An extract from Kiare Ladner’s first novel, Nightshift, published by Picador on 18 February 2021 in the UK and by Custom House in Winter 2022 in the US. 1 At its peak my obsession with her was like a form of self-harm: a private source of pain and comfort. When I found the ring box […]
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Monique Roffey shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
The Mermaid of Black Conch by UEA alumna Monique Roffey has been shortlisted for the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize, which is open to all genres and forms of literature and is worth £30,000 to the winner. Monique was born in Trinidad and graduated from the English Literature BA at UEA in 1987. Her first novel Sun Dog was […]
Gordon Collins, Edward Hogan and Lauren Van Schaik longlisted for Galley Beggar Prize
Three UEA alumni have been longlisted for this year’s Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. Edward Hogan, who graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2004, is nominated for ‘Single Sit’; Gordon Collins, who graduated from the MA in 2010, is nominated for ‘Ezanthus and the Nation’; and Lauren Van Schaik (pictured), a […]
Luna Rae Is Not Alone by Hayley Webster
Luna Rae Is Not Alone is the new novel for children by UEA alumna Hayley Webster and has recently been published by Noisy Crow. Hayley studied English and American Literature at the University of Essex and graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2004. In 2006 she won an Escalator Award […]
Alex Pheby and Monique Roffey longlisted for Republic of Consciousness Prize
Two UEA graduates have been longlisted for the 2021 Republic of Consciousness Prize, which rewards books published by independent presses. All the presses will receive £1,000. Alex Pheby is nominated for Mordew, published by Galley Beggar, while Monique Roffey is nominated for The Mermaid of Black Conch, published by Peepal Tree Press. Monique graduated from […]
Nick Bradley nominated for the Dublin Literary Award
UEA alumnus Nick Bradley has been longlisted for the 2021 Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel, The Cat and the City, which was published by Atlantic in June 2020. Nick was born in Germany in 1982 and grew up in Bath. He worked as a teacher, translator, travel writer and photographer before graduating from the […]
Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
Lightseekers is the debut crime novel by UEA alumnus Femi Kayode and is published by Raven Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury, this week. Femi graduated from the MA in Crime Fiction at UEA in 2018, when he was the recipient of the £3,000 Little, Brown Prize. He has worked for the last twenty years in […]
Richard Lambert longlisted for Branford Boase Award
The Wolf Road by UEA alumnus Richard Lambert has been nominated for this year’s Branford Boase Award, which is given annually to the author of an outstanding debut novel for children. It was published by Everything With Words last year. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2010 and published his debut collection […]
Twyford Rising, Land and Resistance
In the spring of 1992, Helen Beynon joined the protests against the construction of the M3 motorway through Twyford Down, a chalk hill in Hampshire England. This was the first of a wave of road protests that swept across the country in the 1990s and laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement, from campaigns […]
Monique Roffey wins Costa Book Award
The Mermaid of Black Conch by UEA alumna Monique Roffey has won the 2020 Costa Book Award, for which she will receive £30,000. She was previously announced as the category winner of the 2020 Costa Novel Award. The Mermaid of Black Conch was published by Peepal Tree Press in March last year. Monique was born […]