‘A Gathering Storm’ is the fifth novel by UEA tutor Rachel Hore and is published by Simon & Schuster this week. Rachel (pictured) worked in
publishing for many years and teaches the Publishing module that leads to the
production of the annual…
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‘The Causal Perfect’ by Lavinia Greenlaw
‘The Casual Perfect’ is the new collection of poetry by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Lavinia
Greenlaw and is published by Faber & Faber this week. Professor Greenlaw (pictured) has previously published three books of poetry, most recently…
DW Wilson and KJ Orr shortlisted for BBC National Short Story Award.
Two UEA Creative Writers have been included on the shortlist of five for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award, worth £15,000 to the winner. DW (Dave) Wilson is shortlisted for ‘The Dead Roads’ and KJ (Katherine) Orr
for ‘The Human C…
Anjali Joseph is joint winner of the Vodaphone Crossword Book Award.
Following her earlier successes this year in winning a Betty Trask Award and the Desmond Elliott Prize, UEA writer Anjali Joseph has been announced as the joint winner of the Vodaphone Crossword Book Award, the biggest private sector book prize in …
Guardian 9/11 stories by Rob Magnusson Smith and Helon Habila
Stories by two UEA Creative Writing alumni have been included in the Guardian’s 9/11 short fiction project, which is running all this week and aims
to bring together writers from all over the world ‘to examine what has changed and what has not…
Green Dobermans by Liz Adams
‘Green Dobermans’ is the debut collection of poetry from Liz Adams and is published by Lazy Gramophone Press this month. Liz graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2007, having previously completed the BA in English…
David Almond’s new novel
‘The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean’ is the first novel for adults by UEA alumnus David Almond and is published by Viking this week. David (pictured) graduated from UEA in 1973 with a BA in English and American Studies, and published his f…
‘Once You Break a Knuckle’ by DW Wilson
‘Once You Break a Knuckle’ is the debut collection of short stories by UEA writer DW (Dave) Wilson and is published by Hamish Hamilton Canada this week. Dave graduated from UEA’s Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2010, when he
was the i…
‘Lazarus is Dead’ by Richard Beard
‘Lazarus is Dead’ is the new novel by UEA alumnus Richard Beard and is published today by Harvill Secker. Richard graduated from the Creative
Writing MA in 1995 and has since published four novels: ‘X20’ (1996), ‘Damascus’ (1998), ‘T…
Eight UEA writers nominated for Guardian’s ‘Not the Booker’ prize
Eight graduates of the UEA creative writing programme have been nominated for this year’s Guardian ‘Not the Booker’ prize, which is decided by public vote. They are Richard Beard (MA 1995) for ‘Lazarus is Dead’, Anne Enright (MA 1987)
fo…