Lessons is the new novel by UEA alumnus Ian McEwan, and is published by Jonathan Cape on 13 September 2022. To coincide with its publication, here is McEwan in conversation with Jon Cook as part of the celebrations to mark 50 years of Creative Writing at UEA in 2020-21. Visit the UEA Live website here: […]
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Christie Watson in conversation with Fiona Lettice
The UEA Literary Festival was founded in 1991 and this past academic year we have been celebrating 30 years of live literature at the university. Now known as UEA Live, the Spring 2021 season featured this event with Christie Watson in conversation with Fiona Lettice. Christie is a Professor of Medical and Health Humanities at […]
UEA prizewinners and nominees 1970 – 2021
The academic year 2020-21 marked the 50th anniversary of the UEA Creative Writing programme, which was launched in 1970-71 with a single student, Ian McEwan. Over the first fifty years of the programme a great many of its alumni achieved publication, and many of those won or were nominated for literary awards, including the Nobel […]
Raymond Antrobus and Joe Dunthorne in conversation
The UEA Literary Festival was founded in 1991 and this academic year we celebrate 30 years of live literature at the university. Now known as UEA Live, the Autumn 2020 season featured this event with Raymond Antrobus and Joe Dunthorne in conversation about poems, perseverance and creativity. Visit the UEA Live website here: https://www.uealive.com […]
Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Clare Hynes
The UEA Literary Festival was founded in 1991 and this academic year we celebrate 30 years of live literature at the university. Now known as UEA Live, the Autumn 2020 season featured this event with Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Clare Hynes Visit the UEA Live website here: https://www.uealive.com For more on CW50: […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga in conversation with Ella Wakatama
The UEA Literary Festival was founded in 1991 and this academic year we celebrate 30 years of live literature at the university. Now known as UEA Live, the Spring 2021 season featured this event with UEA’s inaugural International Professor of Creative Writing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, in conversation with Ella Wakatama. Visit the UEA Live website here: […]
The Curse of the Screenwriting Guru
Celebrating 50 years of Creative Writing at UEA, in partnership with the European Association of Creative Writing (EACWP) This online conference in May 2021 considered the future of Creative Writing in universities and the importance of literature and drama in helping us navigate challenging moments in history. In this keynote lecture, author of Into The Woods, […]
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 […]
Futures for Creative Writing online conference
FUTURES FOR CREATIVE WRITING ONLINE CONFERENCE Celebrating 50 years of Creative Writing at UEA, join UEA and EACWP for 2 days of online workshops, panels, lectures and roundtable discussions. Friday 21 May and Saturday 22 May This online conference seeks to bring together PhD research students, Creative Writing tutors and graduates, writers and scholars to […]
Empowering Global Voices
In UEA’s Fiftieth Anniversary Year, a short film announcing the International Chair of Creative Writing programme, which will see the appointment of five high profile international writers as Professors of Creative Writing at UEA and the funding of fifty scholarships for emerging writers from all of the world. For more on CW50: www.newwriting.net/subjects/cw50
