News — Falmouth University English & Creative Writing

The Art of Wintering: On the Most Useful Season for a Writer

Winter is unpredictable and unavoidable, terrifying and beautiful – so how does it impact the stories we hear and tell?

community, newsFalmouth SOWJDecember 5, 2017winter, writing, seasons, creative writing, writers

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

Fathom: Writing Competition with Falmouth's Maritime Museum

English and Writing at Falmouth are delighted to announce a new creative collaboration with National Maritime Museum Cornwall (NMMC)

newsAdminNovember 15, 2017writing competitions, writing, creative writing, National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, Falmouth

Alice Oswald Series: A Nature Poet, Carving Sound

In the first of a series of pieces on our 2017-18 Writer in Residence, Seren and Melissa paint us a picture of her life and work.

newsFalmouth SOWJOctober 23, 2017Alice Oswald, Writer in Residence, creative writing, poetry, Dart, Writers in Cornwall, workshops

Industry Focus: What Writers Should Know About Patreon

Rachael Tierney interrogates the value of creative platform Patreon for emerging writers.

community, Industry FocusFalmouth SOWJOctober 19, 2017Patreon, writers, writing, creative writing, crowdfunding, tech, Industry Focus

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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.

Egyptian Houses: Interview with David Devanny, Andrew Fentham & Jerome Fletcher

Gabby Willcocks interviews David, Jerome and Andy following their reading at the Landmark Trust Egyptian House during Penzance Litfest

writing, newsFalmouth SOWJAugust 7, 2017Cornwall, Penzance Literary Festival, creative writing, Poetry

Summer Selections: Through the Eye of the Ortrix

Charlotte Bown takes us to a fantastical reality in Chapter One of her children’s book.

writing, student workFalmouth SOWJAugust 4, 2017creative writing, summer selections, student work

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."

Open Mic: Mould & Stardust with Teige Maddison

Teige Maddison is a lover of the lyrical, the evocative, and the hard hitting. On this Open Mic selection, you'll hear Teige reading in his characteristic powerful style.

“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.