Lights, Planets, People! by UEA alumna Molly Naylor and illustrator Lizzy Stewart has been nominated for the 2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize in the Print Comics category. A graphic novel, it was adapted from Molly’s original stage play and published by Avery Hill last year. Molly (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) at […]
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Tim MacGabhann awarded Centre Culturel Irlandais residency
UEA alumnus Tim MacGabhann has been awarded an Artist Residency in Paris by the Centre Culturel Irlandais. Tim (pictured) was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and began his writing career as a music journalist while studying English Literature and French at Trinity College, Dublin. Since 2013, he has reported from all over Latin America for outlets […]
Fflur Dafydd nominated for Best Drama at Celtic Media Festival
Yr Amgueddfa, a Welsh-language TV series written by UEA alumna Fflur Dafydd, has been shortlisted for Best Drama Series at the 2022 Celtic Media Festival. It was broadcast S4C. Fflur (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2000 and has since written for stage, screen and radio in both English and […]
Your Show
The first chapter of Your Show by Ashley Hickson-Lovence, published by Faber & Faber in April 2022 1997 It’s a double celebration tonight, not that many will care about your starring role. You carry the weight of the occasion on your shoulders, take it in your stride. You’ve worked hard to get here, earned […]
Your Show by Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Your Show is the new novel by UEA writer Ashley Hickson-Lovence and is published by Faber & Faber this week. Ashley grew up in Hackney, London, and completed an MA in Creative Writing and Publishing at City, University of London, while working as a secondary school English teacher. He is currently completing his PhD in […]
In A Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power
In A Garden Burning Gold is the new novel by UEA alumna Rory Power and is published by Titan Books this week. Rory grew up in New England, where she lives and works as a crime fiction editor and story consultant for TV adaptation. She graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in […]
Melanie Mauthner translation shortlisted for Republic of Consciousness Prize
Our Lady of the Nile by Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga, which is published by Daunt Books and was translated by UEA alumna Melanie Mauthner, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. Melanie graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007. Our Lady of the Nile was originally published by […]
Blue Woman by Jonathan Page
Blue Woman is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Jonathan Page and is published by Weatherglass Books this week. Jonathan graduated from the UEA Studies in Fiction MA in 1995 and has since worked as a senior technical author for Temenos, a banking software company. His short stories have been published in a number of […]
Metronome
The opening of Metronome, the debut novel by Tom Watson, published by Bloomsbury in hardback, ebook and audio on 31 March 2022 1 Sheep Aina stands at the sink, drying the dishes from lunch. It is a bright day, warm for March, and shadows of cloud dapple the headland. The back door is open. On […]
Mitch Johnson wins Juniper Book Award
Pop! by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson has won the Juniper Book of the Year Award, which is designed to improve literacy and encourage reading for pleasure among pupils at Key Stages 2 and 3, and which invites pupils to write reviews of the six shortlisted titles. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with […]