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 […]
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Stephen Buoro named a Guardian Best New Novelist
Stephen Buoro has been named one of the Guardian’s Best New Novelists of 2023. Stephen (pictured) was born in Nigeria in 1993 and previously studied Mathematics before joining the UEA Creative Writing MA in 2018 as the recipient of that year’s Booker Prize Foundation Bursary. He is currently studying for a fully-funded PhD in Creative […]
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa
An extract from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro, published by Bloomsbury in April 2023. Sun is up now. We’re still sitting on the bed. A rope of sunlight crawls over our legs, showing the contrast. Her skin is evenly coloured, no stretch or spot of red or pink. It’s so […]
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa is the debut novel by UEA writer Stephen Buoro and is published by Bloomsbury in the UK and USA this week. Stephen was born in Nigeria in 1993 and previously studied Mathematics before joining the UEA Creative Writing MA in 2018 as the recipient of that year’s Booker Prize Foundation […]
Jyoti Patel and Stephen Buoro selected for The Observer’s 10 Best New Novelists
Two graduates of the UEA MA in Creative Writing have been named among the Observer’s annual selection of the 10 Best New Novelists. Stephen Buoro is nominated for his debut The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa and Jyoti Patel for her first novel The Things That We Lost. Stephen (pictured) was born in Nigeria in […]
Empowering Global Voices
In UEA’s Fiftieth Anniversary Year, a short film announcing the International Chair of Creative Writing programme, which will see the appointment of five high profile international writers as Professors of Creative Writing at UEA and the funding of fifty scholarships for emerging writers from all of the world. For more on CW50: www.newwriting.net/subjects/cw50
Stephen Buoro wins second prize in Deborah Rogers Writers Award
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa by UEA student Stephen Buoro has won second prize in the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award. It was selected from 876 entries for the award, which recognises and supports an as yet unpublished writer who is completing their first book. He will receive a cash prize of £1,000. […]
Stephen Buoro shortlisted for Deborah Rogers Award
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa by UEA student Stephen Buoro has been included in the shortlist of three titles in the running for the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award. It was selected from 876 entries for the award, which recognises and supports an as yet unpublished writer who is completing their first […]
