‘Lots’ by UEA alumnus Leeor Ohayon has won second place in the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize. Leeor (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2022 and is currently studying on the Creative and Critical Writing PhD. In 2022 he was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize, the QuietManDave […]
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Water by John Boyne
Water is the new novel from UEA alumnus John Boyne and was published by Doubleday last week. John graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1995, and returned as a Creative Writing Fellow in 2004, and as a tutor on the Creative Writing MA in 2014. His first novel, The Thief of Time, was published […]
Jungle House
Julianne Pachico’s new novel Jungle House follows the relationship between a young woman and the AI house that raised her. Jungle House is published by Serpent’s Tail in November 2023, and the following excerpt is reproduced with permission. A dragonfly lands on the glistening scum, before retreating immediately, as if disgusted. ‘Well, Lena,’ […]
Jungle House by Julianne Pachico
Jungle House is the new novel by UEA alumna and Creative Writing Lecturer Julianne Pachico and is published by Serpent’s Tail this week. Julianne grew up in Cali, Colombia, and lived there until she was eighteen. She graduated from the UEA Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2013, and completed her PhD in Creative & Critical […]
Jekwu Anyaegbuna wins Poetry London Prize
UEA alumna Jekwu Anyaegbuna has won this year’s Poetry London Prize, an internationally renowned award for a single outstanding poem. Jekwu (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2019 as that year’s recipient of the Miles Morland Scholarship and is currently undertaking a fully-funded PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. He […]
Jade Cuttle shortlisted for Primers Volume Seven
UEA alumna Jade Cuttle has been shortlisted for Primers Volume Seven. Primers is a biannual mentoring and publication scheme organised by Nine Arches Press. It provides an opportunity for talented poets to find publication and receive a programme of supportive feedback, mentoring and promotion. Jade (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in […]
Henrietta Rose-Innes wins the UJ Prize for Literary Translation
UEA alumna Henrietta Rose-Innes has won the University of Johannesburg Prize for Literary Translation, an annual prize awarded for the best creative works in five translation categories. Henrieta is a South African novelist and short-story writer who graduated from the Creative and Critical Writing PhD in 2018. She was the 2008 winner of the Caine Prize for African […]
Paul Murray & Anne Enright shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year. Paul Murray (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001, is nominated for The Bee Sting; and Anne Enright, who graduated from MA in Creative Writing in 1987, is nominated for The Wren, […]
Runner Hawk
An extract from Michael Egan’s newest novel, Runner Hawk, published by Everything with Words in October 2023. One It was right in a moment of stillness as the cold morning air bit at my breath that I first caught sight of the runner. He hung there in mid-stride, strange and unnatural in his frozen […]
Runner Hawk by Michael Egan
Runner Hawk is the new novel by UEA alumnus Michael Egan and is published by Everything With Words this week. Michael is from Liverpool, and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2022 as the recipient of the Booker Foundation scholarship. He is the author of six pamphlets of poetry, most recently the […]