LITERATURE

UEA Live: Summer 2022

UEA Live will close its spring 2022 programme with up-and-coming political activist Shon Faye, and hilarious social commentator Raven Smith. The festival continues its mission to bring a broad spectrum of perspectives to UEA and the wider community All events take place on Wednesdays in Lecture Theatre 1, UEA, 7pm–8pm (doors at 6.30pm) Visit uealive.com Email uealive@uea.ac.uk Twitter, Instagram, Facebook @UEALitFest

Wed 4 May

Shon Faye

Shon Faye will discuss her debut book The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, a powerful work that signals the beginning of a new, healthier conversation about trans life, with UEA Live Co-director and lecturer in Creative Writing, KR Moorhead

Wed 11 May

Raven Smith

One of Instagram’s funniest and brightest stars, author and columnist Raven Smith comes to UEA to discuss modern-day masculinity and his brand-new book Raven Smith’s Men with UEA associate professor of Film, Television and Media, Sarah Godfrey

Noirwich Crime Writing Festival

The region’s largest annual celebration of crime writing returns in September with a programme of in-person events at the University of East Anglia, the city centre and online with writers’ workshops. Now in its ninth year, Noirwich is a crime writing festival that interrogates the way we live now through this rich and multidimensional genre. This year’s programme of events will be announced in June Thu 8 Sep – Sun 11 Sep

Visit noirwich.co.uk Email noirwich@uea.ac.uk