News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

Senior Lecturer Rupert Loydell has a new sequence of paintings published in After the Pause: Fall 2017

newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 28, 2017painting, staff publications

You Said, We Did: How Your Feedback is Shaping Your Course

Last year we received a lot of excellent feedback from our various cohorts on how we can make our courses better. We put it into action; here's the outcome.

newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 27, 2017feedback, student life, student experience, Falmouth University

Book Review: The One Memory of Flora Banks

Áine Casey reviews the latest novel from Emily Barr, who was our Writer in Residence 2016

newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 26, 2017staff publications, book reviews, novel

Rupert Loydell and Yutaka Inagawa Collaboration

Floating Urban Slime / Sublime is a contemporary cultural project that aims to create a cross-genre experiment in both online and physical space.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 21, 2017poetry, digital, digital arts, mixed media, contemporary art, Rupert Loydell

Staff Publication: Rupert Loydell's 'A Circle of Mirrors'

Senior Lecturer Rupert Loydell has a new short sequence of poems, A 'Circle of Mirrors' published in The Licentiam: Erotic Literary Experimentalism.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 18, 2017Rupert Loydell, poetry, poets, writing, Creative Writing

Student Opportunity: North Cornwall Book Festival Internship

Come learn how a book festival works, build production skills, and rub elbows with some of the most interesting writers in the UK.

news, communityFalmouth SOWJSeptember 18, 2017publishing, Cornwall, writers from Cornwall, festivals, North Cornwall Book Festival

Summer Selections: Forever Looking Both Forward & Back

To conclude the summer selections, here are three poems from Jonathan Parsonage’s stunning collection.

writing, student work, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 15, 2017summer selections, creative writing, Poetry

7 Golden Rules for an Amazing Online Portfolio

MA student Holly Challinor highlights ways to show off your skills to prospective employers.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 14, 2017community, writing, careers, employability, portfolio

In Dark Places, Published by Falmouth University and the National Trust

Falmouth English and Creative Writing is delighted to announce the publication of In Dark Places, Falmouth’s first collaborative publishing venture with National Trust Publishing.

David Constantine Reading at Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival

David's lyrically intense poetry draws from influences of Dante, Homer, Blake and Yeats.

Summer Selections: As reader, do you know, or did you see?

In the last essay of the showcase, Jessica Hawes investigates the manipulation of reader within Atonement, exploring a tension between innocence and knowingness.

writing, student work, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 7, 2017summer selections, critical writing

Does Reading Make Us Better People? by Melissa Saryazdi

This book changed me. Most of us have heard or said that before. But can literature really change people? Science says yes.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 6, 2017reading, literature, empathy, theory of mind, research, english

Summer Selections: Jack Maggs and Self-Authorship

Emma Baker explores self and authorship in her reflection on Peter Carey’s Novel.

student work, writing, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 5, 2017summer selections, critical writing

Summer Selections: Check Out

In slick and frank prose Lorraine Sharpe takes on the 'massive supermarket’ of life.

writing, student work, newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 31, 2017summer selections, creative writing

Choosing to be a Writer, by C.J. Flood

Her debut novel, Infinite Sky, won the 2014 Branford Boase award. This is Chelsey's speech for our graduating third years.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 30, 2017writing, writers from Cornwall, Cornwall, third year, CJ Flood, YA, fiction, advice for writers

Staff Publication: The Co-ordinates of Doubt

The second collaborative sequence from Daniel Y. Harris and Falmouth Lecturer Rupert M. Loydell is now available for purchase

writing, newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 29, 2017publications, poetry

Digital Archive Associate Scheme: Opportunity for 3rd Year Students

Third year students are invited to apply to the Apples and Snakes Digital Archive Associate Scheme

newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 29, 2017spoken word, research, archive, digital

Summer Selections: Jack Maggs and National Identities

Chloe Godin examines National Identity within Peter Carey’s novel.

writing, student work, newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 24, 2017critical writing, summer selections

Open Mic: Adriana Ciontea's Night Poems

Born in Bucharest, Romania, Adriana is studying Creative Writing at Falmouth University. Her poems are about people and the fragility of human condition.