The Bee Sting by UEA alumnus Paul Murray has won the Sky Arts Literature award. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes in 2003. This was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Kerry Irish Fiction Award. His second […]
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Paul Murray wins the Nero Gold Prize
The Bee Sting by UEA alumnus Paul Murray has been selected as the winner of the Nero Gold Prize, the overall winner of the previously announced category winners of the Nero Book Awards. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long […]
Paul Murray wins Nero Book Awards Fiction Category
The Bee Sting by UEA alumnus Paul Murray has won the fiction category winner of the Nero Book Awards. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes in 2003. This was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Kerry […]
Anne Enright & Paul Murray Shortlisted for The Writer’s Prize
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for The Writer’s Prize, formerly known as the Rathbones Folio Prize, an award open to all works of literature written in English of any genre or form (except for books written explicitly for children) and published in the UK. Paul Murray (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing […]
Paul Murray has won the An Post Irish Book of the Year
The Bee Sting by UEA Alumni Paul Murray has been selected as the winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards Book of the Year. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes in 2003. This was shortlisted for the Whitbread First […]
Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting is a Times Best Novel of the Year
The Bee Sting by UEA alumna Paul Murray has been selected as a Times Best Novel of the Year. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes in 2003. This was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Kerry Irish […]
Stephen Buoro & Paul Murray shortlisted for Nero Book Awards
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards. Stephen Buoro (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2019 and is currently studying for a fully-funded PhD in Creative & Critical Writing, is nominated for The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa in the Debut Fiction category; and Paul […]
Paul Murray & Anne Enright shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year. Paul Murray (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001, is nominated for The Bee Sting; and Anne Enright, who graduated from MA in Creative Writing in 1987, is nominated for The Wren, […]
Paul Murray shortlisted for Booker Prize
The Bee Sting by UEA alumnus Paul Murray has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes in 2003. This was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Kerry Irish Fiction Award. His […]
Paul Murray named Kirkus Prize Fiction Finalist
The Bee Sting by UEA alumnus Paul Murray has been chosen as a finalist for the Kirkus Prize in the Fiction category. Paul (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001. He published his first novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes in 2003. This was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award […]
