Four UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the 2020 East Anglian Book Awards, a partnership between Jarrold, the Eastern Daily Press, and the National Centre for Writing. Edward Parnell (MA 2007) is nominated in the Biography & Memoir section for Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country (HarperCollins). Jeremy Page (MA 1994) is nominated in […]
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Edward Parnell shortlisted for PEN Ackerley Prize
Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country by UEA alumnus Edward Parnell is one of three titles shortlisted for 2020 PEN Ackerley Prize for memoir and autobiography. It was published by William Collins last year. Edward graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007. He has previously been the recipient of an Escalator Award […]
Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country by Edward Parnell
Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country is a new work of narrative non-fiction by UEA alumnus Edward Parnell and is published by William Collins this week. Edward graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007. He has been the recipient of an Escalator Award from the National Centre for Writing and […]
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An extract from the memoir Ghostland: In Search Of A Haunted Country by Edward Parnell, which is published by William Collins in October 2019. This is adapted from Chapter Seven, ‘Goblin City’. Coming off the M4 into the urban sprawl of Newport, the ancient Roman fortress I’m aiming for is surprisingly difficult to locate, with counterintuitive road […]
