‘Space may produce new worlds’ – Ali Smith and Sarah Wood on ‘The New Space Age’
Electronic interference, bird song. Grainy, VCR-style footage of boats and a riverbed. ‘Here’s a joke from the nineteen-seventies’, comes a […]
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Playful, witty, and essential – the timelessness of Ali Smith –
‘Whatever their form, Smith’s fictions return to certain themes – duality, love and its loss, time and its passing, how […]
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‘Another door that’s opened’: The Future of Creative Writing in the Age of Technology in UEA Live’s ‘Future and Form’
The arrival of spring and the clocks changing typically announce a time of year when our thoughts turn to the […]
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‘The Possible Rift in Thought and Action’ – A Poetry Reading by Inua Ellams
It was an absolute pleasure to listen to Inua Ellams in conversation with Alison Winch, reading from his poetry collection […]
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Fostering a Global Literary Community with the Booker Prize Foundation
The Booker Prize conversation was a fascinating and educational opportunity to learn more about the Booker Prize Foundation and how […]
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Christie Watson on ‘The Courage to Care’
From Claps for Carers to controversially low pay rises, the animated discourse surrounding the NHS only shows how important it […]
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“What the actual–?”: Inua Ellams’ Candid Take on Power, Politics and Love
Seemingly his talents know no bounds. Simultaneously working across multiple art-forms as poet, playwright, solo performer, graphic artist and R.A.P. […]
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UEA Live event: Ellah Wakatama in conversation with Tsitsi Dangarembga
It was a delight to listen to the riveting conversation between Ellah Wakatama and Tsitsi Dangarembga, chaired by Jean McNeil, […]
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“Kindness in a Cup of Tea”
Written exclusively for UEA Live by Raffaella Barker A year ago we were all sent home to stay safe […]
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: UEA International Chair for Creative Writing Receives PEN Award for Freedom of Expression
On 13 January 2021 Tsitsi Dangarembga received the PEN Award for Freedom of Expression. Since it was established in 2005 […]
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A Reflection on 20 Years of Bad Blood
Written exclusively for UEA Live and The British Archive for Contemporary Writing by Sharon Tolaini-Sage. Bad Blood can be […]
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Celebrating 50 Years of Creative Writing at UEA
Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia is 50 years old! We are excited to share with you our […]
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VERZET: Speaking Through the Noise
In a darkened TV studio, a father and son’s tumultuous relationship comes to a teetering peak as a country watches […]
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Meet Femi Kayode
Femi Kayode grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. He studied Clinical Psychology at the University of Ibadan and has worked in […]
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People and Paper: The Biographical Illusion
‘Reacher is me,’ Lee said. ‘It’s all autobiographical. I just toned down the violence to make it more plausible.’ This […]
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Noirwich Crime Writing Festival Returns
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival is a partnership between the University of East Anglia and the National Centre for Writing. Now […]
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Meet Lewis Buxton
UEA Student Lewis Buxton is a poet, performer, educator and arts producer and in 2018 was the recipient of the […]
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