The Impossible: Book 1 is the first novel for teenagers by UEA alumnus Mark Illis and has just been published by Quercus Children’s Books. Mark graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1987 and has published four novels for adults: A Chinese Summer (1988), The Alchemist (1990), The Feather Report (1992), and The Last […]
Archives for 2017
Sam Riviere in Penguin Modern Poets 5
UEA alumnus Sam Riviere is included in the recently published collection Penguin Modern Poets 5 alongside Frederick Seidel and Kathryn Maris. Sam began writing poetry at the Norwich School of Art and Design and gained an MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway before completing his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA in […]
January – Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
Blood Orange, the debut thriller by UEA student Harriet Tyce, has been acquired by Wildfire in the UK and by Grand Central in the USA. It will be published simultaneously in the UK and US in January 2019. Translation rights have meanwhile been sold in ten other countries, with more deals expected to follow. Harriet […]
Kid Normal by Greg James and Chris Smith
Kid Normal is the debut children’s book by Radio 1 DJs Greg James and Chris Smith and has just been published by Bloomsbury in the UK. It is the first book in a projected series and is also being published in Australia, the USA and several other countries around the world. Greg (pictured) graduated from […]
Faye by Meadhbh Ní Eadhra
Faye is the third young adult novel by UEA alumna Meadhbh Ní Eadhra and has just been published by LeabhairCOMHAR in Ireland. It was the winner last year of an Oireachtas Irish language literary award while still in manuscript. Meadhbh graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2013. She is the author of […]
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
The Bedlam Stacks is the second novel by UEA alumna Natasha Pulley and is published by Bloomsbury in the UK today. Natasha was born in Cambridge and studied English Literature at Oxford University. She graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2012, after which she completed a nineteen-month Daiwa Fellowship in […]
A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee
A State of Freedom is the third novel by UEA alumnus Neel Mukherjee and is published by Chatto & Windus this week. Neel graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001 and published his first novel, A Life Apart, in 2010. Initially published in India as Past Continuous, this was the co-winner […]
Descent & Other Poems by Timothy Ogene
Descent & Other Poems is the debut collection by UEA student Timothy Ogene and is published this week by Deerbrook Editions. 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 in World […]
Sandeep Parmar wins Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize
Eidolon, the second poetry collection by UEA alumna Sandeep Parmar, has won the inaugural £5,000 Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize. It was published by Shearsman Books in 2015. Sandeep (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA in 2003 and gained a PhD in English Literature from University College London in 2008. She […]
Pool Epitaphs & Other Love Letters by Agnes Lehoczky
Pool Epitaphs & Other Love Letters is the new collection of poems by UEA alumna Agnes Lehoczky and is published this week by Boiler House Press, with a short introductory poem by Denise Riley. Agnes graduated from the Creative Writing (Poetry) MA in 2006 and completed her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2010. […]