Arranged against surges in violent British nationalism and political panic around borders, and related/growing crises of culture and politics, this is an anthology to mark and celebrate the contribution of non-UK-born writers to this country's poetry culture, published on the 2nd anniversary of the UK's referendum on membership of the European Union.
For 50 years UEA's MA and MFA in Prose Fiction has brought together the best and brightest emerging writers from around the globe. The programme has produced such recent successes as Emma Healey, John Boyne, Naomi Alderman, Elizabeth Macneal, Tash Aw, Anappara Deepa and JY Neon Yang. The works found in this anthology did not bloom in isolation. Writing is a craft, a practice - it does not sneak up in the night and come to life as a perfect manuscript by morning. Anyone who believes that all writing emerges in solitude would do well to witness the thrill of ten authors clustered together as they pick apart a newborn story and pass its paragraphs hand to hand. UEA offers the joy of letting stories collide. The cohort is made up of people who live and breathe language, and this anthology offers you a glimpse into the work that is the culmination of thirty-three writers living and working together in constructive collaboration. With a foreword by Rachel Cusk and an introduction by Naomi Wood and Philip Langeskov, Bloom offers an iridescent array of diverse and intriguing insights into the latest in literature. You can safely say that you read it here first.
'A snapshot of what the crime novel is doing now and a glimpse of the directions it might take in the future' - Mick Herron 'Crime fiction demands a flexible, sceptical framework for its own increasingly rude health. The eleven writers in this third MA Crime Fiction Anthology understand this. Irrespective of subject, setting, theme or prose style, each uses the multitudes of the crime genre to embrace and reflect who we are and how we live now. Each understands and respects the genre, even as they dismantle its traditions' - Tom Benn'The creative writing workshop is an environment that is built upon freedom, but also support. It's almost too magical a place, too idyllic, too democratic, too truthful. But I don't believe in magic, any more than I believe in the muse. What has happened in this space, which is ever expanding, over the last couple of years, has been an outpouring of talent and determination, by eleven extraordinary writers' - Henry SuttonFeaturing work by: Laura Ashton - Judi Daykin - Antony Dunford - Jayne Farnworth - Natasha Hutcheson - Louise Mangos - Elizabeth Saccente - Matthew Smith - Karen Taylor - Wendy Turbin - Bridget Walsh
Every year the UK's longest-running Creative Writing MA Prose Fiction programme draws together an eclectic mix of writers from across the globe. They tread in the footsteps of some well-established names, most notably the recipient of last year's Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro, as well as Booker Prize for Fiction winners Ian McEwan and Anne Enright, but also more recent successful graduates: Naomi Alderman, Ayobami Adebayo, and Emma Healey. To be a student on UEA's prestigious Prose Fiction MA isn't merely an invitation to stand on the shoulders of giants; it is a rare opportunity to be part of a vibrant community of writers who both support and challenge each other to produce imaginative, thrilling and ambitious work. This year's anthology showcases the enormous talent of the cohort and gives a tantalising glimpse into the early work of writers that are sure to become household names in the future. Harriet Avery - Gemma Barry - S.G. Bayat - Rick Bland - J. Marcelo Borromeo - Grace Brown - Greg Buchanan - Zoe Cook - Frank Costello - Emily Coutts - Jill Crawford - Sean David Gilbert - Niamh Gordon - Francis Gosper - Jenny Hedger - Faye Holder - Sarah Hopkinson - Naomi Ishiguro - Silvia Kwon - Louise Lamb - Ayanna Gillian Lloyd - Philly Malicka - Senica Maltese - Arathi Menon - Benjamin Stickney Morrison - Victoria Proctor - D.C. Restaino - Anita Sharma - Kate Vine - Millie Walton - Anna Wharton
New poetry from the world-renowned UEA Creative Writing Poetry 2016 student cohort.