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'Pride: A VR Film Experience' by Tabby Smith

2nd Year Tabby Smith’s peer-voted work for Post-Digital Content is an idea for a Pride-based VR film experience.

Creative Writing, Post-Digital Content, student workFalWriting TeamApril 13, 2022Falmouth Campusstudent writing, Tabby Smith, Conrad Gardner, student work

'Leaving Lockdown and Hope for The Writer' by Immy Moore

Second Year student Immy Moore discussed hope for the writer after lockdown.

Post-Digital Content, student workFalWriting TeamMarch 11, 2022Woodlane CampusFalwriting, post-digital content, student work, Immy Moore, Conrad Gardner

'Writing: How to Begin' by Tabby Smith

2nd Year student Tabby Smith provides a subversive guide on writing, voted for publication by her fellow students in the Post-Digital Content Module.

Post-Digital, student work, Creative WritingFalWriting TeamMarch 7, 2022Woodlane CampusTabby Smith, Conrad Gardner, student work

'The Left Way Of Writing' by Josh Cheeseman

2nd Year Josh Cheeseman’s work from the Post-Digital Content module was selected for publication by his peers. In it, he explores his personal history of writing, from the left perspective.

FalWriting, student work, Post-DigitalFalWriting TeamFebruary 23, 2022Woodlande CampusConrad Gardner, Josh Cheeseman, Falwriting, student work

Interview with Hailey O’Gorman about Clockwork Comfort

Collaborative Project, Events, interviews, LGBT, The LighthouseFalWriting TeamNovember 29, 2021Interview, student work, exhibition, clockwork comfort, undergraduate, cross-disciplinary, art exhibition, event

Stop Stigmatising Fanfiction – You Are Ruining Everybody’s Fun by Emily Gough

MA Professional Writing student Emily Gough writes a brief defence of fanfiction, its uses, and its existence in our literary canon.

FalWriting, MA Professional Writing, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamAugust 16, 2021Falmouth UniversityFalwriting, student writing, student work, Emily Gough, blog, blogging, fanfiction, creative writing, nonfiction, non-fiction

'Empty Kitchen' and 'Expiration Date' by Jess Buxton

In another poetry instalment, second year student Jess Buxton writes about an encroaching monotony in ‘Empty Kitchen’ and a bunch of flowers, wilting in a vase, that sat on her kitchen table during lockdown. Jess likens these images to mental health, exploring the idea that we often only realise in hindsight that we have not been kind to ourselves.

FalWriting, mental health, poetry, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamAugust 9, 2021Falmouth Universitystudent writing, student work, writing, poetry, poems, Jess Buxton, Emily Gough, Falwriting, FalWriting, Mental health

Market Report - Instapoets and the Rise of Online Poetry by Emily Gough

In this instalment of the market report series, Emily Gough explores Instapoetry as a more accessible form of poetry, its reception, and its impact in the publishing market.

'The King of 24/7' and 'Sallow Trite' by Jess Buxton

Second year English with Creative Writing student Jess Buxton pens two poems inspired by a colour page and a closed restaurant, but which invoke images of storms, oceans, oil, texture, and electrifying colour.

FalWriting, poetry, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamJuly 26, 2021Falmouth Universitystudent writing, student work, poetry, poet, poems, Jess Buxton, Emil Gough, Falwriting, FalWriting, school of communication

An Interview with the duo behind the winning entry in Penguin's D&AD New Blood Awards by Klaudia Hanssen

MA student Klaudia Hanssen interviews Alasdair Munro and Jimmy Nicholls, two previous graduates of Falmouth University, about their project Find Your Character, which was chosen as one of the winning entries of Penguin’s D&AD New Blood Awards in 2021.

FalWriting, interviews, learn, literature, MA Professional Writing, student work, Graduate interviewsFalWriting TeamJuly 21, 2021Falmouth UniversityInterview, Penguin Books, D&AD New Bloo Awards, Penguin's New Blood Awards, Find Your Character, student work, student writing, Industry Focus, Graduate Interviews

Market Report - Dating Simulation Games by Eleanor Rogers

In her market report, third year Eleanor Rogers writes about the evolution of dating simulation games.

