Two UEA alumnae have been shortlisted for the 2021 Kitschies Prizes, which celebrate ‘the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic’. The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley is shortlisted for the Red Tentacle award for the Best Novel, while Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line […]
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Deepa Anappara runner-up for the McKitterick Prize
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by UEA alumna Deepa Anappara has been named as the runner-up for the 2021 Society of Authors McKitterick Prize, which recognises the best first novel by an author over the age of forty. Deepa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 and is currently studying at […]
Deepa Anappara shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by UEA alumna Deepa Anappara has been shortlisted for the 2021 Society of Authors McKitterick Prize for the best first novel by an author over the age of forty. Deepa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 and is currently studying at UEA for her […]
Deepa Anappara shortlisted for Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, the debut novel by UEA alumna Deepa Anappara, has been shortlisted for the 2021 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, which is worth £2,500 to the winner. Deepa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 and is currently studying at UEA for her PhD in Creative […]
Deepa Anappara longlisted for Authors’ Club Award
Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line, the debut novel by UEA alumna Deepa Anappara, has been longlisted for the 2021 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, which is worth £2,500 to the winner. Deepa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 and is currently studying at UEA for her PhD in Creative […]
Deepa Anappara longlisted for JCB Prize for Literature
Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line, the debut novel by UEA alumna Deepa Anappara, has been longlisted for the 2020 JCB Prize for Literature, a prize that celebrates contemporary Indian literature. Deepa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 and is currently studying at UEA for her PhD in Creative and […]
Anne Enright and Deepa Anappara longlisted for Women’s Prize
Two novels by graduates of the UEA Creative Writing MA have been included on the longlist for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Actress by Anne Enright and Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line by Deepa Anappara. Anne graduated from the MA in 1987 and is the author of eleven previous books, including the winner of the 2007 Man […]
Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line
An extract from Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line, the debut novel by Deepa Anappara, published by Chatto & Windus in January 2020. Deepa will be appearing in conversation with Andrew Cowan and Naomi Ishiguro at Norwich Waterstones on Thursday 10th March. (Author photo: c. Liz Seabrook.) I Look at Our House With— —upside-down eyes […]
Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line is the debut novel by UEA writer Deepa Anappara and is published by Chatto & Windus this week. Deepa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 and is currently studying at UEA for her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. She grew up in Kerala, […]
