Please join us for our October Telltales at Falmouth Princess Pavilion with a great selection of readers on the theme of Nonsense in all its forms.

Our Telltales event takes place on Tuesday 24 October, starting at 6pm.

We will have a small bookstall and the Pavilion bar is open for tea, coffee and other drinks.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you!

Our theme for Telltales in October 2023 is Nonsense.

For this event we’re looking for readings that relate in any way to Nonsense, in the form of stories, poetry or prose that are written with Nonsense as a theme or with Nonsense as content.

We’re also interested in your stories of Nonsense in everyday life: Something that wouldn’t work as it should, someone who said something that made no sense, a nonsense notice, a happening that was memorable because of its silliness.

You might be inspired by Dadaism or by Surrealism, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2024, a movement fascinated by irrational images and words from the depths of the subconscious, through dream or through chance occurrences.

You might like to read this brief guide, written by Luke Edley of Thanet writers, on How to Write a Nonsense Poem.

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 at Falmouth Princess Pavilion on Tuesday 24 October, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Saturday 21 October to info@telltales.org.uk

And sorry we are late by a month. We had some Nonsense in locating a suitable venue…

Thank you!

Please join us for Telltales at Falmouth Art Gallery with an exciting group of 10 readers on the theme of Myth and Legend. The event is compered by Henry Purbrick.

Our readers are:

Our theme for Telltales in July 2023 is Myth and Legend.

For this theme we’re looking for readings that relate to Myth and Legend, in the form of stories, poetry or prose that are written as myth or legend, or as writing about existing myths and legends, whether ancient or modern.

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. You can read the dialogue as multiple voices yourself or ask others to help you as the additional voices.

Telltales will take place at Falmouth Art Gallery on Tuesday 25 July, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Saturday 22 July to info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!

Please join us on Tuesday 30 May at Falmouth Library. Our May theme for Telltales is For One and All.

The inspiration for the theme comes from the life and work of John Passmore Edwards, whose 200th birthday is celebrated this year. A philanthropist, who funded 70 public buildings in Cornwall and London, he also campaigned against slavery and for peace.

Our evening of writing has positivity at its core, including stories of giving & receiving, accounts of doing good and feeling good, writing about how we can collaborate with others to make a brighter and better world for all.

We hope to see you there.

Thank you!

Our May theme for Telltales is
For One and All.

We are seeking work which has positivity at its core, stories of giving & receiving, accounts of doing good and feeling good, writing about how we can collaborate with others to make a brighter and better world for all.

The inspiration for the theme comes from the life and work of John Passmore Edwards, whose 200th birthday is celebrated this year. A philanthropist, who funded 70 public buildings in Cornwall and London, he also campaigned against slavery and for peace.

Whatever your interpretation of our wide-ranging 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 at Falmouth Library on Tuesday 30 May, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Saturday 27 May to
info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!

Please join us for Telltales at Falmouth Princess Pavilion with a wonderful group of readers on the theme of Wishing Well.

Our Telltales event takes place on Tuesday 21 March, starting at 6pm.

We will have a small bookstall and the Pavilion bar is open for tea, coffee and other drinks.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you!

In March our theme for Telltales is Wishing Well.

What does our title and image bring to mind?

Is the Wishing Well a place where you go to consider the future and hope for good things to come? Is it somewhere to reflect upon past events and their emotional effect on you?

Is it the ink well of infinite potential, filling the blank page with the riches of your imagination? Or are you wishing for ways to bring creative joy to yourself and to those around you?

Whatever your interpretation of our broad 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 at Falmouth Princess Pavilion on Tuesday 21 March, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Saturday 18 March to
info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!

Please join us for Telltales on Tuesday 31 January at Falmouth Princess Pavilion, in the Garden Room.

Our theme is Let’s Talk, an intriguing selection of work written as dialogue, with a group of nine readers for the evening.

We start at 6pm and will have a small book stall and a free bar.

Hope to see you there!

Our theme for Telltales in January 2023 is Let’s Talk.

For this theme we’re looking for readings that are entirely in dialogue, whether for two, three or more voices.

Perhaps you have an idea for a new piece of writing in this format? Or if you have existing writing using this theme, please do submit it. If you don’t, please consider adapting something you’ve already written, so that the story is told entirely in the spoken voices of the characters.

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. You can read the dialogue as multiple voices yourself or ask others to help you as the additional voices.

Telltales will take place at Falmouth Princess Pavilion on Tuesday 31 January, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to read, please submit your work by Saturday 28 January to
info@telltales.org.uk

Thank you!