Telltale Press – Page 2 – Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook

Off the bench

Peter Kenny

July 13, 2016

Forgot to mention here that I was a last minute substitute for a poorly Siegfried Baber on a recent Telltale and Friends night at Telltale’s old stomping ground of the Poetry Cafe. A quick reshuffle meant that Robin Houghton introduced the event instead of me. Uncharacteristically I was not really in the mood for doing a reading, but…

Performance, Poetry, Readings, Telltale Press

Jess Mookherjee, John McCullough, Postcard from Ithaca, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Telltale Press

Telltale & Friends reading 7th July

Peter Kenny

June 13, 2016

Just a quick note on here about a Telltale & Friends reading coming soon. I shall be hosting the evening. A great bill… First, and hotter than a sizzling hot thing, is John McCullough right now. He’s a long-term Telltale friend, and his spanking new collection Spacecraft is already going down a storm. On the night we’ll also showcase Telltale’s latest recruit Jess Mookherjee, whose collection…

Poetry, Readings, Telltale Press

Jessica Mookherjee, John McCullough, Sarah Barnsley, Siegfried Baber, The Poetry Cafe

Telltale Press reading, Lewes 13 April

Peter Kenny

March 13, 2016

The Telltale poets’ collective is positively gambolling into Spring, bringing with it some exceptional poetry to Lewes next month. I’m looking forward to this Telltale reading greatly, not least because I can hungrily engulf the poetry without having to perform myself. Plus the event is free and in the characterful Lewes Arms, one of my favourite pubs in the centre of Lewes.…

Poetry, Readings, Telltale Press

Abegail Morley, Rebecca White, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Telltale Press

Sarah Barnsley, the phoenix of ‘The Fire Station’

Peter Kenny

November 4, 2015

The Fire Station by Sarah Barnsley is being officially launched on Thursday 12th November at Goldsmith’s, University of London, where Sarah teaches. It is published by Telltale Press so I can hardly claim to be impartial about it. But I have to say something, because her poetry is exceptional. The Fire Station is a pamphlet which is partly autobiographical, detailing a…

Poetry, Telltale Press

poetry, Sarah Barnsley, Telltale Press, The Fire Station

Telltale poets with Tamar Yoseloff and Sue Rose

Peter Kenny

June 19, 2015

So another cheery Telltale night. First our special guests… Sue Rose, who I have had a bit of a poetic crush on after hearing her read from The Cost of Keys earlier this year was warm and fantastic. Tamar Yoseloff read from two books, both collaborations with artists. The excellent Formerly made with photographer Vici MacDonald, Her…

Poetry, Reading, Telltale Press

David Harker, Laura Donnelly, Peter Kenny, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Sue Rose, Tamar Yoseloff, Telltale Press, The Poetry Cafe

18th June Poetry Cafe

Peter Kenny

May 19, 2015

I’m really happy to be reading with Tamar Yoseloff, whose collaboration with artist David Harker, Nowheres has just been launched. Sue Rose‘s book The Cost of Keys is one I’ve come to admire, especially her poem A Guided Tour that I wrote about recently. Sarah Barnsley is Telltale’s newest recruit and her pamphlet The Fire Station is going to…

Poetry, Reading, Telltale Press

Nowheres, Peter Kenny, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Sue Rose, Tamar Yoseloff, The Cost of Keys, The Poetry Cafe

A bit of bardic business

Peter Kenny

April 19, 2015

Quite a bit of bardic business this week. On Wednesday I did a Telltale and Friends reading with Martin Mallone a top poet who also edits The Interpreter’s House and finished the evening by accidentally setting his poetry file on fire. He is currently writing about the first world war, and there was some laughter as he…

Poetry, Telltale Press

A Glasshouse, Guernsey Poets, Helen Fletcher, Helen Ivory, Hooked, Ink sweat and tears, Iron, Lewes Arms, Martin Mallone, Robin Houghton, Roy Marshall, Siegfried Baber, Someone-else’s patch, Telltale Press, The Interpreter’s House

Reading in Lewes on 15 April 15

Peter Kenny

March 19, 2015

Really excited to be doing this reading in Lewes, and to meet Martin Malone, editor of The Interpreter’s House, Helen Fletcher who is trekking from Carlisle to share her poetry with us and Ryan Whatley an exciting new poet whose work Robin Houghton and I read recently and really liked. A bonus is that it that the reading…

Poetry, Readings, Telltale Press

Helen Fletcher, Martin Malone, Ryan Whatley, Telltale Press, The Interpreter’s House, The Lewes Arms

A stocktake

Peter Kenny

February 5, 2015

Thanks to hefting a sack of wet sand just before New Year, January was a trapped nerve. Weeks of sleepless and painful nights left me groggy. In one fanboy moment I tweeted (it seemed right) Pascale Petit about her fabulous poem Ortolan about her father eating a songbird. She told me that it was written after a sleepless night in Paris. I…

Music, Poetry, Telltale Press

Clameur, Helen Russell, Ink sweat and tears, Jose Saramago, Robin Houghton, Skelton Yawngrave, Telltale Press

Kicking off the New Year at the Poetry Cafe

Peter Kenny

January 8, 2015

Robin covers what was a great night. Really good fun. Here’s a photo of us all too. L to R Robin, me, Rhona, Catherine and Siegfried.

Poetry, Readings, Telltale Press

Catherine Smith, Rhona McAdam, Robin Houghton, Siegfried Baber