Five UEA Creative Writing students and alumni have been longlisted for the 2018 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize for unpublished female authors. They are: Deepa Anappara (MA 2017; current PhD; pictured) for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line; Emily Ruth Ford (MA 2017) for Elinor Snow; Emma Rhind-Tutt (MA 2013) for Separation;Poppy Sebag-Montefiore (MA 2014) for Listeners; and Lauren Van Schaik (MA […]
UEA Creative Writing
Who’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else by C.D. Rose
Who’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else: Ten Lectures on Great Lost Books is the new novel by UEA graduate C.D. (Chris) Rose and is published by Melville House this week. Chris graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2007 and subsequently gained a PhD in the short story from Edge Hill […]
Figment Music by Beau Hopkins
Figment Music is the debut pamphlet of poetry by UEA writer Beau Hopkins and has recently been published by Lighthouse Press. Beau read French and Spanish at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA. He graduated in 2012 and is currently completing his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. His poems […]
Anna James selected for Spread The Word development scheme
Anna James, who recently completed her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA, is one of seven London-based writers selected for PLATFORM, a new support and development opportunity for emerging writers run by Spread The Word, the London writer development agent. She will receive three mentoring sessions over three months and receive a micro-bursary […]
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Ordinary People is the third novel by UEA graduate Diana Evans and is published by Chatto & Windus this week. Diana graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003. Her debut novel, 26a, was published in 2005 and won the inaugural Orange Award for New Writers and the British Book Awards deciBel […]
The Malvern Aviator by Richard Skinner
The Malvern Aviator is a new pamphlet of poems by UEA graduate Richard Skinner and is published today by Smokestack. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 1996 and is the author of three novels published by Faber: The Red Dancer (2002), The Velvet Gentleman (2008) and The Mirror (2014). His […]
Unearthly Toys by Ned Denny
Unearthly Toys: Poems and Masks is the debut collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Ned Denny and has recently been published by Carcanet. Ned was born in London in 1975 and has worked as a postman, art critic, book reviewer, music journalist and gardener. He graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in […]
Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins
Who Is Mary Sue? is the debut collection of poetry by UEA alumna Sophie Collins and has recently been published by Faber & Faber. Sophie studied Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, London, before joining the UEA Creative Writing (Poetry) MA in 2012. She received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2014 […]
The Lady Lord Mayors of Norwichby Phyllida Scrivens
The Lady Lord Mayors of Norwich 1923-2017 is the second book by UEA alumna Phyllida Scrivens and has recently been published by Pen and Sword Books. Phyllida graduated with a BA in Literature from the Open University in 2011 and completed the MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction at UEA in 2014. Her debut publication, […]
Film and TV rights sold for novels by Emma Healey and Imogen Hermes Gowar
Two recent graduates of the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) have recently secured film and TV deals for their debut novels. The BBC will adapt Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey as a 90 minute drama for broadcast in 2019, while the rights to Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock have […]