The Bee Sting by UEA alumnus Paul Murray has won the fiction category winner of the Nero Book Awards. 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 and the Kerry […]
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Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea by C.D. Rose
Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea is the latest collection of stories by UEA alumnus C.D. (Chris) Rose and was published by Melville House in January. Chris graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007 and subsequently gained a PhD in the short story from Edge Hill University. His first book The […]
Max Lury & Rabia Kapoor longlisted for Galley Beggar Prize
Two UEA alumni have been longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. Max Lury (pictured), who graduated from the MA (Prose Fiction) in 2021, is nominated for his story ‘Santa Fe’; and Rabia Kapoor, who graduated from the MA (Prose Fiction) in 2022, is nominated for her story ‘The Perils of Sleeping on […]
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Glorious Exploits is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Ferdia Lennon and was published by Fig Tree in January. Ferdia is from Dublin and studied History and Classical Studies at University College Dublin before joining the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction). He graduated in 2014. His work has been published in a number of […]
Sleepless by Annabel Abbs
Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self is the newest non-fiction book by UEA alumna Annabel Abbs and was published by John Murray in January. Annabel (pictured) 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 […]
A Most Malicious Messenger by Katherine Black
A Most Malicious Messenger is the new novel from UEA alumna Katherine Black and was published by Bloodhound Books in January. Katherine graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) in 2021. Born and raised in Texas, she has spent most of her life in England and has a background in Art History. She came […]
Anne Enright & Paul Murray Shortlisted for The Writer’s Prize
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for The Writer’s Prize, formerly known as the Rathbones Folio Prize, an award open to all works of literature written in English of any genre or form (except for books written explicitly for children) and published in the UK. Paul Murray (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing […]
Of Friendship and Translation
On August 17, 2023, at around 2 pm IST, my friend Gafoor Arackal passed away. Later that evening, I was to launch Gafoor’s latest novel, The Koya, at a function in Kozhikode, a city forty-five kilometres away from my mother’s home in Kottakkal, Kerala, India, where I was staying at the time. I was dressed […]
Ayobami Adebayo & Thomas Morris longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
Two UEA alumni have been longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, an award for the best published literary work in the English language written by an author aged 39 or under. Ayobami Adebayo (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2014 and was the recipient of […]
April Yee has won the Manchester Fiction Prize
‘Still Blue Thing’ a story by UEA Alumna April Yee has been selected as the winner of the Manchester Fiction Prize. April (pictured) is a writer and translator who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2022 as that year’s Malcolm Bradbury Memorial Scholar. She is a National Book Critics Circle Fellow, […]