The Mermaid of Black Conch by UEA graduate Monique Roffey has been longlisted for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, which is worth £3,000 to the winner. The novel was published last year by Peepal Tree Press. Monique graduated from the English Literature BA programme at UEA in 1987. Her first novel Sun Dog was published in […]
orwell prize
Ruby Cowling longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
This Paradise, the debut collection of short stories by Ruby Cowling, has been longlisted for this year’s Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. The book was published by UEA’s independent publishing imprint Boiler House Press last year. The shortlist for the prize will be announced in mid-May and the winner, who will receive £3,000, will be […]
Diana Evans and Sam Byers longlisted for Orwell Prize
Novels by fellow UEA alumni Diana Evans and Sam Byers have been longlisted for the inaugural Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. Diana is nominated for Ordinary People (Chatto & Windus) and Sam for Perfidious Albion (Faber & Faber). The prize rewards outstanding fiction published in the UK that illuminates major social and political themes, and […]
