The Sisters Mao is the new novel by UEA alumnus Gavin McCrea and is published by Scribe this week. Gavin was born in Dublin in 1978, and has since lived in Japan, Belgium, Italy, the UK, and Spain. He graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2009 and gained his […]
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Kathy Stevens runner-up in Moth Short Story Prize
‘From Among the Dead With Go’ by UEA alumna Kathy Stevens has been placed second in the 2021 Moth Short Story Prize. Kathy (pictured) gained a BA in English Literature from Bath Spa University before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2016 as the inaugural recipient of the Kowitz Scholarship. […]
A Supermarket Love Story by John Osborne
A Supermarket Love Story is a new collection of poetry by UEA alumnus John Osborne and has recently been published by Go Faster Stripe with illustrations by Katie Pope. John graduated from UEA with a BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2000 and has since published a number of books, including Radio Head: Up […]
Little Bird, translated by Lily Meyer
Little Bird by the Peruvian author Claudia Ulloa Donoso is a collection of short stories that has been published from Spanish by UEA alumna Lily Meyer and has just been published by Deep Vellum. Lily (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2014 and now lives in Washington, D.C. Her short […]
Dust Off The Bones
An extract from Dust Off The Bones by Paul Howarth, published by One (Pushkin House) on 26 August 2021 PROLOGUE 1885 Central Queensland, Australia They stood on the bank of the desert crater, staring down into hell. Trampled humpies, scattered possessions, discarded weapons, severed limbs, all bogged in a churn of crimson mud; the camp had […]
The House Next to the Factory by Sonal Kohli
The House Next to the Factory is the debut collection of linked short stories by UEA alumna Sonal Kohli and is published by HarperCollins India this week. Sonal grew up in Delhi and now lives in Washington, D.C. She gained a BA in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, before graduating from […]
Strangers on a Pier by Tash Aw
Strangers on a Pier: A Portrait of a Family is the new book by Tash Aw and is published by Fourth Estate this week. An earlier version was published as The Face by Restless Books in 2016. Tash was born in Taipei to Malaysian parents and grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He graduated from the […]
Gigantic by Ashley Stokes
Gigantic is the new novel by UEA alumnus Ashley Stokes and is published by Unsung Books this week. Ashley graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1997 and published his first novel Touching the Starfish in 2010. His debut collection of stories The Syllabus of Errors was published in 2013 and shortlisted for the Saboteur Best Short […]
Josephine Corcoran and Stuart Charlesworth longlisted for Live Canon competition
Poems by two UEA alumni have been longlisted for the 2021 Live Canon International Poetry Competition. Josephine Corcoran (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 1997, is nominated for ‘A Baby Speaks on his Birthday in an Autumn Garden, 2020’, while Stuart Charlesworth, who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing […]
Human Terrain by Emily Bullock
Human Terrain is the debut collection of short fiction by UEA alumna Emily Bullock and is published by Reflex Press this week. Emily graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2004, having previously gained an MA in 19th Century Literature from King’s College, London. She holds a PhD from the Open University, […]