School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Welcome to our School.
In our corridors you'll bump into world-class writers about literature and into the people who are writing literature today: prose, poetry, plays. It's that thrilling meeting of criticism and creativity – reading and writing, thinking and doing – that makes our School such a special place.
This is why we say that UEA is the place where literature lives.
Courses
Drama and Creative Writing
Unite creative writing and performance in this exhilarating and immersive course at UEA. You’ll study a wealth of writing for theatre, cinema, television, and...
English Literature and Drama
Immerse yourself in the practices of both writing and performance on this interdisciplinary degree. You’ll gain a thorough academic grounding in prose, poetry,...
Creative Writing and English Literature
Step into the writer’s world and hone your craft in this lively creative degree. Through a mixture of seminars, workshops, and real-world writing opportunities,...
Drama
Hone your craft as a performer and maker, drawing on a wealth of performance styles and traditions from across time periods and from all around the world. You’ll...
Literature and History
Study the intertwined disciplines of literature and history under the guidance of our leading historians, literary critics, and creative writers at UEA. You’ll...
English Literature with Creative Writing
On our renowned undergraduate creative writing course, your creative writing and your literary training will invigorate each other. Based in Norwich, England's...
English Literature
UEA is the place where literature lives – from ancient epic storytelling to contemporary bestsellers, and from different countries and traditions around the...
Creative Writing Scriptwriting
Develop your writing craft, industry knowledge, and dramaturgical understanding as you learn with renowned writers for theatre, screen, and radio along with...
Creative Writing Poetry
Immerse yourself in the craft and study of poetry, discovering more about the variety and nuances of the artform, and about yourself as a poet. Learning from...
Research
People
School of Literature Drama and Creative Writing

Underwater footage offers new glimpse of royal shipwreck
Underwater footage of a 17th century royal shipwreck has been released ahead of a major exhibition opening this weekend exploring its last voyage.

Royal shipwreck artefacts revealed in new Norwich Castle Museum exhibition
Extraordinary artefacts featured in the Gloucester shipwreck exhibition, opening soon at Norwich Castle Museum.

Global literary icon Hanya Yanagihara set to make rare UK appearance at UEA Live
Hanya Yanagihara, author of the million-copy bestseller A Little Life, will be welcomed to the UEA campus in March to discuss her latest novel success – To...

‘Oh I have lost my reputation!’ How Shakespeare’s failure led to Othello
Before he was deemed the greatest playwright of the English language, William Shakespeare suffered the same ignominy that befalls many a performer today: he was...