Self & I: A Memoir of Literary Ambition is a new memoir by UEA alumnus Matthew De Abaitua and has recently been published by Eye Books. Matthew was born in Liverpool in 1971 and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1994, after which he lived and worked as Will Self’s amanuensis in a remote […]
Archives for 2018
Five UEA writers longlisted for Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize
Five UEA Creative Writing students and alumni have been longlisted for the 2018 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize for unpublished female authors. They are: Deepa Anappara (MA 2017; current PhD; pictured) for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line; Emily Ruth Ford (MA 2017) for Elinor Snow; Emma Rhind-Tutt (MA 2013) for Separation;Poppy Sebag-Montefiore (MA 2014) for Listeners; and Lauren Van Schaik (MA […]
Who’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else by C.D. Rose
Who’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else: Ten Lectures on Great Lost Books is the new novel by UEA graduate C.D. (Chris) Rose and is published by Melville House this week. Chris graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007 and subsequently gained a PhD in the short story from Edge Hill […]
Figment Music by Beau Hopkins
Figment Music is the debut pamphlet of poetry by UEA writer Beau Hopkins and has recently been published by Lighthouse Press. Beau read French and Spanish at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA. He graduated in 2012 and is currently completing his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. His poems […]
Anna James selected for Spread The Word development scheme
Anna James, who recently completed her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA, is one of seven London-based writers selected for PLATFORM, a new support and development opportunity for emerging writers run by Spread The Word, the London writer development agent. She will receive three mentoring sessions over three months and receive a micro-bursary […]
Caitlin Ingham and Gordon Collins named runners-up in Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize
Two UEA alumni have been named as the runners-up in the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, and will each receive €250, publication in 3:AM, Structo Magazine and A Women’s Thing, and participation in literary salons in Madrid, Paris and at the Rizoma Film Festival. Caitlin Ingham is selected for her story ‘Blanch’, and Gordon Collins […]
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Ordinary People is the third novel by UEA graduate Diana Evans and is published by Chatto & Windus this week. Diana graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003. Her debut novel, 26a, was published in 2005 and won the inaugural Orange Award for New Writers and the British Book Awards deciBel […]
The Malvern Aviator by Richard Skinner
The Malvern Aviator is a new pamphlet of poems by UEA graduate Richard Skinner and is published today by Smokestack. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 1996 and is the author of three novels published by Faber: The Red Dancer (2002), The Velvet Gentleman (2008) and The Mirror (2014). His […]
Unearthly Toys by Ned Denny
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 […]
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 […]