Our theme for Telltales in April is Love Is…

What does love mean to you? Is it one thing or are there many different interpretations of the word?

Is love the same, whether on a global level, within a community, a family, a couple?

How does love make you feel? Is it something you can convey in words?

And is it about people, food, music, a place, a book, an experience, or something else?

We look forward to your creative input, whether in poetry, prose, short story or an excerpt from a longer work. Please think in terms of a maximum of 10 minutes of reading or around 1500 words.

Telltales will take place in the garden room, indoors at the Princess Pavilion, on Tuesday 26 April 2022, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Saturday 23 April to info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!

The theme for February’s Telltales is Resolution.

Have you made a resolution for this year? How’s it going so far?

Can you tell us about a blur or confusion that has became clear? Or do you have a tale of a problem resolved, a poem about a riddle, a piece of prose with a satisfying – or unresolved – solution?

Whatever your interpretation of this theme, we look forward to your creative input, whether in poetry, prose, short story or an excerpt from a longer work. Please think in terms of a maximum of 10 minutes of reading or around 1500 words.

Telltales will take place in the garden room, indoors at the Princess Pavilion, on Tuesday 22 February 2022, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Saturday 19 February to info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!

Please join us at Falmouth Princess Pavilion in the Garden Room on Tuesday 30 November at 6pm, for Telltales.

Our theme is “Spells” and we have a magical group of readers for you!

There will be a free bar plus a book stall.

Please bring a mask, thank you.

Look forward to seeing you there!

The theme for November’s Telltales is Spells.

Will the theme of Spells take you towards magic, will it make you think about orthography or etymology, perhaps reflect on special times or on the weather?

Whatever your interpretation of this theme, we look forward to your creative input, whether in poetry, prose, short story or an excerpt from a longer work. Please think in terms of a maximum of 10 minutes of reading or around 1500 words.

Telltales will take place in the garden room of the Princess Pavilion on Tuesday 30 November 2021, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Friday 26 November to info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!

We are all looking forward to Telltales on Tuesday 21 September.

Telltales will take place outside, in the garden, at the Princess Pavilion, Falmouth.

We have nine wonderful readers for you, sharing their work on the theme of Connection.

We will start at 6pm and run till about 8pm.

We’ll also have a small bookshop and a donation bar. So, please bring some cash if you’d like a drink or if you’d like to buy a book.

We hope to see you there!

Thank you
Sarah and Marcus
on behalf of Telltales

The theme for September’s Telltales is Connection.

How will you connect with this theme? Are you thinking about relationships and the multitude of connections and disconnections we make every day? Or perhaps Connection has transported you to nerve endings, timetables and digital messages?

Whatever your interpretation of this theme, we look forward to your creative writing.

Telltales will take place outside, in the garden, on Tuesday 21 September at Princess Pavilion, Falmouth.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Friday 17 September to info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!

Please join us at Telltales in Gyllyngdune Gardens, Falmouth Princess Pavilion in the open air for readings of poetry, prose, short stories and extracts from longer works.

6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 27 July 2021. Our theme is “Painting with Words”. We are looking forward to readings from:

* Betty Davies
* Patricia Minson
* Tom Retchford
* Penny MacBeth
* Penelope Shuttle
* Marcus Williamson
* Kerry Vincent
* Andrew Tillyard
* Fi Read
* Chris Silver

We’ll be in the gardens, so please bring something warm to wear, plus a drink and nibbles, if you would like.

There will be a small book stall so please bring cash if you would like to buy a book on the night. And if you are a writer in any genre, please feel free to bring your own books for sale.

For the first time in more than a year, our audience size is unlimited.

We will be putting a recording of the July 2021 Telltales up onto our website after the event.

Hope to see you there!

For Telltales on 27 July we’re looking forward to your submissions on the theme of “Painting with Words“.

We’re thinking of ekphrastic poetry – poems inspired by a painting – or short stories, prose or excerpts from longer works, pieces rich in imagery, painting a picture with words, accounts of dreams, surrealistic scenes, verbal tableaux vivants, favourite journeys & places & events brought alive in words.

We’re running this Telltales as a live event – out in the open air at Gyllyngdune Gardens, Princess Pavilion, Falmouth.

Submissions are open until Friday 23 July for poetry, prose, short stories and excerpts from longer works. Please think in terms of around 1500 words maximum, which is around 10 minutes. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please submit via email to info@telltales.org.uk

The July edition of Telltales will take place from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 27 July 2021.