New Writing

UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson has won this year’s Branford Boase Award for his debut children’s novel, Kick, which was published by Usborne last year. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2014 and currently works as a bookseller in Waterstones, Norwich. The award is shared with his editors Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker. It was previously won by UEA alumna CJ Flood (MA 2010) in 2014 for her debut Infinite Sky