News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

Twin Peaks, Writing and Shortbread: an interview with alumni Charlie Onions

Rupert Loydell catches up with 2018 alumni Charlie Onions over coffee and millionaire shortbreads at the V&A.

poetry, staff, student work, Graduate interviewsSherezade Garcia RangelNovember 17, 2019graduates, interviews, Rupert Loydell, Charlie Onions, poet, poetry

Fighting the Fraud: Combating Imposter Syndrome at University

MA student, Isabella Alldred, shares a couple of ideas on how to handle Imposter Syndrome at university.

community, Creative non-fiction, Cornwall, mental health, student work, writingSherezade Garcia RangelNovember 15, 2019student experience, mental health, imposter syndrome, anxiety, student, student life, community, writing community, university life, university

Meet The National Trust Publishing Project Group, the fourth team in our Collaborative Project Series

On the 3rd installment of our 2019 Collaborative Project series, we catch up with The National Trust Publishing Project about their experience so far on their book publishing adventure.

interviews, student work, Collaborative Project, National TrustGuest UserNovember 13, 2019university life, Collaborative Project, student projects, Fine Arts

Read, Write, Pass

Genius or nonsense? Check out the final piece on this collaboration by seven writers.

literature, student work, writingGuest UserNovember 11, 2019student writing, collaboration, MA professional writing

Steren – Entry One

The first entry in our new collaborative writing experiment. Staff and students, space and the sea.

nest, student work, series, fiction, epistolary, sterenFalWriting TeamNovember 8, 2019steren, Steren Series, student work

Woodlane Windows Resurface

In the first installment of this year’s edition of our Woodlane Windows series, 2nd year Creative Writing student Eileen Walden explores one of the windows.

community, Creative Writing, student work, Woodlane Campus, Woodlane WindowsFalWriting TeamNovember 6, 2019Woodlane Windows, Woodlane Campus, poetry, haiku, Falmouth University, Falmouth School of Art, art

Meet The Green Line, the third team on our 2019 collaborative project series

On the third installment of our Collaborative Project series, we talk to The Green Line who are putting together a series for FalWriting on our community’s personal experiences with climate change.

community, Collaborative Project, Creative Writing, interviews, student work, The Green Line, writingSherezade Garcia RangelNovember 4, 2019Collaborative Project, writing community, student projects, climate change, climate crisis, falwriting, student writing, student experience

Misyow yn Kernow: October (mis Hedra)

Third year English with Creative Writing student Juliet Robertson shares her experience of learning Kernewek, the Cornish language.

community, student work, writing, Creative non-fiction, Cornish CultureFalWriting TeamOctober 31, 2019Writers, Writers in Cornwall, community, student writing, student, Kernow, Kernewek, Cornwall, Cornish language, Cornish, Cornish culture

The North Cornwall Book Festival

Eileen Walden, second year Creative Writing student, explains her experience at the 2019 North Cornwall Book Festival.

Cornwall, Creative Writing, Events, literature, news, reading, student work, writingFalWriting TeamOctober 28, 2019North Cornwall Book Festival, festival, literary, review, student, events, writing

Meet Anthotaxy, the second team on our 2019 collaborative project series

On the 2nd installment of our 2019 Collaborative Project series, we catch up with Anthotaxy, a 3rd year group writing in response to the work of Fine Art students.

interviews, student work, Collaborative Project, National TrustFalmouth SOWJOctober 25, 2019university life, Collaborative Project, The Pompeii Project, student projects, Fine Arts

Meet Forgotten Planet, the first team on our 2019 collaborative project series

To inaugurate 2019 Collaborative Project Series, we talk to our 1st team about their Forgotten Planet project to find out more about their poetry anthology.

interviews, student work, Collaborative Project, communityFalmouth SOWJOctober 16, 2019university life, Collaborative Project, The Pompeii Project, student projects, climate crisis, climate change, endangered species, student writing

Mastering the Art of Fika

Second year English student Niamh Hitchmough takes us for a coffee and cinnamon bun as she enjoys her study abroad in Sweden.

writing, community, Creative non-fiction, student workFalWriting TeamOctober 14, 2019Erasmus, English, literature, writing community, European Union, study abroad, student experience, student life, fika, Sweden

Read, Write, Pass

Genius or nonsense? Check out Check out the fifth installment of this collaboration piece written (very quickly) by seven writers.

literature, student work, writingGuest UserSeptember 30, 2019student writing, collaboration, MA professional writing

Yours Sincerely,

In this piece which commemorates the end of Nest’s first run, Sam Tempest gathered the voices of those involved in this collaborative epistolary project.