News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

Uncanny Readings: Her Price is Far Above Rubies

Lydia Hounat comes across a poem which resonates strongly with the conversation in her Algerian grandmother's kitchen.

podcast, uncanny readingsFalmouth SOWJOctober 18, 2017uncanny readings, podcast, Lydia Hounat, audio

Workshop with Phil Parker: Candour, Passion, Pragmatism

Small Creations, Big Audiences was a workshop and lecture series run by Phil Parker at Falmouth University on Tuesday, the 26th of September.

events, news, communityFalmouth SOWJOctober 18, 2017Phil Parker, screenwriting, writing, creative writing, Falmouth, workshops

The Sweet Sally of Words: An Interview with Sally Crabtree

Joana sits down with the poet and creator of Sweetshop of Words.

newsFalmouth SOWJOctober 18, 2017North Cornwall Book Festival, festivals, Sally crabtree, writing, poetry, 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

16 Steps to a Stress-free Dissertation

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

Adam Russell: My PhD on Videogame Narrative

PhD student Adam Russell gives an overview of his research on videogame narrative, and a side-angle view into the life of a PhD student at Falmouth.

news, researchFalmouth SOWJOctober 10, 2017research, PhD, gaming, video games

Colouring in Cornwall

Gabby reviews graduate-run Penryn Press's most recent publication, Colour In Cornwall.

news, communityFalmouth SOWJOctober 5, 2017publishing, Penryn Press, Cornwall, Falmouth, illustration

Danielle Barrios-O'Neill: Playspace in Irish Novels

Danielle explores how discourses of play and resistance intertwine to create immersive experiences in the contemporary Irish novel.

news, researchFalmouth SOWJOctober 4, 2017research, Irish literature, Eimear McBride, staff publications

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

Rupert Loydell: Five Paintings

Senior Lecturer Rupert Loydell has a new sequence of paintings published in After the Pause: Fall 2017

newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 28, 2017painting, staff publications

Guest Poet: George Szirtes

Poet and translator George Szirtes, one of the most highly acclaimed poets of his generation, will be speaking to our students on 26th October.

Falmouth SOWJSeptember 27, 2017guest lectures, events, poetry, poets, creative writing, professional writing

You Said, We Did: How Your Feedback is Shaping Your Course

Last year we received a lot of excellent feedback from our various cohorts on how we can make our courses better. We put it into action; here's the outcome.

newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 27, 2017feedback, student life, student experience, Falmouth University

Writers In Cornwall: Virginia Woolf

Melissa considers Virginia Woolf's time in Cornwall and the ways in which the landscape inspired her writing

writing, communityFalmouth SOWJSeptember 27, 2017writers from Cornwall, Cornwall, landscape, novel, creative writing

Book Review: The One Memory of Flora Banks

Áine Casey reviews the latest novel from Emily Barr, who was our Writer in Residence 2016

newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 26, 2017staff publications, book reviews, novel

Industry Focus: Photography in Publishing

In the first of our Industry Focus series MA student Holly Challinor explains photography in publishing and some facts about copyright everyone should know

Falmouth SOWJSeptember 25, 2017publishing, photography, copyright, industry, Industry Focus

Rupert Loydell and Yutaka Inagawa Collaboration

Floating Urban Slime / Sublime is a contemporary cultural project that aims to create a cross-genre experiment in both online and physical space.

community, newsFalmouth SOWJSeptember 21, 2017poetry, digital, digital arts, mixed media, contemporary art, Rupert Loydell

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

Poetics of Uncertainty: Val Diggle's Doctoral Work with New Mappings

PhD researcher Valerie Diggle discusses her work on deep mapping and our relationship to the past.

community, researchFalmouth SOWJSeptember 20, 2017PhD, research, poetry, mapping, deep time, Cornwall, writers from Cornwall

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

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

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