An extract from Adam Andrusier’s memoir, Two Hitlers and a Marilyn, published by Headline on 8 July 2021 Throughout the 1980s my father suffered from a chronic case of sixties mania. The Profumo scandal, the disastrous arrival of Yoko Ono on the scene and the early death of Eddie Cochran were his live concerns. […]
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Jade Cuttle wins Northern Debut Award for Poetry
UEA alumna Jade Cuttle has been awarded the Northern Debut Award for Poetry in the 2021 New Writing North Northern Writers’ Awards. Jade (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2019. She is a poet and songwriter from rural North Yorkshire, working remotely at The Times as Arts Commissioning Editor. Her nature poetry has […]
CD Rose wins Northern Writers’ Award for Fiction
UEA alumnus C.D. (Chris) Rose has been awarded the Northern Writers’ Award for Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction in the 2021 New Writing North Northern Writers’ Awards. Chris (pictured) 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 […]
Sarah Corbett wins Arvon Award
UEA alumna Sarah Corbett has won the Arvon Award in the 2021 New Writing North Northern Writers’ Awards. Sarah (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 1998. She is the author of five collections of poems, most recently A Perfect Mirror, published by Pavilion Poetry in 2018) and highly commended in the Forward […]
The Snow Line
An extract from The Snow Line, the new novel by Tessa McWatt, published by Scribe in July 2021 The only external sound is the whir of the fan above his bed, but inside him is a high-pitched rushing noise. He turns over on his side to listen. The wedding guests are asleep, but Jackson’s […]
A Life in 16 Films by Steve Waters
A Life in 16 Films: How Cinema Made a Playwright is the second book by UEA Professor of Scriptwriting Steve Waters and has just been published by Methuen Drama. His previous book The Secret Life of Plays was published by Nick Hern Books in 2010. Steve has written many plays for the stage, including Limehouse and Temple (both for the […]
Two Hitlers and a Marilyn by Adam Andrusier
Two Hitlers and a Marilyn is the debut memoir by UEA alumnus Adam Andrusier and is published by Headline this week. Adam is a writer and a professional dealer of rare, valuable autographs. He grew up in Pinner, studied music at King’s College, Cambridge, and completed the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA […]
The Snow Line by Tessa McWatt
The Snow Line is the new novel by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt and is published by Scribe this week. Tessa is the author of six previous novels, including Higher Ed (2015), two books for young people, and the memoir Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging, which was published in 2019 and […]
Peter Goulding shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year (Creative Non-Fiction)
Slatehead: the Ascent of Britain’s Slate Climbing Scene, the first book by UEA alumnus Peter Goulding, has been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Award in the Creative Non-Fiction category. It was previously the winner of the 2019 New Welsh Writing Awards: Rheidol Prize for Writing with a Welsh Theme or Setting and runner-up […]
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
Build Your House Around My Body is the debut novel by former UEA writing fellow Violet Kupersmith and is published by Oneworld this week. Violet joined UEA as the David T.K. Wong Writing Fellow in 2015. She was born in rural Pennsylvania in 1989, and currently lives in the United States. Her mother was born […]