WHAT IS GOLDDUST?
GoldDust is a platform for students and alumni across all departments of Goldsmiths, University of London. Brought to you by the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies as a celebration of creativity and individuality.
We are a digital magazine, featuring a curated selection of quality content submitted by Goldsmiths’ students and alumni twice and sometimes three times a term. In each issue, our home page is updated with brand new content as well as works from previous issues, placed in the archive pages which you can browse at leisure.
HOW DO I SUBMIT MY WORK?
We welcome all creative work made either within your degree or in your free time as a Goldsmiths student! Please send in your work by clicking on the button below and we will let you know if your work has been chosen to be in the next issue of GoldDust.
MEET THE TEAM
SHAYDA SOLEIMAN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Shayda is a third-year BA Media and Communications student from the states. She enjoys reading, writing, and watching films, though most of her idle time is dedicated to the endless pursuit of the perfect sunscreen. Her idea of happiness is drinking tea in an air-conditioned room, and her favourite place is under a blanket.
SOPHIE STEVENS
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
Sophie is a third-year BA Media and Communications student from South London. She’s an aspiring marketeer looking to work at a bustling marketing agency one day. In her free time she enjoys reading, journaling, and creating aesthetic Pinterest boards, but most of her time is spent mindlessly scrolling through TikTok. Herbal tea is her specialty and she enjoys it best cuddled up next to her spaniel Alfie.
FREDERIC HALL
EDITOR
Frederic is a third-year media and communications student and an editor for goldsmiths. They enjoy reading (but use audio books because of dyslexia) podcasts, movies, tv, video games, dnd and anything with a strong story. Fredric wants to go into book publishing to make other people’s stories a reality. Their stories mainly come in the form of dnd campaigns, but that implies his friends pay attention to the plot. Frederic’s favourite genres are, believe it or not, is sci-fi and fantasy; Yes, he’s been called a nerd many times before. Other hobbies include rock climbing, sleeping and snuggling down with a fun cosy aesthetic video game on his switch.
DIMITAR DIMITROV
UX AND WEB DESIGNER
Dimitar Dimitrov is a third year BA Media and Communicationts student, and apparently a Photography Editor for GoldDust now. He's strangely displeased with his name, yet he's obsessed with the meaning. The idea of doing one thing for the rest of his life disturbs him. Dimitar seems to think he can do anything from taking photographs, making movies, writing novels, making music, to living in a cottage in the wild.
MARIA RIGA
EDITOR
Forenamed chef, London-based music freak. Maria is a Media and Communications & Creative writing student. She writes and illustrates in tandem with yearning of knowledge accessibility and distribution within and beyond the academy.
ANNA BOKAN
EDITOR
Anna is a third-year BA Media and Communications student who loves writing, reading and stories/storytelling in any form. Other than that, she loves art, music, film photography and coffee. Especially oat lattes. She believes that words have a lot of power and have the ability to change things for the better.
INGRID (SQUIDDY)
EDITOR
Ingrid is a third-year BA Media and Communications student from Hong Kong. She enjoys reading, writing, and doodling. She became an animation editor because of her love for anime and would love to explore more film and animation-related content. Other than that, she is a boba tea and rice roll fanatic and is trying to finish the pile of books she hoarded over the years
JUDITH TOH
EDITOR
Judith is a third-year Media and Communications student from Singapore and an aspiring scriptwriter. She loves watching and logging films online, especially aesthetically pleasing romcoms that’ll get you right into the feels. In her free time, she becomes a grandma stuck in a young body as she bakes all sorts of things while listening to classical music. After university, she dreams of developing story ideas for the screen on top of honing her skills as a walking food directory around London and Singapore.
PHILIP PALMER
GOLDSMITHS DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATOR
Philip is convenor and tutor on the BA Creative Writing modules for BA Media and Communications and BA Media and English. He has had eight SF/fantasy novels published and is a prolific radio dramatist. He has an executive producer credit on the feature film SIDESHOW starring Les Dennis, currently in post production. And he is writer and co-producer of the Welsh film noir INTO THE VALLEY, directed by Chris Crow, also currently in post production.
MALENE SHEPPARD SKAERVED
GOLDSMITHS DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATOR
Malene Sheppard Skaerved is a writer, filmmaker and performer. Lately her operatic piece in collaboration with composer Nigel Clarke has been recorded for Naxos and performer worldwide to critical acclaim. She is writing a collection of fairytales and has recently completely a documentary for Wilton's Music Hall. She has taught Creative Writing at Goldsmiths since 2008.