‘The Forgotten Waltz’ is the new novel by UEA alumna Anne Enright and is published by Jonathan Cape this week. Anne graduated from the Creative
Writing MA in 1987 and published her first collection of stories, ‘The Portable Virgin’, in 1991…
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Amanda Hodgkinson’s debut novel
‘22 Britannia Road’ is the first novel by UEA Creative Writing alumna Amanda Hodgkinson
and is published by Fig Tree this week. Amanda, who graduated from the Prose Fiction MA in 2001, now lives in south west France, where she is a
columnist fo…
Anjali Joseph nominated for Desmond Elliott Award
‘Sarawati Park’, the debut novel by UEA writer Anjali Joseph, has been included on the longlist of ten novels for the 2011 Desmond Elliott
prize, which is worth £10,000 to the winner. The contenders will be narrowed down to a shortlist of thre…
Flip by Martyn Bedford
‘Flip’ is the first novel for young adults by UEA alumnus Martyn Bedford and has recently been published by Walker Books in the UK and Wendy Lamb Books (Random House) in the US. A second young adult novel, ‘The Fallen One’, will be published next y…
‘The Godless Boys’ by Naomi Wood
‘The Godless Boys’ is the debut novel by Naomi Wood and is published by Picador today. Naomi (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 2008 and is currently studying for her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. She was rec…
Fabian Chaundy commissioned for Chilean TV
Current UEA undergraduate Fabian Chaundy has been commissioned to write almost half the episodes for the tenth season of a popular
children’s TV show in Chile. Fabian is in the third year of his BA in English Literature with Creative Writing, havin…
Chelsey Flood wins Curtis Brown Award
Chelsey Flood is this year’s winner of the £1,500 Curtis Brown Award, which is awarded annually to the best student on the UEA Creative Writing
(Prose Fiction) MA, as chosen by a panel of Curtis Brown agents. The prize was established by the agenc…
Joe Dunthorne’s Submarine on general release
The film adaptation of Joe Dunthorne’s first novel, ‘Submarine’, goes on general release in the UK today. The film is directed by Richard Ayoade
and stars Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins and Paddy Considine. The soundtrack to the f…
Louise Doughty longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction
UEA Creative Writing alumna Louise Doughty has been nominated for this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel, ‘Whatever You Love’.
Louise completed the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 1987 and published her first novel, ‘Crazy Pavi…
Christie Watson’s first novel
‘Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away’ is the debut novel by Christie Watson and is published by Quercus this week. Christie (pictured) trained as a
paediatric nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and worked as a nurse, educator and senior sister for over…