Ed Miliband at UEA Live: Finding Hope over Pessimism in Politics
Bringing the autumn schedule of this year’s UEA Live to a close, politician Ed Miliband discussed his book Go Big: […]
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Food, Fun, Female Pleasure – Leone Ross at UEA Live
Leone Ross’ new book, This One Sky Day, has been fifteen ‘bloody’ years in the making, as the author herself […]
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The Poet Mustn’t Be a Lone Wolf – Malika Booker on the Power of Poetry and Poetic Community at UEA Live
On the eve of November 17th, in the crest of the fall season, the moon was waxing, and the crisp […]
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Malika Booker: Breathing New Life into Poetry at UEA
Malika Booker is pioneering literary revolution. With writer Roger Robinson in 2001 she co-founded Malika’s Poetry Kitchen, an influential collective […]
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Two For Joy; Elizabeth Day in conversation with Christie Watson
On the evening of Wednesday 27th October, Elizabeth Day captivated and charmed the audience at UEA live, in conversation with […]
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Preview: Leone Ross at UEA Live
As the audience sits and the lights go down, the discussion with Leone Ross will begin and her new book […]
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Make Space to Stand Out: UEA Live Continues with #Merky Books and Jade LB
Following on from last week’s Bimini Bon Boulash event, on 20 October UEA Live welcomed three distinct voices from #Merky […]
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Not a Joke, Just a Fact – Bimini Bon Boulash Releases The Beast at UEA.
The nation’s favourite drag queen Bimini Bon Boulash marched down the Lecture Theatre steps in ten-inch-thigh-high-latex boots as the second […]
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‘A New Legacy’: An Introduction to UEA Live’s Illustrious #Merky Books Panel
Let me take you back. It is 2018 and Penguin Random House and the multi-award winning artist Stormzy have just […]
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UEA Live Returns In Person with Lauren Groff
New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff graced the stage at UEA Live’s first in-person event since February 2020, to […]
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Uncanny Foresight – The Work of Lauren Groff
One of the most critically acclaimed writers of her generation, Lauren Groff’s work is nothing if not approachable. The author […]
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UEA Live event: Marina Warner in conversation with Sophie Herxheimer
On the evening of Wednesday 28th April, I had the pleasure of attending feminist critic and author Marina Warner’s conversation […]
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‘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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