News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

In the fifth instalment of the MaynxFalWriting series, Nadia Leigh-Hewitson and Liz Tollemache explore ideas of ‘home’ in poetry and photography.

Dreaming of the Garden by Jess Henshall – Part IV

In this quiet, delicate and evocative memoir series written for the Creative Non-Fiction module, 3rd year Creative Writing student Jess Henshall, traces her journey through recovery back to the place that waited for her. This is the fourth and final installment.

Dreaming of the Garden by Jess Henshall – Part III

In this quiet, delicate and evocative memoir series written for the Creative Non-Fiction module, 3rd year Creative Writing student Jess Henshall, traces her journey through recovery back to the place that waited for her. This is the third installment.

Dreaming of the Garden by Jess Henshall – Part II

In this quiet, delicate and evocative memoir series written for the Creative Non-Fiction module, 3rd year Creative Writing student Jess Henshall, traces her journey through recovery back to the place that waited for her. This is the second installment.

Dreaming of the Garden by Jess Henshall – Part I

In this quiet, delicate and evocative memoir series written for the Creative Non-Fiction module, 3rd year Creative Writing student Jess Henshall, traces her journey through recovery back to the place that waited for her. This is the first installment.

Lost Ticket: Memories by Jasper Evans

Third year English and Creative Writing student Jasper Evans, responds to Nicki Peter’s poem in the last installment of the Lost Ticket poetry collaboration and series.

community, Creative Writing, Lost Ticket, poetry, series, student work, writingFalWriting TeamSeptember 14, 2020lost ticket, poems, poets, POETRY, prose poem, series, collaboration

Lost Ticket: Mirrors by Nicki Peter

Third year English student Nicki Peters, responds to Max King’s poem in this new poetry collaboration and series, Lost Ticket.

community, Creative Writing, Lost Ticket, poetry, series, student work, writingFalWriting TeamAugust 20, 2020lost ticket, poems, poets, POETRY, prose poem, series, collaboration

Graduate Interview: Dan Hunt and Tom Wilkins Editing for GreenTeeth Press

In this interview, we catch up with graduates Dan Hunt and Tom Wilkins to find out about life after graduation, what they miss about Falmouth, their advise for current students and how they came to be the editors of GreenTeeth Press’ 3rd anthology.

community, Creative Writing, fiction, interviews, Lockdown, poetry, student work, Woodlane Campus, writingSherezade Garcia RangelAugust 6, 2020GreenTeeth Press, Independent press, poetry, fiction, science fiction, graduates, Falmouth University, publisher, call for submissions

Lost Ticket: Fix by Max King

Second year English student Max King, responds to Grace Holden’s poem in this new poetry collaboration and series, Lost Ticket.

community, Creative Writing, Lost Ticket, poetry, series, student work, writingFalWriting TeamJuly 31, 2020lost ticket, poems, poets, POETRY, prose poem, series, collaboration

Lost Ticket: Rot by Grace Holden

Second year Creative Writing student Grace Holden, responds to Sam Tempest’s poem in this new poetry collaboration and series, Lost Ticket.

If I’d Have Known

In this poem, 2nd year English student Cherie Woodhouse, explores what life was like before the lockdown and the losses we are experience it because of it.

community, Cornwall, Creative Writing, poetry, student workFalWriting TeamMay 25, 2020poetry, poets, poet, POETRY, student writing, student, student work, Lockdown, COVID-19

Lost Ticket: Bladderwracky by Sam Tempest

Second year Creative Writing student Sam Tempest, responds to David Devanny’s inaugural poem for this new poetry collaboration and series, Lost Ticket.

Lost Ticket by David Devanny

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

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

Poetry Reading: Rupert Loydell and Sarah Cave

Sarah Cave & Rupert Loydell invite you to a poetry reading to celebrate their new book A Confusion of Marys at the Falmouth Art Gallery on Thursday 20th February, 6–8pm.

alumni, community, Cornwall, poetry, staff, writingFalWriting TeamJanuary 27, 2020poetry, poets, writers from Cornwall, writing community, Falmouth, Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth University, staff publications, staff

Woodlane Windows Series: Luke Hamel-Cooke and Eileen Walden

Eileen Walden reacts to the artwork of Luke Hamel-Cook in this latest edition to the Woodlane Windows series.

Cornwall, Creative Writing, literature, poetry, series, student work, Woodlane Campus, Woodlane WindowsFalWriting TeamJanuary 24, 2020Woodlane Windows, Woodlane Campus, poems, poetry, writing, art

My 'Green' Life

In these haibun poems second year Creative Writing student Charlie Halfhide, explores the responsibility to the climate crisis as someone from a working class background.

poetry, series, student work, The Green Line, writingFalWriting TeamJanuary 2, 2020the green line, environment, haibun, poetry, lifestyle, TGL, Collaborative Project

My Extinction Rebellion

In this poem, MA student Will Hazell recounts his experience at the London Extinction Rebellion protests.

The Green Line, writing, student work, poetry, Collaborative ProjectFalWriting TeamDecember 27, 2019poem, The Green Line, TGL, Extinction Rebellion, climate crisis, climate change

The Last Tiger / Roche Moutonnee

In this poem, third year Creative Writing student Morag Smith pictures the desolate life of the last tiger on Earth.

writing, The Green Line, poetry, Creative Writing, Collaborative ProjectFalWriting TeamDecember 16, 2019tiger, extinction, climate crisis, climate change, poetry, poems, The Green Line, TGL, Collaborative Project

Woodlane Windows – Ella Tiller-Collins and Hailey O'Gorman

In the third installment of our 2019 Woodlane Windows series, first year Creative Writing student Hailey O'Gorman collaborates with artist Ella Tiller-Collins on this installation