Three UEA alumni and a current UEA student and tutor have been shortlisted for the 2022 East Anglian Book Awards. Iron Man by Lynne Bryan, who graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 1985, is one of three titles shortlisted in the Biography & Memoir category; Your Show by Ashley Hickson-Lovence, who is completing his PhD […]
Mitch Johnson
Mitch Johnson wins Juniper Book Award
Pop! by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson has won the Juniper Book of the Year Award, which is designed to improve literacy and encourage reading for pleasure among pupils at Key Stages 2 and 3, and which invites pupils to write reviews of the six shortlisted titles. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with […]
Spark by Mitch Johnson
Spark is the new novel for children by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson and is published by Orion this week. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2014 and currently works as a bookseller in Waterstones, Norwich. His debut novel, Kick, was published in 2017 and endorsed by Amnesty International […]
The Living Book by Mitch Johnson
The Living Book is a virtual reality experience by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson which examines the possible effects of climate change via a 360-degree interactive VR imaginarium. Commissioned as part of UEA’s Future & Form project, it was created in collaboration with Guildhall Live Events, an innovative new department of Guildhall School of Music & […]
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 […]
Pop! by Mitch Johnson
Pop! is the new novel for children by UEA alumnus Mitch Johnson and is published by Orion this week. Mitch graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2014 and currently works as a bookseller in Waterstones, Norwich. His debut novel, Kick, was endorsed by Amnesty International UK for its […]
Future and Form website goes live
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
UEA alumni shortlisted for East Anglian Book of the Year Awards
Books by four alumni of the UEA Creative Writing programme have been shortlisted for the 2018 East Anglian Book of the Year Awards. Phyllida Scrivens (pictured), who graduated from the Biography and Creative Non-Fiction MA in 2014, is nominated in the Biography and Memoir category for The Lady Lord Mayors of Norwich 1923-2017 (Pen & Sword). Mitch […]
