An extract from Rob Magnuson Smith’s third novel Seaweed Rising, published by Sandstone Press in November 2023. The divisions onboard the Farolita soon became explicit. The crew looked after ship maintenance, navigation, and the safety of the expedition. The passengers—an international consortium of seaweed executives—concerned themselves with flow charts, algae distribution surveys and […]
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Spy Hunter by H.B. Lyle
Spy Hunter is the new novel by UEA alumnus H.B. (Ben) Lyle and is published by Hodder and Stoughton this week. Ben worked in the film industry for nearly 20 years, then graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2010 before going on to complete a PhD in Film and […]
Femi Kayode’s Gaslight is a Sunday Times Best Crime Book of the Month
Gaslight by UEA alumnus Femi Kayode has been selected as a Sunday Times Best Crime Book of the Month. Gaslight is the follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Lightseekers (2021), also selected as a Book of the Month by the Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Irish Times. Femi graduated from the MA in Crime Fiction at UEA in 2018, where he was […]
Seaweed Rising by Rob Magnuson Smith
Seaweed Rising is the new novel by UEA alumnus Rob Magnuson Smith and is published by Sandstone Press this week. Rob graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2010 as the recipient of the David Higham Award. He is the author of The Gravedigger and Scorper. His short fiction appears in Granta, Ploughshares, the […]
James McDermott & Margaret Meyer shortlisted for East Anglian Book Awards
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the 2023 East Anglian Book Awards. James McDermott (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2016, is nominated for his collection Wild Life in the poetry category; and Margaret Meyer, who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2020, is nominated […]
Michelle Alipao Chikaonda runner-up for Deborah Rogers Award
The Dying Embers of Our Setting Sun a collection of essays by UEA alumna Michelle Alipao Chikaonda was announced as a runner-up for the Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) Writers Award. Michelle graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Biography & Creative Non-Fiction) in 2023. She has won the Literary Award for Narrative Nonfiction of the […]
Gaslight by Femi Kayode
Gaslight is the new novel by UEA alumnus Femi Kayode and is published by Raven Books this week. It is the follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Lightseekers (2021), picked as a Book of the Month by the Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Irish Times. Femi graduated from the MA in Crime Fiction at UEA in 2018, when he was the […]
The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Future is the new novel by UEA alumna Naomi Alderman and is published by Fourth Estate this week. Naomi graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003. Her first novel Disobedience (2006) won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and the Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers. Her […]
Naoise Gale wins third place in Poetry Book Awards
After the Flood Comes the Apologies by current UEA student Naoise Gale has won third place in the 2023 Poetry Book Awards. Naoise (pictured) joined the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) this year. Her debut pamphlet After the Flood Comes the Apologies was published by Nine Pens in October 2021. Her first full-length collection IMPLODE EXPLODE was published […]
Leeor Ohayon wins second place in Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize
‘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 […]
