An extract from Rob Magnuson Smith’s third novel Seaweed Rising, published by Sandstone Press in November 2023. The divisions onboard the Farolita soon became explicit. The crew looked after ship maintenance, navigation, and the safety of the expedition. The passengers—an international consortium of seaweed executives—concerned themselves with flow charts, algae distribution surveys and […]
Rob Magnuson Smith
Seaweed Rising by Rob Magnuson Smith
Seaweed Rising is the new novel by UEA alumnus Rob Magnuson Smith and is published by Sandstone Press this week. Rob graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2010 as the recipient of the David Higham Award. He is the author of The Gravedigger and Scorper. His short fiction appears in Granta, Ploughshares, the […]
