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Form Follows Function – Submissions welcomed for March Telltales

February 13th, 2019  |  Published in Frontpage

Thank you to all of our audience who ventured out on a dark chilly January evening to Dolly’s. And thank
you again to all our nine readers whose writing revealed such wonderful interpretations of our theme Darkness and Light.

We’re now thinking ahead to the next Telltales event on 26 March.

The theme for our next event will be Form Follows Function, insprired by the centenary of the Bauhaus art school. We’ll be at Falmouth Art Gallery,
which will be hosting an exhibition of the Bauhaus-trained artist and writer, Rene Halkett. We invite you to send us your work – poetry, prose, short story or an extract from a longer work – and we encourage you to be as inventive and interpretative with the theme as you like.

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 12 March.

Telltales on Tuesday 29 January – Darkness and Light

January 27th, 2019  |  Published in Frontpage

We’re looking forward to our first Telltales event of 2019, with nine great readers and their poetry, prose and short stories on the theme of Darkness and Light.

Telltales takes place on Tuesday 29 January at Dolly’s in Falmouth, at 7pm. Readings start at 7:30pm sharp.

See you there!

Telltales – Darkness and Light – 29 January 2019

January 1st, 2019  |  Published in Frontpage

Happy New Year from all of the Telltales team!

Our first event of 2019 will be on Tuesday 29 January at Dolly’s in Falmouth.

The theme for the night will be Darkness and Light and we invite you to submit your work – in poetry, prose, short story, or an extract from a longer work – on this theme, using the form on the right of this page.

Please think in terms of around 10 minutes of reading time which is about 1600 words of text.

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 22 January. We look forward to seeing your work!

On Fire

November 25th, 2018  |  Published in Frontpage

A night of exceptional poetry at Dolly’s on 20 November 2018

The tinder was laid so carefully. First, Toby Keane’s perfectly chosen words – exceptional writing to open an exceptional event. Two poets inspired by works of art followed, MJ Oliver and Peter Gillies. These writers, like others present, gave so much of themselves, bringing along images of paintings, art books, books of poetry. Perhaps it was the generosity and openess of our writers which made the night particularly special.

Johanna Egar took to the floor and delivered her excellent poems with great clarity and presence. Tom Scott, the last of our speakers before the interval, warmed us with poems in praise of writers and explored, with naive humour, the dream of being an English writer overseas, ‘romantically enigmatic’ perhaps.

We returned, gin-fuelled, and Sylvia Vacher regaled us with a finely judged performance of Will you take me to your dacha, Sacha?, her low voice full of promise and shadows. The moment had arrived and everyone knew there was nowhere else they’d rather be. The touchpaper had been lit. Henry Purbrick followed; he may be the first person to have considered the resurrection of Lazarus from the point of view of Lazarus’ wife. Ian Watkiss transported us with his soaring and beautiful urban Evening Song, performed from memory. Bridie Toft brought the evening to a close with poems which were both personal and universal. A couple in a cafe planning their day. A child speaking Spanglish to the local cats on holiday. St Michael’s Mount – the scene set for a murmuration.

Thank you to all our writers and to those who came to hear them and be warmed by the flames. There will be more chances to read at Telltales in 2019 with our first event planned for 29 January. The theme for the night will be Darkness and Light.

Wanted: poetry

September 22nd, 2018  |  Published in Frontpage


We’re very excited that Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Festival will be casting its spell over Falmouth again this autumn from 22-25 November with poets such as Inua Elams, Anne-Marie Fyfe, Alyson Hallett, Isaiah Hull, Gerður Kristný, Sean O’Brien, Sandeep Parmar and Penelope Shuttle likely to be seen scribbling in cafes when not actually performing or running poetry slams.

We are running our very own special all-poetry Telltales on Tuesday 20 November. The theme of the night will be Seeing Voices and the event will take place at Dolly’s Wine Bar from 7.30 pm. If you would like to read at this event, please send us three poems on the theme. Or roughly on theme. Or not on theme at all. Please send us three cracking poems. The deadline is midnight on 11 November.

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About Telltales – Falmouth – A group for Writers and Listeners in Falmouth, Cornwall, Southwest England


Telltales is the bi-monthly night for readers, writers and listeners. Whether it's short stories, novel extracts, poetry or prose this is your chance to get it out. And if you are keen to hear what Cornwall’s writing scene has to say for itself, come along and listen - all ears welcome.

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