News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

Eight Essential Books for Recent English and Writing Graduates

Jodie makes some recommendations to fill your post-graduation literary void.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJOctober 17, 2017graduates, reading list, writing, graduation, third yearComment

Jordan Stevens's dissertation on The Great Gatsby got a first. Here's how she wrote it, while keeping dissertation anxiety at bay.

newsFalmouth SOWJOctober 11, 2017dissertation, third year, writing, academic writing, essays

The Writer and the Looming Deadline

Abigail takes on one of the biggest questions for writers: do deadlines make us better, or worse?

community, newsFalmouth SOWJOctober 3, 2017writing, writers, creative writing, university, deadlines

Portrait of the Academic as a Student: Anna Kiernan

Your lecturer reveals what she was really like as an English student.

communityFalmouth SOWJSeptember 21, 2017portraits, english, writing, student life, Anna Kiernan

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

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.

5 Tools to Help You Stay on Top of Your Sh*t This Semester

Whether you're first, second or third year, an MA or a PhD student, this infographic will help make you a total organisation wad.

communityFalmouth SOWJSeptember 12, 2017study skills, organisation, writing, academic writing, academia, infographic

David Constantine Reading at Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival

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

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

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.

Writers From Cornwall: Charles Causley

Dominic looks back at the Cornish poet’s humble life, his reputation as a children’s poet and his legacy as the Cornish Laureate.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 16, 2017Charles Causley, writers from Cornwall, writing, Poetry, poets, Cornwall

Comment: Why Short Stories Matter, by Emma Timpany

An experienced short story writer explains why this much-neglected form is incredibly valuable for emerging writers.

Writing Rites of Passage: An Interview with YA Novelist Chris Vick

Vick’s YA novels are known to be dark and dramatic, gripping and heartbreaking; he is self-professedly “obsessed with the sea."

“Perform Like Your Words Deserve to Be Heard”: An Interview with Gee Middleton

Highlighted as an emerging talent at the Penzance Lit Festival, Gee’s debut EP Syzygy is out now. Her follow-up EP Estivation is due for release Autumn 2017.