Author of 14 books, latest: Day for Night, a novel, published by @ecwpress. Director of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. 📚🇬🇧🇨🇦
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Jean McNeil retweeted
Huge congratulations to @jeanmcneilwrite for being selected as a finalist in the Environmental Literature category of the Banff Mountain Book Prize 2025! 🤩🥳
Big thanks to @BanffMtnFest for the honour! 🧡
#books
#bookprize
#environment
#landscape
#climate
ALT Front cover of "Latitudes: Encounters with a Changing Planet" by Jean McNeil above the text "Banff Mountain Book Competition 2025 Environmental Literature Category Finalist" against a silver glitter background.
Jean McNeil retweeted
Our friends at @BookFestNorwich are preparing to launch their amazing new festival tomorrow! Be sure to check out their programme to see what incredible authors are appearing 24-27 Oct - many of whom are UEA alumni!
View the line-up here: shorturl.at/ooRlt
Jean McNeil retweeted
Aimed at unsticking the stuck, countering procrastination and encouraging those whose enthusiasms are flagging, this masterclass will provide some creative strategies for moving forward with your work!
tickettailor.com/events/lond… @JuliaBell @Lilydunnwriter #WritingCommunity
Jean McNeil retweeted
‘World literature is an endless buffet’ ❤️🥗🥙🥪🍱
- Rebecca F. Kuang tonight with Sharlene Teo at @UEALitFest
Jean McNeil retweeted
Thrilled to be editing this …calling all adventurers, night owls, moon lovers and insomniacs …
New from Unbound 🌙
Women Write the Night... a comprehensive collection of women’s writing about night, darkness and sleeplessness, from the fifteenth century to today.
Edited by @annabelabbs.
Pre-order now! unbound.com/books/women-writ…
Jean McNeil retweeted
Professor Duncan Large of @uealdc reflects on Han Kang’s recent win of the Nobel prize in literature and her time spent at UEA where she was the resident author for a summer school translation workshop for @bcltuea.
#HanKang #NovelPrizeWinner #ThisIsUEA
ALT The words 'Nobel Prize' are typed on paper sat in a black typewriter.
Jean McNeil retweeted
We have two hugely talented authors visiting UEA this autumn for UEA Live. Rebecca F. Kuang will be in conversation on 16 October, and Julia Armfield on 12 November.
You won't want to miss either of these literary highlights! Tickets available now: bit.ly/3Svm2f1
ALT Authors Rebecca F. Kuang and Julia Armfield look into the camera with copies of their books Yellowface and Private Rites sitting behind them.
Jean McNeil retweeted
Renowned Historian Simon Schama CBE will join BBC’s 'This Cultural Life' presenter John Wilson in conversation at UEA's Drama Studio tomorrow evening as part of the Autumn Festival of Norfolk
One not to be missed, get your tickets here: autumnfestivalofnorfolk.org/…
Jean McNeil retweeted
We're thrilled to be welcoming UEA alum and best-selling author Emma Healey back to campus in Spring 2025 to discuss her upcoming novel 'Sweat.'
In partnership with @WritersCentre
🎟️Tickets on sale now: bit.ly/3N2xZG2
Jean McNeil retweeted
We're incredibly excited to announce the Autumn 2024 lineup for UEA Live with a feast of literary events!
UEA Live will welcome award-winning authors Emma Flint, Rebecca F. Kuang and Julia Armfield to campus in the coming months.
Tickets available now: bit.ly/3Svm2f1
Jean McNeil retweeted
The SAFAL @KiswahiliPrize for African Literature has announced a call for submission of manuscripts for its 9th edition. Submissions will close on 30th November 2024.
Jean McNeil retweeted
Congratulations @uealdc MA Prose graduate and #NewWritingLive headlining act Ferdia Lennon for winning the Waterstones Debut Fiction prize! 🏆#WDFP @NewWritingNet
Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for “riotous” novel Glorious Exploits theguardian.com/books/articl…
Jean McNeil retweeted
Come and hear HUM colleagues Hazel Marsh (PPL), Rebecca Pinner (LDC) and Malcolm McLaughlin (AMA) talk about their research at Strumpshaw Tree Fair on 13 and 14 July.
Strumpshaw Tree Fair celebrates local history and crafts (1/4).
Jean McNeil retweeted
Just a few limited places left for our September intake of the @uealdc MA in Crime Fiction. Write a novel part-time over 2 years. 2 dozen published graduates since 2017, including many bestsellers & award-winners. Apply here: uea.ac.uk/course/postgraduat…
Jean McNeil retweeted
We are thrilled to announce that the incredible @kuangrf will be joining us at UEA on her Autumn Tour!
Tickets will go on sale in July. Be the first to find out by subscribing at uealive.com
Jean McNeil retweeted
I saw this at a preview. It’s good..
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Jean McNeil retweeted
Really looking forward to this event on Friday at @birkbeckuol with @drkatedevlin and @juliahephzibah, to talk about all things A.I. - it should be really interesting day! ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/…
Jean McNeil retweeted
🌿 Newly published: #openaccess article on the #plural #values of #nature.
Our @JustScapes PI, @purrdey100 & colleagues argue for embracing multiple, coexisting #pathways towards #sustainability. This may mean disrupting dominant narratives to allow alternatives to emerge.
#NewPublication #OpenAccess 🗞️🔓
Prof Adrian Martin @purrdey100 and colleagues review four selected pathways of #sustainability and discuss how different “values of nature” underpin allegiance to different pathways of action. @OneEarth_CP
Jean McNeil retweeted
This is an amazing opportunity!
ICYMI: job opportunity - three-year, full-time Research Fellowship in Writing & Place @MMUEnglishDept @McrWritingSchl working with colleagues in the Poetry Research Group & @PlaceCentre Closing date: 29 May manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/va…
