News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

Comment: Worries of a Rookie Writer, by Dan Hunt

A first year creative writing student reflects on the anxiety, and the community, of writing.

comment, news, writing, student workFalmouth SOWJApril 6, 2017writing, creative writing, Falmouth, university

An Interview with Filmmaker Eleanor Yule

Lecturer and documentary filmmaker Eleanor Yule talks Moomins, frog jumpers, and the problem with fame.

news, researchFalmouth SOWJApril 5, 2017filmmaking, BBC, screenwriting, film, TV, research, Moomins

Third Year Student Lands Digital Marketing Internship

Third year Kate Williams is bridging elegantly from creative writing to marketing (which, it turns out, have a lot in common).

newsFalmouth SOWJApril 4, 2017marketing, internships, digital, professional writing, writing

Writing Home: Falmouth Hosts Inaugural Debate/Create Event

This week we hosted the inaugural Debate/Create workshop on the theme of Homelessness, with students from local schools.

learn, eventsFalmouth SOWJMarch 29, 2017Creative Writing, schools, arts in society

Maiden Voyage for Sea Post Press

The third year team behind Zoo Zine has officially launched a new independent press.

newsFalmouth SOWJMarch 29, 2017writing, creative writing, Word Zoo, zines, Sea Post Press, student projects, small press

Staff Research: Deep Time and Human Resilience

Head of Subject Niamh Downing is leading an AHRC research project engaging landscape, people, and deep time.

Cut & Paste: Students produce DIY Zines

Our English and Creative Writing students have been experimenting with DIY and punk publishing with some colourful results.

learnFalmouth SOWJMarch 23, 2017publishing, student work, writing

Interview: Graduate Seren Adams on Working in Publishing

Since leaving our cozy-but-challenging intellectual nest, Seren Adams has gone on to work for Granta and United Agents.

Staff Research: Interactive Game to BBC Documentary

"We all like to get lost in a book"--sometimes, very very lost. Lecturer Danielle Barrios-O'Neill (playing herself) goes on the radio and beneath the surface of Belfast.

research, newsFalmouth SOWJMarch 21, 2017podcast, BBC, Radio 4, radio drama, ARG, alternate reality games, gaming, game studies, research

An Evening of Poetry & ... Marine Science?

Lecturer Luke Thompson is giving a reading on Wednesday, as part of a project with Plymouth Marine Lab, integrating the poetic and the marine.

Graduate Aaron Kent secures book deal with Eyewear Books

Aaron has recently signed a two-book poetry deal with Eyewear Books. Tertiary Colours: A Post-Traumatic Verse will be released later this year.

newsFalmouth SOWJMarch 16, 2017publications, alumni, poetry

Comment: Can Creative Writing Be Taught? by Dominic Smyth

A student of Creative Writing reflects on the path it took to get here.

comment, news, writingFalmouth SOWJMarch 15, 2017creative writing, writing, university, professional writing, student work

Public Lecture & Reading: Vahni Capildeo

On Thursday evening, Vahni will be reading from her collections Simple Complex Shapes and Measures of Expatriation, as well as talking about her latest project, Some Things.

events, newsFalmouth SOWJMarch 14, 2017Vahni Capildeo, poetry, writing, public lectures, events

Staff Research: Masculinities and Ghost Bodies

Lecturer Ruth Heholt delivers a paper on Victorian male ghost bodies to the Men and Masculinities Research Network.

research, newsFalmouth SOWJMarch 14, 2017masculinity, ethics, activism, ghosts

Re-Imagining the Importance of the Arts

CLA recently produced the Imagine Nations report to examine and better understand the value that arts education has in society.

newsFalmouth SOWJMarch 9, 2017arts education, literature, arts in society, higher education

Staff Publication: Mapping a Murderer

Lecturer Danielle Barrios-O'Neill and collaborator Alan Hook (Ulster University) explore fundamental questions of authorship in the (post)digital era.