Hanya Yanagihara: To Make It All Look Easy
Dashing awkwardly through the rain towards Lecture Theatre 1, my expectations bounced around my head just as the thousands of […]
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From ‘A Little Life’ and ‘To Paradise’: Hanya Yanagihara at UEA Live
If you have at all immersed yourself in the world of literature, Hanya Yanagihara is a name you would have […]
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“I Need to Feel As If I Own the Novel”: An Audience with Esther Freud
“Just as a plane takes us on a journey – so does a novel.” These wise words from Esther Freud […]
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How Do We Know We Are Not Dead? Esther Freud’s Three Generations of Love
This novel will leave you in tears. Esther Freud writes with such evocative descriptions, exploring feelings of love, loss and […]
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Mothers, Daughters and Secrets: Esther Freud at UEA Live
This autumn, we are lucky enough to welcome renowned British novelist, Esther Freud, for an intimate discussion on her latest […]
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Poetry and the Reimagined Life: Basking in the Presence of Easy Genius
Sitting down to write this feature piece came more easily to me than I could have expected. As a writer […]
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Of Continuities and Discontinuities: Kamila Shamsie at UEA Live
November began well. On Wednesday 2nd, a large audience showing up for UEA Live signals our post-pandemic life and the […]
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Book Review: ‘Sonnets for Albert’ by Anthony Joseph
On the 10th November, UEA Live has the pleasure of welcoming Anthony Joseph to discuss his new poetry collection Sonnets […]
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Voicing the Caribbean: Anthony Joseph and Shara McCallum
What makes a modern-day poet? What form do we explore as contemporary writers? What history do we draw from, and […]
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The World of ‘Best of Friends’
The stage is set for a journey across the Arabian Sea to the city of Karachi, then onwards to London, […]
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