A short film written and produced by poet Ellen Renton, exploring the life of her great great grandmother in domestic service. The film was made in collaboration with filmmaker Douglas Tyrrell Bunge, artist Megan Rudden, and musician Jen Mac. The project is supported by an Unlimited Research and Development Commission, and the next stage will […]
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Alan Murrin shortlisted for the PetersFraser+Dunlop Queer Fiction Prize
The Coast Road by UEA alumnus Alan Murrin has been shortlisted for the PetersFraser+Dunlop Queer Fiction Prize in the Adult Fiction category. The winner will be signed to PFD and supported in writing to the end of their novel. Originally from Donegal, Alan (pictured) studied English Studies at Trinity College Dublin, and graduated from the […]
Linda Collins runner-up for the Mslexia Poetry Competition
A bird i catch || to eat by current UEA student Linda Collins has been selected as the runner-up in the 2022 Mslexia Poetry Competition. Linda is a New Zealand journalist who has worked on newspapers in Sydney and London and is currently completing the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA. Her debut collection […]
The Mother of All Elections
An edited excerpt from Chapter 2 of Spoilt Ballots: The Elections that Shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril (Penguin Random House, 2022) by Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall Democracy in the Cape Colony became an issue of grave importance to all races when Britain threatened to turn it into a penal colony. In […]
Tiffany Atkinson wins Cholmondeley Award
UEA Professor of Poetry Tiffany Atkinson has been announced as the recipient of a Cholmondeley Award for Poetry by the Society of Authors. The Cholmondeley Awards were founded by the late Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley to recognise the achievement and distinction of individual poets. Recipients are chosen by the Awards Committee for their general body […]
Zo and the Forest of Secrets by Alake Pilgrim
Zo and the Forest of Secrets is the debut novel for children by UEA alumna Alake Pilgrim and is published this week by Knights Of. Alake graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 as the recipient of that year’s Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship. Originally from Trinidad, she previously gained an MA […]
The Men by Sandra Newman
The Men is the new novel by UEA alumna Sandra Newman and is published this week in the UK by Granta. Sandra was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from UEA’s Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2002, when she was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award for her debut novel The Only Good Thing Anyone […]
Nomads by Anthony Sattin
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World is the new book by UEA alumnus and has just been published by John Murray Press in the UK. It will be published by WW Norton in the US. Anthony graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1984 and is an author, journalist and broadcaster. His previous […]
Catriona Ward shortlisted for British Book Award
The Last House on Needless Street by UEA alumna Catriona Ward was shortlisted in the Pageturner of the Year category at the recent Bookseller British Book Awards (the ‘Nibbies’). It was published by Viper Books in 2021 and was a Sunday Times bestseller. Catriona (pictured) was born in Washington DC and grew up in America, Kenya, Madagascar, […]
Annabel Abbs shortlisted for the Grand Prix Des Lecteurs
La fille de Joyce, the French translation of The Joyce Girl by UEA alumna Annabel Abbs, has been shortlisted for the French literary award, the Grand Prix Des Lecteurs. Annabel (pictured) graduated from UEA in 1987 with a BA in English Literature, after which she established a successful marketing consultancy. The Joyce Girl was published in […]