'You!' and 'conputruerunt Iumenta in cerebrum/ his brain is rotten' by Olivia Caldwell

In the second instalment of a two-part poetry series, Olivia Caldwell pens two poems packed full of anatomical imagery.

Creative Writing, FalWriting, poetry, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamJuly 12, 2021Falmouth UniversityFalwriting, POETRY, student work, student writing, poetry, Olivia Caldwell, Emily Gough

Consider Me by Olivia Caldwell

‘Consider Me’ is a poem full of contrasts by second year creative writing student Olivia Caldwell, and is the first of a two-part poetry series.

Creative Writing, FalWriting, poetry, student work, writing, Woodlane CampusFalWriting TeamJune 28, 2021Falmouth UniversityFalwriting, student writing, student work, poetry, POETRY, Olivia Caldwell, Emily Gough

Market Report - LGBTQ+ Children's Literature by Georgia Pine

In the first instalment of the market report series, Georgia Pine explores the presence LGBTQ+ themes and characters in children’s books.

'she shouldn't bake' and 'leave it to the birds' by Amy Barrett

2nd year Creative Writing student Amy Barrett writes about life and love in two poems, exploring turbulent childhoods and the image of a florist, selling dying flowers to blooming lovers, each with its own surface of positivity that can be unpicked and unravelled.

Creative Writing, FalWriting, poetry, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamJune 14, 2021Falmouth UniversityFalwriting, FalWriting, poetry, poems, Amy Barrett, Emily Gough, student writing, student work

MA student Caitlin Lydon has work published in Passengers Journal

MA Professional Writing student Caitlin Lydon has a short story published in the online literary publication Passengers Journal.

Creative Writing, FalWriting, fiction, MA Professional Writing, publishing, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamJune 7, 2021Falmouth Universitystudent work, publications, student writing, MA professional writing, Passengers Journal, short story, short fiction, Writing, school of communication

'Ashes, Ashes' by Nicky Peters

‘Ashes Ashes’ is a poem celebrating a huge coppiced ash tree known amongst the Tregoniggie Woodland community as the ‘Tregoniggie Titan’. Ash trees in the UK are under threat from disease, ash dieback, which threatens to wipe out the entire ash population, and third year student Nicky Peters writes with this in mind, creating a poem that is an homage and a possible farewell to a fascinating member of the woodland community.

Creative Writing, FalWriting, poetry, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamMay 28, 2021Falmouth UniversityFalwriting, POETRY, poem, Nicky Peters, Emily Gough, student writing, student work, series

'Below Densham’s Delight: Fungus Symbiosis' and 'Other Apples in the Orchard 2' by Nicky Peters

Inspired by a residency at the Roger and Laura Farnworth Arts Residency in Bodmin, Nicky Peter’s poems ‘Fungus Symbiosis’ and ‘Other Apples in the Orchard 2’ are an inquiry into the disgusting, surreal, and warped version of tree life that is often ignored in favour of more romantic readings of the natural world. The poems explore the symbiotic relationship between tree root and fungus, and the moments of decay that aesthetic images of apple orchards omit.

Creative Writing, FalWriting, poetry, student work, writingFalWriting TeamMay 21, 2021Falmouth University student writing, POETRY, Poetry, student work, Nicky Peters, Emily Gough, FalWriting

Win It All by Leonora Ellis

First year student Leonora Ellis writes about anxiety and finding someone to weather the storm with you in her poem ‘Win It All’.

Creative Writing, FalWriting, poetry, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingFalWriting TeamMay 7, 2021Falmout University POETRY, poems, student work, student writing, creative writing, Leonora Ellis, Emily Gough, FalWriting

The Memory iii by Hailey O'Gorman

In the final part of her Memories series, 2nd year creative writing student Hailey O’Gorman explores illness and things that scare her through poetry and collage. When she was 16, she suffered with scurvy - these are small snippets of memory from that time.