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 […]
Imogen Hermes Gowar
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 […]
Imogen Hermes Gowar shortlisted for Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
UEA alumna Imogen Hermes Gowar has been shortlisted for the 2018 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, which is co-sponsored by the literary agency Peters Fraser & Dunlop in association with the University of Warwick. Imogen (pictured) is nominated for her debut novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, which was also shortlisted for the 2018 Women’s Prize for […]
