An extract from ‘The Fair Frontier’ (Queer Ink, 2018) By Annie Simati Translated from the Greek by Erin Maniatopoulou To this day the scenery remained the same, only with fewer people. Lucy remembers the boats going back and forth between nearby ports, carrying trade and personal goods. The sea graced everybody with plenty of fish and […]
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Nino in the Night (extract)
An extract from ‘Nino in the Night (Nino dans la Nuit)’ (Éditions Allia, 2019) By Capucine and Simon Johannin Translated from the French by Alice Banks “PARADISE? Nino Paradise? What a stupid name, who’s your mum, Amélie Poulain? What are you doing here, Nino? Want to end up in paradise?” The guy doesn’t lift his head […]
Monique Roffey and Rebecca Tamás longlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize
Two UEA alumni have been longlisted 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 Roffey, who graduated from the UEA English Literature BA in 1987, is nominated for The Mermaid of Black Conch, which was published by Peepal Tree […]
Edward Hogan and Andrea Mason shortlisted for Manchester Fiction Prize
Two graduates of the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) have been shortlisted for the 2020 Manchester Fiction Prize, an international competition worth £10,000 to the winner. Edward Hogan (pictured) is nominated for ‘Bright Side’ and Andrea Mason for ‘Dead Man’s Stuff, Especially, Is No Good’. Both graduated in 2004. Edward’s most recent novel […]
Hunted by Antony Dunford
Hunted is the debut crime novel by UEA alumnus Antony Dunford and is published by Hobeck Books this week. Originally from Yorkshire, Antony graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) in 2019. Hunted, which was written during the course, was shortlisted for the Little, Brown UEA Crime Writing Prize and longlisted for […]
Sleeping Dogs by Wendy Turbin
Sleeping Dogs is the debut crime novel by UEA alumna Wendy Turbin and has recently been published by Hobeck Books. Following a career in international logistics, customer service banking, and education, Wendy gained a BA from the Open University and joined the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at UEA in 2017. She wrote Sleeping […]
‘Gemeinplatz’ from Die Paradiesmaschine
‘Gemeinplatz’ from Die Paradiesmaschine (2016). by Lydia Mischkulnig […]
Untitled poems from This isnt happening
Untitled poems from ‘This isnt happening’ (Oslo Tiden Norsk Forlag, 2017) By Ida Lórien Ringdal Translated from the Norwegian by Kristine B. Fostervold im not checking my phone i watch game of thrones im not checking my phone i go out and buy some pepsi max im not checking my phone its on the bed […]
A Thousand Kilometres South (extract)
An extract from ‘A Thousand Kilometres South’ (2013) By Walter Jungwirth Translated from the German by Magdalena Steinhauser I sought the city to lose myself and find company or maybe just some change, and then there was this car that turned into the pedestrian zone from a side road and took me onto its bonnet. That […]
A Fig Adrift (extract)
An extract from ‘A Fig Adrift’ (1997) By Ju Translated from the Burmese by Thett Su San This is how I have been starting my days lately: close the door of my studio flat and stare at it all day. Outside the door are human feet going up and down the staircase. Feet in high-heeled […]