⭐️THIS WEEK #UEALIVE AUTUMN: 2022 BEGINS!⭐️
In just two days' time we'll be welcoming Kamila Shamsie to the University of East Anglia (UEA) for our first event in the series.
🎟️ Tickets and more information at www.uealive.com
Calling all book worms… if you could invite ANY writer to UEA Live 2023, who would you choose? 👀 📚
Let us know! ⬇️
UEA Live is taking a break from events but we'll be back at the end of April with Joanna Cannon, Shon Faye and Raven Smith 😍
Grab your tickets for the final three events now! www.uealive.com
Spring is a time for newness, growth, hope, excitement and love, and we here at UEA Live look forward to celebrating all of these things with you, through our spring 2022 programme. Explore the programme and book tickets at www.uealive.com
The #UEALive team are taking a break for the festive period and the office will be closed 22 Dec - 3 Jan. We'll be taking the opportunity to catch-up on some amazing reads from our spring 2022 authors! You can still buy festival tickets at www.uealive.com
We cannot wait to share the #UEALive Spring 2022 line-up with you! To be the first to hear the news, make sure you’re signed-up to our mailing list: https://bit.ly/33mO7hT
Keep your eyes peeled for the big announcement tomorrow! www.uealive.com
🔥What a dreamy bookshelf! The #UEALive team are keeping very busy reading this season’s hottest releases. Which one will you read first? Head over to www.uealive.com for special offers and book bundles in collaboration with Jarrold Books
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Literature, Drama and Creative Writing: University of East Anglia (UEA)
The UEA Literary Festival was founded in 1991 and this year we will celebrate 30 years of live literature at UEA. In one month’s time we’ll reveal our exciting UEA Live: Autumn 2021 programme. Keep your eyes peeled for updates! 👀
Online Future and Form shows
Don't forget to check out our online-only installations:
Where Do Stories Come From? gives you the chance to step into the shoes of author Tash Aw and shape a story your own way.
The Living Book is a 360 VR imaginarium, looking at the future and the effects of climate change - inspired by the work and thoughts of Norfolk schoolchildren.
Experience the works at futureandform.net
Taster of Where Do Stories Come From?
Step into the shoes of author Tash Aw, and help to construct a story about a man who is re-evaluating his life, and what success means to him.
Where Do Stories Come From? is an interactive digital experience that encourages you to try your hand at creative writing, and think about what goes into making up a story.
Part of Future and Form at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2021 - go to wheredostoriescomefrom.net to start your own version of the tale
Discover THE LIVING BOOK - part of UEA Future and Form
What will the world look like 50 years from now? Change the temperature and explore the consequences.
Inspired by the work of Norfolk schoolchildren, THE LIVING BOOK is a 360 virtual reality imaginarium spanning cities and deserts, mountains and beaches, forests and factories, bringing to life the effects that global warming could have on these vistas, and our everyday lives in such environments.
Available to try on a VR headset, on a desktop/laptop, on a smartphone and as a Google Cardboard experience using the YouTube app on your phone.
For more, head to https://futureandform.net/works/the-living-book/
Shifting Lines trailer
Birdsong, wind in the reeds and distant waves entwine with the voice of poet Mona Arshi.
Enjoy a taster of SHIFTING LINES - poetry blended with voices, natural sound, photos and video to create an evocative and immersive event.
You can experience Shifting Lines in person at the Norfolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve Cley Marshes, or online until 30 May.
Part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2021
Find out more >>
https://futureandform.net/works/shifting-lines/
Trailer for FUTURE AND FORM - premiering at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2021
FUTURE & FORM LAUNCH DAY!
A year in the making and involving 400 contributors, today marks the launch of @University of East Anglia (UEA)'s ambitious #CW50 project exploring the interface between contemporary literature & creative technology with a series of exciting installations as part of the @Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Find out how you can see our six groundbreaking events here:
https://nnfestival.org.uk/future-and-form/
Trailer for PROVENANCE by AYÒBÁMI ADÉBÁYÒ
A story about the living, the dead and the unborn - premiering tomorrow (Fri 21 May) at Dragon Hall, home of the National Centre for Writing
PROVENANCE by writer Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ follows the journey of a sacred ibeji artefact - created to represent a twin who has died - from its creation in Benin City, Nigeria, in 1895, to present-day Norwich.
Created in collaboration with digital producers Mutiny Projects, Provenance blends film, music, illustration and live performance. See it from 21-30 May as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2021.
Book tickets at https://nnfestival.org.uk/whats-on/provenance/
Poet Mona Arshi discusses SHIFTING LINES
Poet Mona Arshi introduces SHIFTING LINES, her multimedia poetry collection created in collaboration with digital producers Mutiny Projects.
Inspired by and recorded at Norfolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve Cley Marshes in North Norfolk, Shifting Lines blends voice, natural sounds, video, photography and sensor data to create a polyphonic immersive experience.
Enjoy Shifting Lines in person or online. Premiering at as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival from 21-30 May - for more info head to https://nnfestival.org.uk/whats-on/shifting-lines/
Eleanor: An augmented reality walk through medieval and modern Norwich
Human bones have been discovered in Whitefriars in Norwich. Could they be the mortal remains of the controversial Lady Eleanor Talbot?
Author Imogen Hermes Gower talks about history and working with Norfolk Museums Service to create ELEANOR - part podcast, part novel, part diary - which takes you on a journey through medieval and modern Norwich to discover the story of Lady Eleanor Talbot.
Premiering at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival from 21-30 May - for more info head to https://futureandform.net/works/the-works-eleanor/
Senseless at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2021
A digital love story set in an imagined future lockdown, Senseless by James McDermott is a timely exploration of love, longing and the challenges of communicating how we really feel.
Premiering as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, 21-30 May.
Find out more: https://futureandform.net/works/senseless/
Where Do Stories Come From? interactive digital exhibition
"Literature is not a rarified thing - anyone can do it."
Step into the shoes of Malaysian-born author Tash Aw in digital interactive exhibition Where Do Stories Come From? Starting 6,000 miles away in Hong Kong, your choices determine the path of the story.
Experience the exhibition online from 21 May at futureandform.net.
Premiering as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2021
UEA Creative Writing at 50 Celebrations: Ayanna Gillian Lloyd
UEA Creative Writing at 50 Celebrations - Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ recollects her time at UEA
