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 […]
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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 […]
2021 Prose Fiction MA anthology: foreword
Ayòbámi Adébáyò’s foreword to UEA’s 2021 Prose Fiction MA anthology, published by Egg Box and available HERE. Suzanne Ushie was supposed to be my classmate, but she preceded me to Norwich by a year. Though we both lived in Nigeria, we had never met in person, only becoming acquainted when we learnt that we were […]
Provenance by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Provenance is a multi-screen immersive play by UEA alumna Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and has been created in collaboration with creative technologists Mutiny. Commissioned as part of UEA’s Future & Form project, it follows the journey of a sacred ibeji artefact from its creation in Benin City, Nigeria in 1895 to present-day Norwich, and will be performed […]
Future & Form at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Future and Form – 21- 30 May, 2021 Six writers. Six works. Six visions of a literary future. Marking its 50 year anniversary, UEA’s world-renowned MA in Creative Writing programme presents, as part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2021, six new multidisciplinary, experimental works that explore the interface between contemporary literature and creative technology. “The […]
Future and Form website goes live
Future and Form is the flagship project of the fiftieth anniversary of the UEA Creative Writing programme and features collaborative projects involving UEA alumni Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Mona Arshi, Tash Aw (pictured), Imogen Hermes Gowar, Mitch Johnson and James McDermott. They will work with UEA faculty, creative technologists, cultural organisations and schools to explore the relationship […]
Future and Form website goes live
What will writing look like in 50 years? What role will authors play in the future? In the fiftieth anniversary year of the UEA Creative Writing programme, the Future and Form research project explores the interface between contemporary literature and creative technology. Full details and updates can be found on the newly launched project website: […]
Fifty Years Of Creative Writing At UEA
Founded in 1970 by the novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson, the UEA Creative Writing programme began with a single student: Ian McEwan. Here McEwan and an array of fellow alumni – Louise Doughty, Tracy Chevalier, Tash Aw, Mona Arshi, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Ayanna Gillian Lloyd – recall their time at UEA […]
Future and Form at UEA
The UEA Creative Writing programme has announced a major new project, Future and Form, supported by £240,000 in Arts Council funding. It will be a centrepiece of the CW50 anniversary campaign, which celebrates 50 years of Creative Writing at UEA. Future and Form will partner UEA alumni Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Mona Arshi (pictured), Tash Aw, Imogen […]
