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We're Recruiting for Three New Internships!

We're Recruiting for Three New Internships!

We are recruiting for three new posts for the new academic year. Interns will focus on building more great content, expanding our audience and bringing new energy to FalWriting. Starting in September 2020, these roles are designed to work as part of the Collaborative Project module.

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

Steren – Entry 12

Steren – Entry 12

2nd Year English with Creative Writing student, Nicky Peters, writes the 12th instalment of the Steren series.

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

Steren – Entry 11

Steren – Entry 11

2nd Year English with Creative Writing student, Jasper Evans, writes the 11th instalment of the Steren series.

community, Creative Writing, epistolary, literature, series, student work, sterenFalWriting TeamMarch 27, 2020Steren epistolary project, steren, Steren Series, Creative Writing, epistolary, student writing, student, student work, writing community, Writing, creative writing

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

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

The Mortifying Ordeals of Being Known: a Review of Richard Siken’s Crush

The Mortifying Ordeals of Being Known: a Review of Richard Siken’s Crush

First-year students are asked to write a 500-word review as a part of their first-term portfolios. The subject of the review can be anything the writer wants. One writer chose an award-winning collection by one of the internet’s favourite poets.

community, Creative Writing, poetry, student workFalWriting TeamMarch 16, 2020student writing, student work, poetry, poet, review, Creative Writing, first year

Steren – Entry Ten

Steren – Entry Ten

First year Journalism and Creative Writing student, Mitchell Kadelbach, writes the tenth entry in the Steren series.

Creative Writing, epistolary, fiction, series, steren, writingFalWriting TeamMarch 13, 2020Steren epistolary project, steren, writing, student, student work, entry ten

Event: Free, Interactive Workshops with Craig Barr-Green and Emily Barr

Event: Free, Interactive Workshops with Craig Barr-Green and Emily Barr

Join our very own Craig Barr-Green and YA novelist Emily Barr on April 25th at The Writer’s Block to explore building extraordinary new worlds and creating the characters that live in them.

community, Events, events, Creative Writing, fiction, staffFalWriting TeamMarch 11, 2020events, Craig Green, Emily Barr, Creative Writing, workshops, The Writer's Block, The Lit Platform, fantasy, dystopia, Cornwall

Spawning Klingon and Huttese

Spawning Klingon and Huttese

First year Creative Writing students have been exploring writing about, back to, from and responding to texts of all kinds using texts as source material (literally and thematically), creative responses, as well as critical responses.

community, Creative Writing, student work, Woodlane CampusFalWriting TeamMarch 9, 2020Creative Writing, student writing, student work, Woodlane Campus, falmouth, poetry, poems

The Garden Shed: A Writing Haven

The Garden Shed: A Writing Haven

Second-year Creative Writing student Eleanor Rogers invites us to look around a childhood writing haven, her Grandad’s garden shed.

Creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, literature, student work, writingFalWriting TeamMarch 4, 2020writing, university, student, student work, memories, literature, storytelling