The theme for Tuesday 23 July at Falmouth Library is ‘Textiles’.

The curator for this event, Sarah Perry, chose this theme after reading Kassia St Clair’s wonderful book, The Golden Thread. How fabric changed history.

In it she explains that the word ‘text’ and ‘textile’ share the same common ancestor, the Latin ‘texere’ which means “to weave”.

Isn’t that lovely, all those words, weaving, fabric and fabricate… that connect fabric to story telling.
Also we encourage all sorts of writing.So far we haven’t heard any flash fiction, graphic novels or combining writing with another art form.

You can also submit a piece jointly with the opportunity of reading a piece together. The deadline is Monday 15 July.

Our next Telltales event is part of Penzance LitFest and we’re inviting submissions on the festival’s theme of

Borderlines

Be as inventive and interpretative as you know how.
Think in terms of 10 minutes’ worth of reading (around 1600 words).
It could be a new piece of poetry or prose, a short story, cross-genre or an extract from a longer work.
Or you may have an existing piece of work on the theme that needs airing.

Please submit using the form on the right.

The deadline for submissions is: Monday 17th June
Thank you and we look forward to seeing your work.

The event takes place at the Admiral Benbow pub in Chapel Street, Penzance on Thursday 4th July 2019
Please arrive at 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start

Flow by Keren Hughes

Our next Telltales event is on Tuesday 28 May at Dolly’s, Falmouth.

May’s theme is In the Flow to coincide with the Fal River Festival taking place during this week. We have eight wonderful writers who will read their poetry, prose, short stories and extracts from longer works, to delight, entertain and enthrall you.

Please arrive around 7pm for a 7:30pm start.

We hope to see you there!

Flow by Keren Hughes

After the success of our March Telltales event, Form Follows Function, at Falmouth Art Gallery we are now thinking ahead to our next event on Tuesday 28 May at Dolly’s, Falmouth.

May’s theme is In the Flow to coincide with the Fal River Festival.

We’re thinking of flow as in a flow of ideas, a flow of water or wine, the flow of communication, the creative state of being “in the flow” or, in fact, any other interpretation you might like to bring to the theme.

If you have existing work on the theme or feel inspired to write a new piece, in poetry, prose, short story, or an excerpt from a longer work, please think in terms of 10 minutes’ worth of reading or around 1600 words.

Please submit your work using the form on the right. The deadline for submissions is Monday 20 May.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing your work.

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 Friday 15 March.

The event is on Tuesday 26 March at Falmouth Art Gallery. Please arrive at 7pm for a 7:30pm start.