Unearthly Toys: Poems and Masks is the debut collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Ned Denny and has recently been published by Carcanet. Ned was born in London in 1975 and has worked as a postman, art critic, book reviewer, music journalist and gardener. He graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in […]
Archives for March 2018
Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins
Who Is Mary Sue? is the debut collection of poetry by UEA alumna Sophie Collins and has recently been published by Faber & Faber. Sophie studied Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, London, before joining the UEA Creative Writing (Poetry) MA in 2012. She received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2014 […]
The Lady Lord Mayors of Norwichby Phyllida Scrivens
The Lady Lord Mayors of Norwich 1923-2017 is the second book by UEA alumna Phyllida Scrivens and has recently been published by Pen and Sword Books. Phyllida graduated with a BA in Literature from the Open University in 2011 and completed the MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction at UEA in 2014. Her debut publication, […]
Film and TV rights sold for novels by Emma Healey and Imogen Hermes Gowar
Two recent graduates of the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) have recently secured film and TV deals for their debut novels. The BBC will adapt Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey as a 90 minute drama for broadcast in 2019, while the rights to Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock have […]
Richard Beard shortlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize
The Day That Went Missing, a memoir by UEA alumnus Richard Beard, has been shortlisted for this year’s Rathbones Folio Prize, which is worth £20,000 to the winner. The prize is open to writers from around the world and rewards the best work of literature regardless of form. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative […]
Paula Cocozza and Imogen Hermes Gowar longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize
Two recent graduates of the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) have been included on the longlist for this year’s Desmond Elliott Prize for first novels. Both began their novels while studying at UEA. Paula Cocozza is nominated for How to Be Human (Hutchinson) and Imogen Hermes Gowar for The Mermaid And Mrs Hancock […]
Ayobami Adebayo shortlisted for Wellcome Book Prize
Stay With Me, the debut novel by UEA alumna Ayobami Adebayo, has been shortlisted for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize. Ayobami (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2014 and was the recipient of a full-fees International Scholarship. Stay With Me was published by Canongate in the UK and […]
Trenton Makes by Tadzio Koelb
Trenton Makes is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Tadzio Koelb and is published by Doubleday this week. Tadzio graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2008 and has since worked as a translator, reviewer and teacher. His art and book reviews and essays have appeared in a number of publications, including […]
Xenofeminism by Helen Hester
Xenofeminism is a new book of feminist theory by UEA graduate Helen Hester and has just been published by Polity Press. Helen graduated from UEA with a BA in English Literature in 2005 and an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007. She also gained an MA from the University of Sussex in 2006 […]
Words & Women: The Compendium
Words & Women: The Compendium is an anthology of fiction and creative non-fiction by women writers in the East of England and nationally over the age of forty. It is published this week with a launch event in the Book Hive in Norwich on 9th March. The Compendium gathers work representing the best of the […]