The Wren, The Wren is the new novel by UEA alumna Anne Enright and is published by Jonathan Cape this week. Anne graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1987 and is the author of eleven previous books, including the winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, The Gathering. Her most recent novel The Green […]
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Gboyega Odubanjo
Award-winning poet and UEA alumnus Gboyega Odubanjo went missing at the Shambala Festival in Northamptonshire on 26th August and officers investigating found a body on 31st August. In a statement, Northamptonshire police said formal identification had yet to take place, but that Odubanjo’s family had been informed. Gboyega (pictured) gained a BA in English & […]
Bikram Sharma longlisted for JCB Prize for Literature
The Colony of Shadows by UEA alumnus Bikram Sharma has been longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature, which aims to celebrate Indian writing and helps readers across the world discover contemporary Indian Literature. The shortlisted authors will all receive Rs 1 lakh, and if a translation the translator will receive Rs 50,000. The winning […]
Paul Murray named Kirkus Prize Fiction Finalist
The Bee Sting by UEA alumnus Paul Murray has been chosen as a finalist for the Kirkus Prize in the Fiction category. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes in 2003. This was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award […]
Rail-Song
The noise has hounded Zoë for so long that she’s forgotten what silence feels like. To her, quiet is just the momentary lull between the roars of the freight trains, which run parallel to the flat on both sides. ‘The way you bolt upright like that, it’s enough to give me a heart attack,’ Percy […]
A Bird in Winter by Louise Doughty
A Bird in Winter is the new novel from UEA alumna Louise Doughty and is published by Faber & Faber this week. Louise graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 1987 and published her first novel, Crazy Paving, in 1995. Her sixth novel, Whatever You Love, was published in 2011 and shortlisted for the […]
The Art of Writing Fiction 2nd Edition by Andrew Cowan
The second edition of The Art of Writing Fiction, a guidebook to Creative Writing, by UEA alumnus and Emeritus Professor Andrew Cowan was published by Routledge last week. Andrew graduated from the UEA Creative Writing MA in 1985 and is the author of six novels. Pig won five literary awards including the Sunday Times Young Writer of the […]
Leeor Ohayon longlisted for Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize
‘Lots’ a story by UEA alumnus Leeor Ohayon has been longlisted for Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize. Leeor (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2022 and is currently studying on the Creative and Critical Phd. In 2022 he was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize, the QuietManDave […]
What is a Doctor?
The opening chapter from Phil Whitaker’s new book, What Is a Doctor?, published by Canongate in July 2023. Chapter 1 – Medical Records I was seventeen and had not long passed my driving test. I helped my mum into the back of the car, her hands clutching a kitchen mixing bowl. It was the middle […]
Remember, Mr Sharma
An extract from A. P. Firdaus’s debut novel, Remember, Mr Sharma, published by Sceptre in July 2023. Punjab, 1947 She is alone on the terrace and the light is bleeding out of the sky. She stands with her back to the setting sun, holding a pile of clothes in her arms, and […]