Novels by two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize for a first novel by a writer over 40. Taymour Soomro (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2016 and the PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2021, is nominated for Other Names for Love. Ayanna Lloyd […]
Taymour Soomro
Letters to a Writer of Colour, edited by Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro
Letters to a Writer of Colour is a collection of seventeen essays edited by UEA graduates Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro and has just been published by Vintage. Deepa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 and is currently studying at UEA for her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. Her first novel […]
Other Names For Love by Taymour Soomro
Other Names For Love is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Taymour Soomro and is published by Harvill Secker this week. Taymour graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2016 as the recipient of that year’s Curtis Brown Award and subsequently gained his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from UEA in […]
