‘The Whores’ Asylum’ is the debut novel by UEA alumna Katy Darby and is published this week by Fig Tree. Katy (pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 2006, when she was the recipient of the David Higham Award. Her
work has been re…
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Jim Goar’s new collection of poems
‘The Louisiana Purchase’ is the second full-length collection of linguistically innovative poetry by Jim Goar, who is currently completing his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA. The collection is published by Rose Metal Press. His fir…
Andrew Miller wins Costa Book Award
UEA alumnus Andrew Miller was this evening announced as the winner of the Costa Book Award for 2012. The prize, worth £30,000, was awarded for his sixth novel, ‘Pure’, which is published by Sceptre. It was previously announced as the winner of…
Eliza Robertson wins Booker scholarship
The recipient of this year’s UEA Booker scholarship to undertake the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA is Canadian writer, Eliza Robertson. The
scholarship is open to students from the UK, Commonwealth countries and Ireland, and is worth up to…
Agnes Lehoczky’s new collection
‘Rememberer’ is the second full-length collection of poetry by UEA alumna, Agnes Lehoczky, who last year received the inaugural Jane Martin Poetry Prize at Girton College, Cambridge. ‘Rememberer’ is published by Egg Box and supported by the…
Katy Darby in Fatboy Review
Two new stories by UEA alumna Katy Darby are included in the latest edition of the online journal FatboyReview. Katy (pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 2006, when she was the recipient of the David Higham Award. Her
first novel, …
Tom Benn’s debut novel
‘The Doll Princess’ is the first novel by recent UEA Creative Writing graduate, Tom Benn, and is published by Jonathan Cape today. Tom (pictured)
graduated from UEA’s BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2009, and graduated from t…
Andrew Miller wins Costa Novel Award
UEA alumnus Andrew Miller has won the 2012 Costa Novel Award for his sixth novel, ‘Pure’, which is published by Sceptre. Andrew (pictured) graduated from the Prose Fiction MA in 1990 and published his first novel, ‘Ingenious Pain’,
in 1997…
Christie Watson wins Costa First Novel Award
Recent UEA graduate Christie Watson has won the 2012 Costa First Novel Award. Christie (pictured)
graduated from the Prose Fiction MA in 2008 and published her first novel, ‘Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away’, with Quercus last year. Before joining UEA,…
Chelsey Flood signs book deal
‘Infinite Sky’ is the first novel by recent UEA alumna Chelsey Flood and is to be published in February 2013 by Simon and Schuster in the UK and Arena in Germany. Chelsey (pictured) graduated from the Prose Fiction MA in 2010 and
was the recipient…