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 […]
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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: […]
UEA launches Sonny Mehta scholarships for international writers
In the year of its 50th birthday celebrations the UEA Creative Writing programme has introduced two new fully-funded annual scholarships for its prestigious MA in Creative Writing. The Sonny Mehta India Scholarship and The Sonny Mehta Scholarship for Writers will be available for students from India, the Indian sub-continent, North Africa and the Middle East, […]
Futures For Creative Writing: Call for Papers
Between 21 and 23 May 2021 UEA will be hosting an international online conference, Futures for Creative Writing, in association with EACWP, the European Association of Creative Writing Programmes. The call for papers is shown below. Please scroll to page 2 for the conference themes. For more on CW50: www.newwriting.net/subjects/cw50
Tsitsi Dangarembga joins UEA as International Chair of Creative Writing
UEA has appointed Booker-shortlisted Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga as its inaugural International Chair of Creative Writing. She will deliver a programme of literary events, classes and workshops across the African continent and in the UK from 2021 to 2022. This new position is one of a number of initiatives timed to mark the fiftieth anniversary […]
CW50 brochure featuring Kazuo Ishiguro and Tsitsi Dangarembga
The UEA Creative Writing programme is fifty years old. During the academic year 2020-21 we will celebrate the past, interrogate the present and spark ideas about the future as we mark five decades as a global leader in creative writing. With a Foreword by UEA alumnus, Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, the brochure below describes some of […]
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 […]
CW 50 press release
UEA marks the 50th anniversary of its Creative Writing programme with an exciting new international appointment Beginning on 1 October 2020, the University of East Anglia celebrates 50 years of its pioneering Creative Writing programme. As we head into our 50th year we are excited to launch an ambitious series of international events, projects […]
UEA launches landmark 50th anniversary project
Press release: The University of East Anglia (UEA) is today announcing a major strand of its ambitious CW50 anniversary campaign, which celebrates 50 years of Creative Writing at UEA. The landmark project – called Future and Form – will see a number of leading writers work with creative technologists, local young people, schools and key […]
