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Dear FalWriting, A Message from Sherezade Garcia Rangel, our Outgoing Staff Editor

In this letter, our Staff Editor for the past two years, Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, reminisces about all the team has accomplished during this time and opens the path for a new vision for FalWriting.

Our June Series of Events: Full Programme

Join us every Wednesday in June for a new event hosted by the School of Communication and our producer-in-residence, Colin Midson.

community, Cornwall, Creative Writing, events, Events, fiction, Lockdown, reading, publishing, staff, writingSherezade Garcia RangelJune 1, 2020Lockdown, book launch, Event, event, events, jennifer young, staff, writing community, Writing, novel, novelist, novels, Writers, Creative Writing, crime

Hyperbole, Exaggeration and Conjecture by Rupert Loydell

In this book review, our very own Senior Lecturer Rupert Loydell, examines this new text by Casey Rae, published by the University of Texas Press.

community, reading, staffSherezade Garcia RangelMay 11, 2020rock 'n' roll, William S.Burroughs, Book reviews, Rupert Loydell, staff

Event: My Lockdown Book Launch by Jennifer Young

Join us this Wednesday 13th of May at 7pm to celebrate the online launch of our very own Jennifer Young’s second book The Running Lie.

Eighty One Minutes in the Life of Craig Barr-Green

If you ever wondered what goes on in the wonderful mind of our very own Craig Barr-Green, or if you need a heartwarming moment in the lockdown, spend eighty one minutes with our favourite children’s writer.

community, Cornwall, Creative non-fiction, mental health, staffSherezade Garcia RangelApril 29, 2020Craig Green, Craig Barr-Green, staff, Lockdown, COVID-19, Falmouth, Falmouth University, ways to cope

Children's Storytime with Craig Barr-Green

Join us this Friday 24th at 7pm on Teams for a SOWJ exclusive! Our very own Craig Barr-Green will read us from two of his latest picture books. This isn’t one to miss!

community, Creative Writing, events, learn, literature, publishing, reading, staff, writingSherezade Garcia RangelApril 22, 2020writing community, Writing, Writers, Creative Writing, creative industries, festivals, events, staff

How I Write by Jennifer Young

In this new series, members of staff will share notes on their creative process and how they write. We start with author and our very own, Jennifer Young.

community, Creative Writing, learn, staff, series, writing, How I WriteSherezade Garcia RangelMarch 23, 2020Writing tips, Writers, writing community, writing challenge, Writing, Creative Writing, creative industries, staff

Event: Talk with lecturer Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel about On The Hill, her unique narrative podcast

Come join us for a talk with lecturer Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel next Thursday 27 February at 6pm in The Lighthouse. about her unique and innovative podcast, On The Hill.

Poetry Reading: Rupert Loydell and Sarah Cave

Sarah Cave & Rupert Loydell invite you to a poetry reading to celebrate their new book A Confusion of Marys at the Falmouth Art Gallery on Thursday 20th February, 6–8pm.

alumni, community, Cornwall, poetry, staff, writingFalWriting TeamJanuary 27, 2020poetry, poets, writers from Cornwall, writing community, Falmouth, Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth University, staff publications, staff

Woodlane Windows Series: Cult of Garath and Rupert Loydell

In the second installment of our 2019 Woodlane Windows series, our very own Rupert M Loydell tackles a 3-piece installation by Cult of Garath.

Yours Sincerely,

In this piece which commemorates the end of Nest’s first run, Sam Tempest gathered the voices of those involved in this collaborative epistolary project.

community, alumni, Cornwall, Creative Writing, nest, Nest epistolary project, podcast, student work, writingFalWriting TeamSeptember 19, 2019Nest epistolary project, Nest, letter, letter writing, student experience, student writing, staff

Wyl Menmuir on his Isles of Scilly Residency

We caught up with author and one of our very own lecturers, Wyl Menmuir, to talk about his Walking Stories residency in the Isles of Scilly.

community, Creative Writing, learn, staff, writingSherezade Garcia RangelMay 23, 2019staff, writing community, Writing tips, learn, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, audio

Two poems by Luke Thompson

In the sixth installment of our two poems series, Luke Thompson takes us to an intricate world of small movements and waggling fingers.

community, staff, poetrySherezade Garcia RangelApril 29, 2019poems, poetry, staff, Luke Thompson, poet

Psychogeography Walk: Truro, March 2019

Second year students studying Creative Non-Fiction met with Cathy Rentzenbrink and Rupert Loydell in March to talk a walk across Truro and map the city.

community, learn, student workSherezade Garcia RangelApril 13, 2019student experience, mapping, staff, student, student life

An Interview with Amy Greenhough

We talk life-by-the-sea and sea life in an interview with our newest full-time English lecturer, Amy Greenhough.

staff, interviews, newsFalWriting TeamMarch 6, 2019staff, interviews, English, English & Writing

Part One of A Bothy with a View: The Journey

In Part One of A Bothy with a View, Sherezade Garcia Rangel shares her experience of travelling through the Beast of the East from Cornwall to Scotland to a week-long residency in Inshriach Bothy as part of The Bothy Project.