Klara and the Sun, the latest novel by UEA alumnus Kazuo Ishiguro, has been longlisted for this year’s International Dublin Literary Award. It was published by Faber & Faber last year. Kazuo graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1980 and is the author of seven previous novels: A Pale View of Hills (1982), which won […]
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Jenny Pagdin runner-up in Café Writers Competition
‘Gore’ by UEA alumna Jenny Pagdin has been awarded second prize in the 2021 Café Writers Open Poetry Competition, judged by Philip Gross. Her poem ‘Houses’ was also highly commended. Jenny (pictured) studied English at Oxford University and graduated from the MA Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA in 2009. Her pamphlet Caldbeck was published by Eyewear […]
Mercia’s Take
An extract from Daniel Wiles’ debut novel, Mercia’s Take, published by Swift Press on 3rd February 2022 Lawrence lifted his head up from his newspaper. Seeing it was Michael, he turned to the side and exhaled. Can work the nightshift if ye want. Pays a bit better. Any because the bloke who works ya […]
Spark by Mitch Johnson
Spark is the new novel for children by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson and is published by Orion this week. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2014 and currently works as a bookseller in Waterstones, Norwich. His debut novel, Kick, was published in 2017 and endorsed by Amnesty International […]
Mercia’s Take by Daniel Wiles
Mercia’s Take is the debut novel by recent UEA alumnus Daniel Wiles and is published by Swift Press this week. Daniel is from Walsall in the West Midlands and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2020 as the recipient of the Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship.
The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs
The Language of Food is the new novel by UEA alumna Annabel Abbs and is published this week by Simon & Schuster. Annabel graduated from UEA in 1987 with a BA in English Literature, after which she established a successful marketing consultancy. Her debut novel, The Joyce Girl, was published in 2016 and won the Impress Prize […]
Sprung by Cai Draper
Sprung is a debut pamphlet of poetry by UEA alumnus Cai Draper and is published by Broken Sleep Books this week. Cai graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2018 and currently works in UEA’s Outreach department with local secondary school students. His poems have appeared in Anthropocene, bath magg, PERVERSE, Tentacular, Lighthouse […]
Sensitive by Hannah Jane Walker
Sensitive: The Power of Feeling in a World That Doesn’t is the first book by UEA alumna Hannah Jane Walker and is published by Aster this week. Hannah graduated from UEA with a BA in English Literature in 2004 before gaining an MA in Poetry from Newcastle University and in 2020 was one of three […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga in conversation with Ella Wakatama
The UEA Literary Festival was founded in 1991 and this academic year we celebrate 30 years of live literature at the university. Now known as UEA Live, the Spring 2021 season featured this event with UEA’s inaugural International Professor of Creative Writing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, in conversation with Ella Wakatama. Visit the UEA Live website here: […]
L.E. Yates shortlisted for Costa Short Story Prize
‘Sunblock’ by UEA alumna L.E.Yates has been shortlisted for this year’s Costa Short Story Prize. Originally from Manchester, L.E. now lives in East London and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2006. Her short stories have appeared in a range of publications including Litro, Gertrude and Clav Mag. She has been an […]