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Alice Oswald: Nature Poetry and Climate Change

Alice Oswald: Nature Poetry and Climate Change

Seren explores the inextricable links between Writer-in-Residence Alice Oswald's poetic worlds, and our changing one.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJJune 19, 2018Alice Oswald, poetry, climate change, environmental writing, environment, Ted Hughes, poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, Romantic literature, nature writing

Stepping into a Dream | An Interview with illustrator Antonia Glücksman.

Stepping into a Dream | An Interview with illustrator Antonia Glücksman.

Antonia’s fifteen gorgeous illustrations form part of the narrative in Holly Corfield Carr's poetry collection Subsong, a response to the coastal environment at East Soar in Devon.

National Trust, community, newsFalmouth SOWJJune 15, 2018National Trust, Holly Corfield Carr

Six Great Literary Dads

Six Great Literary Dads

For Father's Day, Aine recalls some of the best dads ever, in some of the best books ever.

communityFalmouth SOWJJune 14, 2018Father's Day, literature, family, Harry Potter, E.M. Forster, Jane Austen

Where to Find the Best Writing Prompts

Where to Find the Best Writing Prompts

Are you lacking inspiration for a story? Something to spark your imagination? Here are writing prompt resources gleaned over many years, just for you.

communityFalmouth SOWJJune 12, 2018writing, creative writing, creative non-fiction, prompts, writers, advice for writers

How Film Adaptations Water Down Diversity

How Film Adaptations Water Down Diversity

Melissa on whitewashing, straightwashing and other ways films curb the richness of the books they're based on.

community, comment, newsFalmouth SOWJJune 5, 2018film, adaptations, film studies, filmmaking, diversity, race, LBGTQ, adaptation

Diary of a Student: My First Year at Falmouth

Diary of a Student: My First Year at Falmouth

So that’s it. Just like that it’s over, almost as quickly as it began. My first year of studying English with Creative Writing at Falmouth University has officially come to a close.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJMay 29, 2018creative writing, Falmouth University, student life, Diary of a Student, university

Writing While LGBTQ+

Writing While LGBTQ+

Amber explores the process and experience of writing LGBTQ+ fiction, and questions why the topic isn't discussed more.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJMay 24, 2018LGBTQ, queer, fiction, writing, creative writing, Amber Martin

Amy Lilwall's The Biggerers Launching at Chintz

Amy Lilwall's The Biggerers Launching at Chintz

Lecturer Amy’s debut novel is a ‘dystopian black comedy set in a world where "full-sized humans keep mini-humans as pets."‘

community, newsAdminMay 22, 2018creative writing, writing, fiction, Amy Lilwall, The Biggerers

How Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses Changed My Life.

How Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses Changed My Life.

I didn't realise I had been yearning for this novel until I read it.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJMay 22, 2018YA, literature, Malorie Blackman, race, diversity, Daniella Ferguson-Djaba

Short Fiction on Film

Short Fiction on Film

The short story seems to lend itself extremely well to movie adaptations. But why?

community, newsFalmouth SOWJMay 15, 2018writing, Creative Writing, fiction, short story, film, film studies, adaptations, Daphne du Maurier

Fanfiction Grows Up

Fanfiction Grows Up

What is fanfiction up to these days? Melissa on the two things it's doing well (and a few things it isn't).

community, newsFalmouth SOWJMay 9, 2018fiction, fanfiction, writing, publishing, trends

Upcoming Literary Festivals in and Around Cornwall

Upcoming Literary Festivals in and Around Cornwall

An update on all the literary festivals coming to the Southwest this season.

events, communityFalmouth SOWJMay 8, 2018festivals, literary, Penzance Literary Festival, Port Eliot Festival, outdoor, poetry festival, Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival

What Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters Taught Me

What Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters Taught Me

“Rip yourself open, sew yourself shut.”

communityAdminMay 3, 2018Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, fiction, writing, books, literature, contemporary literature

In Defence of Keeping Up With The Kardashians

In Defence of Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Let's take a moment to admit the Kardashians are interesting.

communityFalmouth SOWJApril 19, 2018Kardashians, guilty pleasure, television, media, branding

When I’m Not A Writer

When I’m Not A Writer

Many of us have other hobbies, something practical and stress-relieving, just to take a break from our discipline.

community, National Trust, newsAdminApril 17, 2018National Trust, creative writing, writers, advice for writers, Holly Corfield Carr

Hot House Creatives: 3rd Year Eden Trip *All the Photos*

Hot House Creatives: 3rd Year Eden Trip *All the Photos*

Last month our third years spent two days workshopping, developing ideas, and looking toward the future, in the stunning environment of Eden.

community, events, newsAdminApril 11, 2018Eden, creative writing, critical writing, workshops, Black Mountain, psychogeography

Giving Up Meat: Why Is It STILL Controversial?

Giving Up Meat: Why Is It STILL Controversial?

Even in avocado-loving Falmouth, your veggie lifestyle can be a difficult thing to talk about in mixed company.

communityFalmouth SOWJApril 11, 2018vegetarianism, veganism, food writing, lifestyle, veganuary, meat-free

How to Be Coeliac: University Edition

How to Be Coeliac: University Edition

Áine Casey's photo essay on being coeliac among the gastrotypical.

communityFalmouth SOWJApril 9, 2018food, food writing, lifestyle, coeliac, photo essay

Review: Recipe for Being a Woman

Review: Recipe for Being a Woman

Seren reviews former Falmouth student Hermione Cameron's debut collection.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJApril 5, 2018writing, poetry, Hermione Cameron, alumnae, graduates, women

Portrait of the Academic as a Student: Meredith Miller

Portrait of the Academic as a Student: Meredith Miller

Dr Meredith Miller, Senior Lecturer in English and Writing at Falmouth, shares her experiences of being a student

community, writingFalmouth SOWJApril 3, 2018portraits, teaching, community, academic