Writer and politician Alan Johnson will be appearing at the UEA literary festival this Wednesday, where he will be reading from his new book ‘Please, Mister Postman’ and talking to UEA Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Henry Sutton about his life and career. Alan Johnson has been a Labour Party MP since 1997. He served […]
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Introducing the UEA Creative Writing Anthologies, 2014
When my brother was around sixteen a couple of his friends had a baby. It wasn’t exactly a planned pregnancy. One day my brother ran into the father in the supermarket. He was wheeling a pram containing a yowling infant. ‘Want a baby?’ he inquired sheepishly. ‘It’s fresh.’ Just after I graduated I lived in […]
UEA Creative Writing anthologies 2014
The latest UEA Creative Writing anthologies have just been published, showcasing new work by over sixty recent graduates of the MA in the Creative Writing. Published in four volumes representing the four strands of the MA – Prose Fiction, Poetry, Scriptwriting, Biography & Creative Non-Fiction – the anthologies are edited by the students themselves and […]
Susan Hill at UEA Literary Festival
UEA’s rolling international literary festival continues tomorrow evening with Susan Hill in conversation with novelist and UEA senior lecturer in Creative Writing, Henry Sutton. Susan (pictured) is the author of numerous works, including literary novels, short stories, ghost stories, detective fiction, essays and reviews, and children’s books. The play of her novella ‘The Woman in […]
Anna Metcalfe shortlisted for Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story prize
‘Number Three’, by UEA writer Anna Metcalfe, has made it through to the shortlist for this year’s Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story prize, having been longlisted last month. The prize is the world’s richest award for short fiction, worth £30,000 to the winner. At 26, Anna (pictured) is the youngest writer ever to […]
‘The Eye of the Day’ by Dennison Smith
‘The Eye of the Day’ is the new novel by UEA writer Dennison Smith and is published by Harper Collins Canada this week. Dennison (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2012 and is currently undertaking her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA under the supervision of Henry Sutton. […]
Anna Metcalfe longlisted for Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story prize
‘Number Three’, by UEA writer Anna Metcalfe, has been included in the longlist for this year’s Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story prize, the world’s richest award for short fiction, which is worth £30,000 to the winner. Anna (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2012 and is currently undertaking […]
Alastair Campbell at UEA
The Spring semester programme of UEA’s rolling international literary festival begins on 5th February with Alastair Campbell in conversation with novelist and UEA senior lecturer Henry Sutton. Campbell (pictured) is the author of three novels, and will be discussing his latest, ‘My Name Is . . .’, the story of a teenage girl’s descent into […]
Fermata by Dennison Smith
‘Fermata’ is the new collection of poetry by UEA writer Dennison Smith
and has just been published by Quattro Press of Toronto. Dennison
(pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing MA at UEA this year and
has just embarked on her PhD in C…
‘Is There an East Anglian literature?’
Jeremy Page investigates whether there is such a thing as a cohesive East Anglian literature.