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: […]

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: Rosie Hadden Christine Martindale Frances Evans Andrew Tillyard Penelope Shuttle Jeni Whittaker Patricia Minson Lesley Chandler Chris Silver Jane Spurr The event […]

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We’re very much looking forward to our next Telltales on Tuesday 27 March. The event will take place at Falmouth Art Gallery amidst the current wonderful show of Cornish portraits, Faces of Cornwall, which is also our theme for the evening. We have eight tremendous writers for you, reading their work on Faces of Cornwall […]

On a foul weather night in late November an attentive group gave a warm welcome to some new and some experienced writers at Dolly’s Wine Bar. The theme Dream On inspired a wide range of responses. First-time poet Jo Knight began with an accomplished villanelle which she had honed on a recent poetry course. Tony […]

Another great evening at Dolly’s. The room was buzzing thanks to a lively, appreciative audience and the performance of the following writers:- Ellie Walsh, who could not be there in person but whose flash fiction inspired by Nepal was read beautifully by Johanna Egar Anthony Hanbury-Williams, emerging poet, who’d raced back from Norfolk to read […]

On 4 October the Honey theme brought forth: a new suite of poems from Liz Lloyd King,the first chapter of a new novel from julia Schofield, a family memoir and exploration of a local walking route from Nancy Roth,a piquant poem on queen bee associations from Sarah Thomas, a darkly humorous short story from Heather […]

At Port Eliot on Friday 29 July writers Betty Davies, Mac Dunlop, Heather Hosking, Gray Lightfoot, Fi Read and Emma Timpany took Telltales to the Port Eliot Festival. During a glorious summer weekend our writers were free, before and after their performance, to enjoy the rest of what the festival had to offer, and there […]

We’re still contemplating the magical poems, stories and reflections upon life (and what we’d be without its imperfections)contributed by the readers at our May event but we must be up and running again to prepare for a busy Summer of words. Telltales will be at the following events:- ParkLive in Kimberley Park, Falmouth on the […]

Telltales past (in May) and future (in July and beyond) Telltales had to compete with a gloriously sunny afternoon once again when we went to The Arts Club, St Ives as part of the town’s literary festival on 16 May. But the iconic view of the harbour from the window and the sounds of seaside life outside ceased to be distractions once the readings began. […]