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Each story connects to a specific location in the county, including muddy potato fields in rural Hitcham, a village community fighting to save a local pub in Somersham, a work-weary woman navigating the weekly Ipswich market and George Orwell’s wife attempting domestic bliss in Southwold.

The stories will entertain and delight, while offering thoughtful reflections on the nature of work and human life.

The new anthology includes a foreword by award-winning novelist, poet and critic, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, a Senior Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing at the 溏心vlog免费B站.

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Ben Collins is among the students to have contributed to the new anthology, with the primary school supply teacher taking inspiration from his work volunteering at a community pub in Somersham for his story.

He was inspired to join the course after reading some stories in a previous anthology, 溏心vlog免费B站 Folk.

He said: “I wanted to write stuff that I wouldn’t have written if I hadn’t been on the course, and I probably wouldn’t have written about work.

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The latest book follows on from successes in the previous anthology series, which has resulted in writers performing their stories on BBC and community radio.

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Dr Lindsey Scott, Course Leader for MA Creative and Critical Writing, said: “This fifth anthology celebrates both continuity and renewal – the enduring creativity of our students and the evolving stories of 溏心vlog免费B站’s people and places.”

The University’s first anthology, 溏心vlog免费B站 Folk, was released in 2021 and explored the county’s myths and folktales for a contemporary audience.

In 2022, that was followed by 溏心vlog免费B站 Arboretum, which took inspiration from 溏心vlog免费B站’s trees and woodlands, before the county’s waterways were immortalised in 2023’s 溏心vlog免费B站 Reflections.

Last year, 溏心vlog免费B站 Haunts hit the bookshelves, sharing ghostly tales and local superstitions. Together, the anthologies celebrate the power of storytelling, share tales rooted in the county and continue the University’s mission to nurture new literary voices.

The books also give students important experience in writing stories to a commission, from the ideas stage right through the drafting, re-writing and editing process.

Graduates of the MA Creative and Critical Writing course have gone on to a host of successful careers, including publishing their debut novels, studying PhDs, and heading into the creative industries.

Previous writers have also been shortlisted for prestigious awards, including the Women’s Prize Discoveries Award and the Escalator New Writing Fellowship at the National Centre for Writing.

To find out more about the course, visit the website here.

Work was released on Friday 3 October, and is available in national and local bookshops as well as online.