A Ladder to the Sky is the new novel by UEA alumnus John Boyne and is published by Doubleday this week. John (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1995, and returned as a Creative Writing Fellow in 2004, and as a tutor on the Creative Writing MA in 2014. A recipient of […]
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The Lost Letters by Sarah Mitchell
The Lost Letters is the debut novel by Sarah Mitchell (the pen-name of UEA graduate Sarah Moore) and is published by Bookouture this week. Sarah graduated as a part-time student from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2015 and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative & Critical Writing, also at UEA. After graduating […]
Perfidious Albion by Sam Byers
Perfidious Albion is the second novel by UEA alumnus Sam Byers and is published by Faber & Faber this week. Sam graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003 and completed his PhD in Creative & Critical Writing in 2014. His first novel Idiopathy was published by Fourth Estate in 2013 and was […]
The Descent Of Monsters by JY Yang
The Descent Of Monsters is the third silkpunk fantasy novella in the Tensorate series by UEA graduate JY Yang, following The Black Tides Of Heaven and The Red Threads Of Fortune, which were published by Tor last year. JY graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2016. A journalist and former scientist from Singapore, JY’s short fiction has […]
Trenton Makes by Tadzio Koelb
Trenton Makes is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Tadzio Koelb and is published in the UK by Atlantic this week. It was published in the USA by Doubleday earlier this year. Tadzio graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2008 and has since worked as a translator, reviewer and teacher. His art […]
Little Eve by Catriona Ward
Little Eve is the second novel by Catriona Ward and has just been published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Catriona (pictured) was born in Washington DC and grew up in America, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco. She studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) […]
Richard Beard wins PEN Ackerley Prize
The Day That Went Missing, a memoir by UEA alumnus Richard Beard, has been announced as the winner of this year’s PEN Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1995 and has published six novels including Lazarus is Dead, Dry Bones and Damascus. He has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short […]
The Impossible: On The Run by Mark Illis
The Impossible: On The Run is the second novel for teenagers by UEA alumnus Mark Illis and has just been published by Quercus Children’s Books. It follows The Impossible: Book 1, which was published last year. 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 […]
My Purple Scented Novel by Ian McEwan
My Purple Scented Novel is a single short story by UEA alumnus Ian McEwan, published in paperback form to coincide with the author’s 70th birthday. Ian was the inaugural graduate of the UEA Creative Writing programme in 1971, and published his first collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, in 1975. His second novel The Comfort of Strangers (1981) […]
Testament by Kim Sherwood
Testament is the debut novel by UEA alumna Kim Sherwood and has just been published by riverrun. Kim graduated from the BA in Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2011 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2012. Her writing has appeared in Lighthouse, Going Down Swinging, Mslexia, The Letters Page and Belleville […]