After a hugely successful Bright Side on 23 February, Telltales is now accepting submissions for its March event, taking place on Tuesday 30 March at the Falmouth Townhouse.

The theme for Telltales Volume XIV is Odyssey so if you are interested in reading out your work on the 30 March submit it now using the form on the right and we will have a read.

Once we’ve read all the submissions we will select a programme then get in touch to let you know if you’ve been scheduled to perform.

If you have any questions or trouble with the submission form email Clare. We look forward to reading your work.

After a great Telltales in January, with our Underbelly theme seeing readers draw on dark thoughts, hidden emotions and barely subdued anger for inspiration, this February we are taking a slightly different tack. That’s right, we are casting off our cloaks of melancholy,  cracking a smile and looking on The Bright Side. The theme for February’s Telltales, XV: The Bright Side, is all things optimistic; think sunshine, humour, devil-may-care attitudes and general frivolity.

Of course, as always, if you have something that doesn’t fit the theme but would like to read out, submit it anyway and we’ll have a read. If we like it enough we’ll programme it, no matter how dark it is.

Use the form below to submit your Bright Side stories, poems, prose, scripts or novel extracts, we’ll take a look, work out a programme and get back to you to let you know if you’ll be one of our readers for this month’s event.

If you have any questions get in touch, look forward to seeing you all on the 23 Februaryfrom 7pm at the Falmouth Townhouse.

…”I remembered back when I was in school – some years ago now – we had a science teacher named Mr. Corbet who wore glasses, and liked to drink beer and talk sports at the pub where older students went after football practice.  In class he showed us how a stick of ebony wood, and a stick of clear plastic can be ‘charged’ with static energy, by rubbing them with silk, or against you clothes even.  I was really grateful because for the first time it explained how wiping a balloon on your hair in winter could make the balloon stick to almost anything, your clothes, the curtains or even the wall! And up to then I could never figure out how a balloon could defy gravity without being full of hot air, which even now I think is really quite something.”…

It might have been a wet and windy night on Tuesday 24th November but Telltalers still turned out in force for a great night of reading at our brand new venue, the Falmouth Townhouse .

From considering whether lemons can affect time to a young writer’s experience of life behind bars, from rock n roll stars wandering supermarket aisles to a creepy puppeteer with his ‘family on his back’, a hugely varied programme delivered by new readers and Telltales favourites entertained the crowd.

For extracts from November’s Telltales, ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ click on the links below the title. You can leave feedback or share your thoughts using  the comments boxes underneath each extract.

Come along to the next Telltales to hear what Cornwall’s writing scene has to say for itself

The dark evenings are back so the candles were out at Telltales Volume XI this October, with a great programme which kept the crowd entertained. We had our best turn up to date and a wonderful variety of work from scripts contemplating life in Cornwall to poems considering prejudice, short stories about human ‘nodes’ to musings on the meaning of ‘humour’.

To read extracts of the work performed click on the links on the left.

If you would like to perform at the next Telltales upload your work through the form on the homepage and we’ll take a read then let you know if you have been programmed.

The last Tuesday of August might not have delivered the blistering hot summer sunshine we were all praying for, but it did bring the tenth volume of Telltales and a glut of short stories to boot. An entertaining evening with new readers and listeners in attendance – we had missing relatives, food fights, eccentric artists, new siblings and failed getaways on the cards with thought provoking prose, nostalgic images and funny phrases littered throughout.

To get an idea of some of the work read out take a look at the extracts on the right and to get involved in the next Telltales check out how to upload your work.

A hot summer’s evening, Tuesday 30 June saw Babahog’s Cafe filled with eager , if a bit overheated, listeners ready to hear what Cornwall’s writing scene had to offer.

Our focus this month was on discovering some fresh new Telltales talent to delight listeners and we came up trumps, with a tasty programme that included four new readers. From monobrows to Stockholm syndrome, stolen barometers to drowned mariners, long lost love to thick socks, the subject matter was varied, delivery lively and audience captivated – just as we like it. To get a flavour of what went down, click on the links on the right.

And don’t forget the next Telltales, Volume IX will take place at the Port Eliot Festival - 24 -26 July, in our very own tent showcasing the best of Cornish talent.

Hope to see you there!

Tuesday 26 May saw another great Telltales event hit Babahogs Cafe.

This time part of the Darke Visions festival, the programme went down a storm with some suitably dark tales being told. From mediaeval werewolves to 16th century crime, from technological prophecies to chilling contemporary murder, we had it all. Read extracts from some of the work read out this time to get a flavour of how the night unravelled, or why not submit work yourself for the next telltales?

Telltales Volume VII: Lost and Found is on 30 June from 7pm at Babahogs Cafe, Falmouth

A car key retrieval agent, rubber suits, jelly beans, a lot of snow and underwear by post were just a few of the topics covered off in this month’s Telltales – an eclectic mix of work from Telltales favourites and fresh blood alike.

It was yet another brilliant night and nice to see so many new faces there. May it continue.

To take a look at some of the work  read out at Desperately Seeking click on the names on the right and enjoy.

And don’t forget to come along to Telltales Volume VII,  26 May from 7pm at Babahogs. Just as long as you aren’t afraid of the darke…

A jampacked Babahogs played host to the fifth outing of Telltales on the 31 March and what an outing. We had a cross dressing Cornishman, a relationship going up in flames, a dirty bomb or two and a man from mars. And who could forget Maisie…

We’ve uploaded all the work from our writers who read at Volume V, so have a read and let us know what you think using the feedback box.

Don’t forget the next Telltales, Volume VI: Desperately Seeking is on the 28 April and we’ve got all organised, planning ahead – Telltales Volume VII will be themed ‘Dark Visions’ and is part of the Dark Visions festival.

Thanks everyone for coming!