The Cut is a new novella by UEA alumnus Anthony Cartwright. It is published this month and was commissioned by the publisher Peirene specifically to explore the issue of Brexit. Anthony was born in 1973 in Dudley and graduated from the UEA undergraduate programme in 1996. His first novel The Afterglow was published by Tindal […]
Archives for 2017
The Boy Who Went Magic by AP Winter
The Boy Who Went Magic is the debut novel for children by UEA alumnus A.P. Winter and is published by Chicken House this month. A.P. graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2008 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2010, when he was the recipient […]
Sandeep Parmar and Sam Riviere shortlisted for Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the inaugural £5,000 Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize, which celebrates second poetry collections. Sandeep Parmar is nominated for Eidolon (Shearsman Books) and Sam Riviere for Kim Kardashian’s Marriage (Faber & Faber). Sandeep (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA in 2003 and gained a PhD […]
KJ Orr and Joanna Walsh shortlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize
Two UEA writers have been included on the all-female shortlist of five in contention for this year’s Edge Hill Short Story Prize. KJ (Katherine) Orr is nominated for her debut collection Light Box (Daunt) while Joanna Walsh is nominated for her second collection Vertigo (And Other Stories). Katherine (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in […]
Emily Berry shortlisted for Forward Prize for Poetry
Stranger, Baby by UEA writer Emily Berry has been shortlisted for this year’s £10,000 Forward Prize for Best Collection. Emily (pictured) 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 Denise Riley. […]
Recent short story successes by UEA alumni
‘General Impression of Size and Shape’ by Rosalind Brown (MA 2016) and ‘The Sea in Me’ by Krishan Coupland (MA 2014; current PhD) have been included in Best British Short Stories 2017, edited by Nicholas Royle and published by Salt this month. Rosalind’s story was originally published in Lighthouse in March 2016; another story by […]
Naomi Alderman wins Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
UEA alumna Naomi Alderman has won this year’s £30,000 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her fourth novel The Power, which was published by Viking last year and has also been longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize for outstanding political writing. Naomi (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003. Her first […]
Avani Shah shortlisted for Guardian 4th Estate BAME prize
‘Greed’, a new short story by UEA alumna Avani Shah, has been shortlisted for this year’s Guardian 4th Estate BAME prize, which was established in 2015 to find ‘fresh compelling writing’ by minority ethnic writers to address the poor representation of black and Asian writers of fiction in the UK. Avani (pictured) graduated from UEA’s […]
A Secret Sisterhood by Emma Claire Sweeney and Emily Midorikawa
A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Brontë, Eliot and Woolf is a history of female literary friendships jointly authored by UEA Creative Writing graduates (and friends) Emma Claire Sweeney and Emily Midorikawa. With a foreword by Margaret Atwood, it has just been published by Aurum Press in the UK and will be published […]
SE Craythorne, Alex Ivey, Owen Nicholls and Sunitha Webster selected for Escalator Scheme.
Four UEA Creative Writing alumni have been selected for this year’s Escalator Talent Development Scheme, which is administered by Writers’ Centre Norwich and supported by Arts Council England and the Leverhulme Trust. Over the next ten months each of the writers will receive a package of support including one-to-one mentoring from established writers, a residential […]