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Sam Byers shortlisted for Encore Award

May 18, 2019 by andrew

Perfidious Albion by UEA alumnus Sam Byers has been shortlisted for this year’s Encore Award for outstanding second novels, which is administered by the Royal Society for Literature. Sam graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003 and completed his PhD in Creative & Critical Writing in 2014. His first novel Idiopathy was published by […]

Diana Evans and Sam Byers longlisted for Orwell Prize

May 8, 2019 by andrew

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 […]

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