Telltales – 29 September 2020 – What on Earth…!!! Part 1 – The Freedom to Play Henry Purbrick – The Date is 4020 and.. (short story) Nicole d’Altena – The Inventor or Words (short story) Rob Barrett – Prose and poetry Sarah Perry – Earthworms (prose) Part 2 – Surprise – the Sting in the […]

The theme for September’s Telltales is “What on Earth…!!!”. This theme encourages you to create something with an element of surprise or shock attached to it. So far Telltales has supported written and spoken word, music and art creations. We’d like our horizons to be broadened even further – perhaps a sound or group recording […]

Here’s the virtual edition of Telltales for 28 July 2020 on the theme of Summer Sun. Thank you very much to all our readers and listeners who have made this latest edition of Telltales possible! best wishes Marcus and all of us at Telltales

Thank you again to everyone who was involved in our virtual Telltales in May, which is still available as a recording below. For Telltales on 28 July we’re inviting submissions on the theme of Summer Sun. Submissions are open until Friday 24 July for poetry, prose, short stories and excerpts from longer works. Please think […]

Here’s the virtual edition of Telltales for 26 May 2020 on the theme of Freedom?. Our wonderful readers are: * Ella Walsworth-Bell * Carole Inman * Des Hannigan * John Lugo-Trebble * Clare Reddaway * Henry Purbrick * Patricia Minson * Frances Evans * Penny and Lally Macbeth and music by Janice Joplin and Joni […]

Thank you again to everyone who was involved in our virtual Telltales on 31 March. The recording of the March event is available below. For Telltales on 26 May we’re looking forward to your submissions on the theme of Freedom?. What does freedom mean to you? What’s in a word? How can each person’s ideas […]

Here’s the virtual edition of Telltales for 31 March 2020 with a wonderful group of readers: * Chris Silver * Henry Purbrick * Lally MacBeth * Patricia Minson * Frances Evans * Louise Graham * Kerry Vincent * Penny MacBeth * Jackie Carpenter * Ella Walsworth-Bell and music by Bill Nelson Thank you very much […]

For Telltales on 31 March we’re looking for work that includes colour from any shade of the spectrum, on its own or in combination with other colours, in any aspect of life, real or imaginary… Submissions are open until Thursday 26 March for poetry, prose, short stories and excerpts from longer works. Please think in […]

Thank you to Penny and Lally Macbeth – our guest curators – and to all our readers, for such a wonderful event in January. For Telltales on 31 March we’re looking for work that includes colour from any shade of the spectrum, on its own or in combination with other colours, in any aspect of […]

On Tuesday 28th January we have 10 readers on the theme of Duality at Telltales. Please join us from 7pm at Dolly’s in Falmouth in your best black & white ensemble for two sides to the story! Our readers will be: Champy Bennet & Hector Nit – Chain Poem Brett Jackson – Short Story Alexandra […]