A Spell of Good Things by UEA alumna Ayòbámi Adébáyò has been shortlisted for The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, an award for the best published literary work in the English language written by an author aged 39 or under. Ayòbámi (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2014. Her debut […]
A Spell of Good Things
Ayobami Adebayo & Thomas Morris longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
Two UEA alumni have been longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, an award for the best published literary work in the English language written by an author aged 39 or under. Ayobami Adebayo (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2014 and was the recipient of […]
Ayòbámi Adébáyò and Paul Murray longlisted for the Booker Prize
Two UEA alumni have been longlisted for the Booker Prize. Ayòbámi Adébáyò (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2014, is nominated for A Spell of Good Things; and Paul Murray, who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001, is nominated for The Bee Sting. Ayòbámi’s […]
A Spell Of Good Things
Eniọlá decided to pretend it was just water. A single melting hailstone. Mist or dew. It could also be some good thing: a solitary raindrop fallen from the sky, lone precursor to a deluge. The first rains of the year would mean he could finally eat an àgbálùmọ̀. The fruit seller whose stall was next […]
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
A Spell of Good Things is the second novel by UEA alumna Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and is published by Canongate Books this week. Ayọ̀bámi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2014. Her first novel Stay With Me, for which she was awarded the 9Mobile Fellowship, was published by […]
