Goodbye, Perfect is the new novel for Young Adults by UEA alumna Sara Barnard and is published by Macmillan Children’s Books this week. Sara graduated from the BA in Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2010 and published her debut YA novel Beautiful Broken Things in 2016. This was shortlisted for the 2017 YA Book […]
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Somebody I Used To Know by Wendy Mitchell
Somebody I Used To Know is the memoir of Wendy Mitchell, who lives with dementia, and has just been published by Bloomsbury. It was ghostwritten by Anna Wharton, a current student on the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA. Anna has ghostwritten three previous titles: Breaking the Silence by Jo Milne (2015), CUT: […]
Kick by Mitch Johnson longlisted for Branford Boase Award
Kick by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson has been longlisted for this year’s Branford Boase Award. The Award is given annually to the author of a debut children’s novel and their editor. Kick was edited by Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker and published by Usborne last year. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing […]
Gytha Lodge signs book deal for three crime thrillers
UEA alumna Gytha Lodge has signed a six-figure book deal with Michael Joseph for a series of three crime thrillers. Gytha (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) at UEA in 2013, having previously read English at Corpus Christi, Cambridge. Her debut play The Funeral of Macie Loverett was the winner of the […]
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is the debut novel by UEA alumna Imogen Hermes Gowar and is published by Vintage this week. Imogen graduated from UEA with a BA in Archaeology, Anthropology and Art History in 2012 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2014, when she was the winner of the […]
Paul Howarth and Imogen Hermes Gowar selected as writers to watch
Two recent UEA graduates have been selected as ‘new writers to watch’ by the Observer and Independent. Paul Howarth and Imogen Hermes Gowar are both featured in the Independent, while Imogen is also selected by the Observer. Paul (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2015, having been awarded the Malcolm […]
John Steciuk longlisted for Galley Beggar Short Story Prize
‘The Land of Nod’ by recent UEA graduate John Steciuk has been longlisted for this year’s The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. John was born in Manchester in 1989 and graduated from UEA with a BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2012 and with an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in […]
Rainsongs by Sue Hubbard
Rainsongs is the new novel by UEA alumna Sue Hubbard and is published by Duckworth Overlook this month. Sue graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 1995. She is a freelance art critic, lecturer, broadcaster and writer, and has twice won the London Writers’ competition for her poetry. Her books of poetry […]
Five UEA writers longlisted for Words and Women competition
Five UEA writers have been included on the longlist for this year’s Words and Women prose competition. Open to women writers throughout the UK, the competition offers the national winner a cash prize of £1,000 and a month long writing retreat sponsored by Hosking Houses Trust. The winner of the East of England prize will […]
Rebecca Stott wins Costa Biography Award
UEA Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Rebecca Stott has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Costa Biography Award for her memoir In the Days of Rain, published by 4th Estate last year. Rebecca is the author of several academic books on Victorian literature and several cross-over books on the history of science, […]