News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

An interview with Wildwood Kin

Megan Parker talks to the South West band whose star is in the ascent

music writing, student workFalmouth SOWJMarch 5, 2018student work, popular music, interviews

Anywhere you want to go

Ella Jones reminds herself to get up and go see the world.

student work, writingFalmouth SOWJFebruary 26, 2018creative non-fiction

The Listening Page: Writing for Mental Health

Jane Moss on how writing can be a way to think, a way to let go, a way out of the dark

community, news, student work, writingAdminFebruary 6, 2018mental health, writing, creative writing, student work

How Writing Has Changed Me

On the transformative power of the written word.

community, news, student work, writingFalmouth SOWJFebruary 1, 2018writing, creative writing, poetry, mental health

Industry Focus: Indie Editors and Indie Authors

MA graduate Stuart Wakefield interviews Roz Morris and Victoria Mixon, two leading Independent Editors

Industry Focus, student workFalmouth SOWJDecember 6, 2017industry, Industry Focus, editing

Object Lessons: The Writer's Notebook

Holly explores the writer's relationship with one of her most intimate possessions.

community, student work, writingAdminNovember 24, 2017creative writing, object lessons, writing

Industry Focus: How do Publishers use the Internet to Find Talent?

Falmouth MA graduate Jane Tingle looks at some of the ways publishers and agents are using the internet to find new talent

Industry Focus, student workFalmouth SOWJNovember 23, 2017Industry Focus, industry, publishing, social media

Industry Focus: A New Wave in British Nature & Travel Writing

MA graduate Matt Borne investigates the new wave in UK Nature Writing

Learn: Psychogeography on The River Allen

A group of Falmouth students from the Creative Non-Fiction module brave the elements in Truro for a psychogeography field-trip

student work, news, learnFalmouth SOWJOctober 31, 2017place and space, psychogeography, Cornwall, Creative Writing, non-fiction

Industry Focus: How Waterstones Survived Amazon & eBooks

MA student Sarah Eddy interviews James Daunt, managing director of Waterstones, on competing with eBooks and Amazon

Industry Focus, student work, writingFalmouth SOWJOctober 25, 2017publishing, books, industry, interviews

Open Mic: Kieran McGuigan's Midnight Cat (and Other Bodies)

In this startlingly gentle sequence, graduate Kieran McGuigan’s soft delivery and experiments with sound and structure will leave you wondering what just happened, and if it can please happen again.

community podcast, community, podcast, writing, student workFalmouth SOWJSeptember 19, 2017POETRY, open mic, performance, poets, graduates, experimental

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

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

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

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.

Summer Selections: The Development of Interactive Narrative in Adventure Games

Joshua Williams explores the evolution of interaction within storyworlds in the adventure game genre between 1976 and 2016 in these two extracts from his dissertation.

writing, student work, newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 18, 2017summer selections, critical writing