
Annetta Berry wins First Novel Prize
The Binding Frame by UEA Creative Writing student Annetta Berry has been announced as the winner of this year’s £1,000 First Novel Prize. Annetta (pictured) is one of the inaugural cohort on UEA’s new MFA in Creative Writing, from which she will graduate in September. Annetta previously gained a BA and a PhD in History […]
Kathy Stevens wins Bath Short Story Award
‘This Is All Mostly True’ by UEA Creative Writing student Kathy Stevens, has been announced as the winner of the £1,000 first prize in the 2017 International Bath Short Story Award, judged by AM Heath literary agent, Euan Thorneycroft. Kathy (pictured) gained a BA in English Literature from Bath Spa University before joining the MA […]
Safe by Ryan Gattis
Safe is the new novel by UEA alumnus Ryan Gattis and has just been published in the UK by Picador. Ryan was born in Illinois, USA, and raised in Colorado. He gained a BFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University in California in 2001 and graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) […]