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Event: Online BookBound 2020 Festival

Event: Online BookBound 2020 Festival

This new, free online literary festival, BookBound 2020, takes place from 27 April to 3 May 2020 and it features a host of writers, including our very own Chelsey Flood. The event aims to raise funds for the mental health charity Mind. Find out more here!

community, Creative Writing, events, Events, fiction, staffSherezade Garcia RangelApril 27, 2020Writing tips, writing for children, Writers, Writing, Chelsey Flood, YA, literature, festival, festivals, Literary Festival

Children's Storytime with Craig Barr-Green

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

Baner Peran by Nadia Leigh-Hewitson

Baner Peran by Nadia Leigh-Hewitson

Read this haunting, unforgettable ghost story by 2nd year Journalism and Creative Writing student Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, shortlisted for our inaugural 500-words Ghost Story competition.

writing, 500-words Ghost Story, Woodlane Campus, student work, series, reading, literature, Creative Writing, CornwallSherezade Garcia RangelApril 20, 2020Writers, writing community, writers from Cornwall, ghost stories, 500-words Ghost Story Contest, Creative Writing, Cornwall

Lost Ticket by David Devanny

Lost Ticket by David Devanny

Our very own poet and lecturer, David Devanny. initiates this new poetry collaboration with the first poem.

Events: The Writer's Block online Summer Season

Events: The Writer's Block online Summer Season

The Writer’s Block have announced a whole new Summer Season of events – all online – to support and offer inspiration through these strange times. Many of the events are free or for donation, and many are good to share with friends and family.

community, Creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, events, learn, literature, publishing, reading, staff, writingSherezade Garcia RangelApril 15, 2020writing community, Writing, Writers, Creative Writing, creative industries, festivals, The Writer's Block, Cornwall

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part IV

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part IV

The fourth and final installment of third-year Journalism & Creative Writing student Tom Velterop’s memoir about the loss of his father, following the paths they had once taken through a golf course and its last refuge of wilderness.

community, Creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, series, student work, writingSherezade Garcia RangelApril 8, 2020memoir, creative non-fiction, student, loss, golf, creative writing

The Stay-at-Home! Literary Festival

The Stay-at Home! Festival is an international online literature festival designed to (a) prevent loneliness, (b) champion connectivity and community amidst social distancing, and (c) celebrate writing and reading as tools to achieve (a) and (b)! In a nutshell, it is a free and completely online festival.

community, Creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, events, learn, literature, publishing, reading, staff, writingSherezade Garcia RangelApril 6, 2020Stay at Home Festival, writing community, Writing, Writers, Creative Writing, creative industries, festivals

Journalism Students Spread Positivity Via the Airwaves

Journalism Students Spread Positivity Via the Airwaves

Falmouth Journalism students have teamed up with Cornish radio station Source FM to provide daily news about the impact of Coronavirus in the area. It is on air at 8am and repeated at 1pm every day, with a compilation at the weekend and they are looking for Creative Writing and English students to join in.

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part III

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part III

The third installment of third-year Journalism & Creative Writing student Tom Velterop’s memoir about the loss of his father, following the paths they had once taken through a golf course and its last refuge of wilderness.

community, Creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, series, student work, writingSherezade Garcia RangelApril 1, 2020memoir, creative non-fiction, student, loss, golf, creative writing

Women in Sport by Cherie Woodhouse

Women in Sport by Cherie Woodhouse

In this piece, 2nd year English student Cherie Woodhouse explains her experience and relationship with sports and the challenges and benefits of coming to it as woman.

community, research, student work, writingSherezade Garcia RangelMarch 30, 2020women, women in sport, this girl can, gender stereotypes, gender expectations, ladylike, roller derby

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part II

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part II

The second installment of third-year Journalism & Creative Writing student Tom Velterop’s memoir about the loss of his father, following the paths they had once taken through a golf course and its last refuge of wilderness.

community, Creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, series, student work, writingSherezade Garcia RangelMarch 25, 2020memoir, creative non-fiction, student, loss, golf, creative writing

How I Write by Jennifer Young

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

Disability Week 2020 with Adam Pearson

Disability Week 2020 with Adam Pearson

Second year Creative Writing student Grace Holden talks about her experience attending and reflecting on Disability Week 2020 with Adam Pearson.

community, Events, learn, student work, Woodlane CampusSherezade Garcia RangelMarch 20, 2020student experience, student, disability, Disability Week 2020, Falmouth University

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part I

Hunting for Golf Balls by Tom Velterop ⁠– Part I

Tom Velterop, third-year Journalism & Creative Writing student, writes about the loss of his father, following the paths they had once taken through a golf course and its last refuge of wilderness.

community, Creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, series, student work, writingSherezade Garcia RangelMarch 18, 2020memoir, creative non-fiction, student, loss, golf, creative writing

FalWriting's Love Stories: Enter our 500-Word Love Story Contest

FalWriting's Love Stories: Enter our 500-Word Love Story Contest

Enter our 500-words Love Story contest. Judged by Luke Thompson, Sherezade Garcia Rangel and Chelsey Flood, this contest is open to current students and alumni. Deadline 30th March.

alumni, community, Creative Writing, events, literature, MA Professional Writing, writingSherezade Garcia RangelFebruary 7, 2020Creative Writing, falwriting, The Lighthouse, student writing, alumni, writing community, writing, writing competitions, love story, love, LGBTQ

Spontaneous, energetic, beautiful: An Interview with Illustrator Steve Buckler

Spontaneous, energetic, beautiful: An Interview with Illustrator Steve Buckler

The illustrator behind the National Trust's new book Song for the Forgotten speaks with Juliet Robertson, part of the National Trust Project team about his style, influences and how he feels to be a published artist.

Collaborative Project, Cornwall, Creative Writing, literature, National Trust, news, student work, writingSherezade Garcia RangelJanuary 20, 2020National Trust, illustration, Falmouth University, Collaborative Project, National Trust Books, storms, Steven Buckler, Juliet Robertson

Event: Beyond The Handmaid’s Tale

Event: Beyond The Handmaid’s Tale

Join us Monday Dec 9, 2019 at 6.30pm at The Lighthouse for leading Atwood scholar Professor Gina Wisker’s talk about the Man Booker laureate ‘s popular dystopia.

community, Events, in dark places, learn, literature, news, press, Woodlane CampusSherezade Garcia RangelDecember 7, 2019events, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, dystopia, dystopian, Dark Economies

Event: Long Nights in the Ghost River

Event: Long Nights in the Ghost River

Join us next Thursday December 5th at The Fish Factory Art Space for a Collaborative Project performance of third year Creative Writing students Nathaniel Lee and Morag Smith.

Collaborative Project, community, Cornwall, poetry, writingSherezade Garcia RangelDecember 3, 2019event, poetry, The Fish Factory, Penryn, poet, performance, Falmouth University, Collaborative Project

Woodlane Windows Series: Cult of Garath and Rupert Loydell

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.

Meet Moonshine Magazine, the sixth team in our Collaborative Project Series

Meet Moonshine Magazine, the sixth team in our Collaborative Project Series

On the 6th installment of our 2019 Collaborative Project series, we catch up with Moonshine Magazine, a 3rd year group collaborating to create a literary magazine.

Collaborative Project, community, Cornwall, events, mental health, student work, Woodlane CampusSherezade Garcia RangelNovember 27, 2019Collaborative Project, collaboration, Mind, mental health, student work, student, 3rd years, Woodlane Campus