Our theme for Telltales in January 2025 is The Fact Is …..

Our previous event was Imagine, dwelling on the worlds of the imaginary and fictional.

For our next event, we’re looking at the facts of the matter, focussing on the areas of non-fiction and “faction”, which blends non-fiction and fiction. We look forward to receive your submissions on The Fact Is …., interpreting the subject in any way.

Here are some possible ideas, to get you thinking about a submission on this theme…

• A life story – your own or someone whom you admire?
• News reports – real or semi-real?
• A diary entry?
• A walk in nature?
• Poems about world events?
• Real life stranger than fiction?
• Meeting another version of you – real or dream?
• What do people do all day?
• Historical events – filling in the details?
• Tell us about a favourite book, fiction or non-fiction?
• A real-life fairy story?

How might you respond to our theme?

We’re keen to see 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.

Please submit by Saturday 25 January to info@telltales.org.uk

Telltales takes place on Tuesday 28 January, 6pm at Falmouth Library on the Moor, surrounded by books!

Thank you!

Please join us for Telltales at Falmouth Art Gallery with a marvellous line-up for our Imagine theme, in poetry, prose and short stories, amidst the amazing Imagine Falmouth art exhibition.

Our Telltales event takes place on Tuesday 26 November, starting at 6pm.

We’ll have a small bookstall and a free bar.

We hope to see you there and are grateful to Falmouth Art Gallery for this opportunity to hold Telltales at the gallery.

Thank you!

Our theme for Telltales in November 2024 is Imagine.

Falmouth Art Gallery have kindly invited us to hold the Telltales event at the gallery, in conjunction with the current “Imagine Falmouth” exhibition.

We look forward to receive your submissions on this topic, interpreting the subject in any way.

Here are some possible thoughts on the theme:

• How do you imagine the world in 100 years time? And 1000 years?
• How do you imagine yourself a decade from now?
• What literary works are entirely imaginary, without any reference to the real world?
• What is imagination? How does it function?
• Have you seen a favourite artwork at the “Imagine Falmouth” exhibition? Can you describe it and your personal connection to the work?
• In an ideal world, can you imagine the role of the arts?

How might you respond to our theme?

We’re keen to see 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.

Please submit by Saturday 23 November to info@telltales.org.uk

Telltales takes place on Tuesday 26 November, 6pm at Falmouth Art Gallery, above the Library on the Moor, Falmouth.

Thank you!

And here is the date for the next Telltales event, in 2025: Tuesday 28 January

The “Imagine Falmouth” exhibition runs from 12th October 2024 to 18th January 2025 at Falmouth Art Gallery

Please join us for Telltales at Falmouth Princess Pavilion with a marvellous group of readers on our theme of Someone Told Me… in poetry, prose and short stories.

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

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

We hope to see you there.

Thank you!

Our theme for Telltales in September is Someone Told Me….

We look forward to seeing your submissions on this topic, in any way.

Here are some possible inspirations to get you writing:

• A rumour or piece of gossip?
• A bit of family history?
• Heard on the grapevine?
• “Have you heard the one about…?”
• A spy story based on wiretapping?
• Good news from a friend?
• A secret revealed?

How might you respond to our theme?

We’re keen to see 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.

Please submit by Saturday 21 September to info@telltales.org.uk

Telltales takes place on Tuesday 24 September, 6pm at Falmouth Princess Pavilion in the Garden Room.

Thank you!

And here are the dates for future Telltales events: Tuesday 26 November at Falmouth Art Gallery

Image: Detail from The Walls Have Ears by Sally Pucill

Please join us for Telltales at Falmouth Princess Pavilion with a great line-up reading about The Great Outdoors, in poetry, prose and short stories.

Our Telltales event takes place on Tuesday 30 July, starting at 6pm.

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

We hope to see you there.

Thank you!

Our theme for Telltales in July is The Great Outdoors.

We look forward to receive your submissions on this topic, interpreting the subject in any way.

Here are some ideas to get you thinking…

• What does The Great Outdoors mean to you?
• How might our ancestors have thought differently about the “natural world”?
• Can you describe a favourite place so that our audience feels that they, too, are there with you?
• Do we think of ourselves, as humans, as part of nature or separate from it?
• Does writing outdoors stimulate our creativity, like painting en plein air?
• The environmentalist Utah Phillips once wrote “The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses” – What was his intention?
• Can ecological writing raise awareness of important environmental issues?

How might you respond to our theme?

We’re keen to see 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.

Please submit by Saturday 27 July to info@telltales.org.uk

Telltales takes place on Tuesday 30 July, 6pm at Falmouth Princess Pavilion in the Garden Room.

Thank you!

And here are the dates for future Telltales events in 2024 at Princess Pavilion: Tuesday 30 July, Tuesday 24 September, Tuesday 26 November

Main image photograph: Greenland Ice Sheet, July 2024, by Jane Williamson

Please join us for Telltales at Falmouth Princess Pavilion with a wonderful line-up of readers on the theme of Where the Line Breaks, in poetry, prose, short stories and multimedia.

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

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

We hope to see you there.

Thank you!

Our theme for Telltales in May is Where the Line Breaks.

For this theme we would be delighted to receive your submissions on this topic, in any way. Here are some ideas to get you thinking…

• Writing which uses pauses, unusual rhythm or non-verbal language?
• A story about communication which has gone awry through being interrupted or cut off?
• Discussion of a policy or policies with which you agree or disagree?
• An event in wartime and/or on a border?
• The end of a family line? Or a beginning of a new one?
• How might we endeavour to perform ‘concrete’ poetry or other ‘concrete’ writing, which has a distinctive visual layout on the page?
• An unexpected find between sand and sea, on the tide line?
• An ekphrastic piece of writing, with your response to a particular painting or sculpture?

How might you respond to our theme?

The “Where the Line Breaks” theme is inspired by the title of an exhibition which took place recently at the Tremenheere Gallery at Gulval, near Penzance, organised by the Newlyn Society of Artists (NSA). The title was devised by the poet Katrina Naomi.

We’re keen to see 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.

Please submit by Saturday 18 May to info@telltales.org.uk

Telltales takes place on Tuesday 21 May, 6pm at Falmouth Princess Pavilion in the Garden Room.

Thank you!

And here are the dates for future Telltales events in 2024 at Princess Pavilion: Tuesday 30 July, Tuesday 24 September, Tuesday 26 November

Please join us for Telltales at Falmouth Princess Pavilion with our latest group of readers on the theme of Interesting Times in poetry, prose and short stories.

Our Telltales event takes place on Tuesday 2 April, starting at 6pm.

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

We hope to see you there.

Thank you!