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 […]

Telltales celebrated its tenth anniversary on Tuesday, 31 July, at Dolly’s Wine Bar, with balloons and bubbly contributing to the festive atmosphere. We had Telltales’ signature mix of established and new writers, poetry and prose, including Kelly Stevens, Aimee Alibiston, Lally MacBeth, Samuel Fletcher-Wilson, Rosanna Smith and Too Long Dead. Clare Howdle, co-founder of Telltales, […]

Telltales turned in a fine performance at Port Eliot yesterday! The six writers — Lally MacBeth, Too Long Dead, Amiee Albiston, Samuel Wilson-Fletcher, Clare Owen and Ben Beattie took us from Cornwall to Japan, dark to light, and playful celebration in language to a probing into new linguistic possibility. And there’s more! Tuesday 31 July […]

The Telltales evening at the Penzance Literary Festival took the festival theme of Taking Flight as its inspiration. Many thanks to all those who submitted stories and poetry for the event. From a substantial set of submissions the performers were: Clare Owen, Des Hannigan, Amiee Albiston, Rose Cook, Henry Purbrick, Heather Hosking, and two relative […]

COMING UP… Submissions are open now for Penzance LitFest, a firm feature of Telltales’ annual repertoire.  We’ll be performing at the Admiral Benbow, a lively pub on Chapel Street Penzance, at 7:30 on Thursday, 5 July.  Our theme – the festival theme — is Taking Flight.  Please send submissions on the right side of this page […]