To Fill A Yellow House is the debut novel by UEA alumna Sussie Anie and is published by Orion this week. Sussie is a British-Ghanaian writer, born in London in 1994, and gained a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Warwick before graduating from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) […]
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Tom Benn and Ashley Hickson-Lovence longlisted for Gordon Burn Prize
Novels by two UEA alumni have been longlisted for this year’s Gordon Burn Prize, which is worth £5,000 to the winner. Tom Benn is nominated for Oxblood, which was published this year by Bloomsbury, while Ashley Hickson-Lovence is nominated for Your Show, which has recently been published by Faber. Tom (pictured) graduated from the UEA […]
Deep Water by Emma Bamford
Deep Water is the debut novel by UEA alumna Emma Bamford and is published in the UK this week by Simon & Schuster. It was published by Scout Press in the USA in May. Emma graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2020, having previously worked as a journalist for The Independent, the Daily […]
April Yee wins Ivan Juritz Prize
‘Dissection Nation’ by current UEA student April Yee has won the Text category of 2022 Ivan Juritz Prize, which invites postgraduate students throughout Europe to submit texts, films, musical compositions, virtual documentation of artwork, excerpts of moving image work and proposals for installation and performance. The prize is worth £1000 and a two-week residency at […]
The Eye of the Beholder by Margie Orford
The Eye of the Beholder is the new novel by UEA alumna Margie Orford and is published by Canongate this week. Margie received her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA in 2020. Margie was born in London, raised in Namibia and educated in South Africa, where she was detained during the 1985 State […]
Catriona Ward nominated for South Bank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award
UEA alumna Catriona Ward has been announced as the Literature nominee for the Breakthrough Award at the 2022 South Bank Sky Arts Awards. 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 […]
Other Names For Love by Taymour Soomro
Other Names For Love is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Taymour Soomro and is published by Harvill Secker this week. Taymour graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2016 as the recipient of that year’s Curtis Brown Award and subsequently gained his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from UEA in […]
UEA Creative Writing alumni achievements January – June 2022
A round-up of UEA Creative Writing alumni achievements in the six months from 1 January 2022: DEBUTS Sarah Barnsley (BA 1997) published a debut poetry collection. Cai Draper (MA 2018), Eve Esfandiari-Denney (current MA) and Imogen McHugh (current MA) published debut poetry pamphlets. Ferne Arfin (MA 1995), Jonathan Page (MA 1995), J.M. (Jacqui) Burgoyne […]
Emily Bullock longlisted for Edge Hill Prize
Human Terrain by UEA alumna Emily Bullock has been longlisted for the 2022 Edge Hill Prize, which is worth £10,000 and is awarded for excellence in a short story collection. The collection was published by Reflex Press last year. Emily graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2004, having previously gained an […]
Mark Wightman longlisted for Ngaio Marsh Best Novel Award
Waking the Tiger by UEA alumnus Mark Wightman has been longlisted for he 2022 Ngaio Marsh Best Novel Award, which is made for the best crime, mystery, or thriller novel written by a New Zealand citizen or resident. It was published by Hobeck last year and is currently shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association John […]