The Chilli Bean Paste Clan is the new novel by current UEA student Yan Ge and has recently been published in the UK by Balestier Press. It was translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman and was the recipient of the 2018 English PEN Translates Award. French and German translations will be published later this year. Yan is […]
Archives for 2018
Waymaking, co-edited by Claire Carter
Waymaking is a new anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape. It is published by Vertibrate Publishing and has been co-edited by UEA alumna Claire Carter along with Helen Mort, Heather Dawe and Camilla Barnard. Claire graduated from the UEA English Literature with Creative Writing BA in 2007 […]
What Are You After? by Josephine Corcoran
What Are You After? is the first full length collection of poetry by UEA graduate Josephine Corcoran and has recently been published by Nine Arches Press. Josephine graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 1997 and is the founder And Other Poems. Her stories have been broadcast on BBC R4 and she has had […]
John Boyne wins Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by UEA alumnus John Boyne has won the 2018 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, which is worth £2,000 and rewards ‘compelling storytelling with brilliant characterisation and a distinct voice that is confidently written and assuredly realised’. The novel was published by Transworld last year, and has recently been followed by A Ladder to […]
This Close by Linda Rose Parkes
This Close is the new collection of poetry by UEA alumna Linda Rose Parkes and is published this week by Dempsey and Windle. Linda studied Literature and Creative Writing at UEA, graduating in 1975, and lived in Germany for 19 years where she taught adult education and performed with song writers and musicians. She runs poetry […]
Andrea Mason shortlisted for Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize
The Cremation Project by UEA alumna Andrea Mason has been shortlisted for the inaugural Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize. The prize is worth £3,000 to the winner as well as publication by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Andrea (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2004 and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing at […]
Kiare Ladner shortlisted for BBC National Short Story Award
Van Rensburg’s Card by UEA alumna Kiare Ladner has been shortlisted for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award, which is worth £15,000 to the winner. Kiare graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2013, when she was the recipient of the David Higham Associates scholarship. Her short fiction has appeared in Wasafiri, […]
Dear Evelyn by Kathy Page
Dear Evelyn is the new novel by UEA alumna Kathy Page and is published by And Other Stories this week. Kathy graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1988 and is the author of seven novels, including The Story of My Face, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2002, and Alphabet, which was shortlisted for […]
The Red Ribbon by Ben Lyle
The Red Ribbon is the new novel by UEA alumnus Ben Lyle, writing as H.B. Lyle, and has recently been published by Hodder and Stoughton. It is the second in a series of crime thrillers that began with The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy, published by Hodder last year.Ben has worked in the film industry for […]
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free is the new novel by UEA alumnus Andrew Miller and is published by Sceptre this week. Andrew (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1990, and published his first novel Ingenious Pain in 1997. This went on to win the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award as well as the James Tait […]