Telltale Press

Telltale Press finishes on a high

Peter Kenny

April 29, 2018

Robin Houghton and Sarah Barnsley and I co-edited TRUTHS: A Telltale Press Anthology, and we had our big launch. All kinds of marvellous poets who were in the anthology came and read. Sarah, Robin and I introduced the night and also read. Our guests were amazing. It was emotional, as we are wrapping up Telltale…

Poetry, Readings, Telltale Press

Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Telltale Press, TRUTHS: A Telltale Press Anthology
Launching Truths: A Telltale Press Anthology

Peter Kenny

April 20, 2018

7:30 Wednesday 25th April Venue The John Harvey Tavern Bear Yard (off Cliffe High Street), Lewes BN7 2AN. So just a quick note here about the launch of TRUTHS – A Telltale Press Anthology, edited by Sarah Barnsley, Robin Houghton, and myself. Expect the anthology’s launch to contain readings, a few drinks and much optimism.…

Blowing my own trumpet, Book Launch, Poetry, Telltale Press

Anthology, Book Launch, Hannah Clare, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Telltale Press, TRUTHS: A Telltale Press Anthology
Poetry omnivore

Peter Kenny

February 21, 2018

For me, it’s all been about poetry so far this year. Sarah Barnsley, Robin Houghton and I have been putting together an anthology from Telltale, about which there will be more news shortly. Meanwhile I’ve been editing my own 24-poem, pamphlet-length collection, and have been lucky enough to receive excellent advice and a good deal…

Poetry, Reading, Readings

Antony Mair, Charlotte Gann, Jacqueline Saphra, James Sheard, Jane Hirshfield, Ocean Vuong, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Stephen Bone, Telltale Press, William Blake
Poetry readings with Pighog and Telltale coming soon

Peter Kenny

September 28, 2017

I have two poetry readings in the pipeline in about a month’s time. In Brighton, and London. Here are the deets: N.B. DATE CHANGE Wednesday October 25, 2017 7:30 pm — The Nightingale Room, Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey St, Brighton BN1 3PA Pighog poetry evening with Charlotte Gann, Peter Kenny and another guest TBA – Tickets on the door…

Blowing my own trumpet, Performance, Poetry, Readings

Abigail Parry, Catherine Smith, Charlotte Gann, Clare Best, Innis McAllister, Robin Houghton, Telltale Press
Jessica Mookherjee’s ‘The Swell’ – hear her with Judy Brown, Siegfried Baber and Michaela Ridgway 19th Oct in Lewes

Peter Kenny

October 16, 2016

Gillian Clarke’s remarks on the pamphlet flap for Jessica Mookherjee’s Telltale Press pamphlet The Swell are spot on. Among them she says Jess’s poems are ‘Bold, fiery, truthful, they tell an original story with power’. Other than reading The Swell at a fairly late stage before publication, I had little to do with Jess’s pamphlet. Sarah Barnsley, who along with Robin…

Performance, Publishing, Reading, Telltale Press

Jess Mookherjee, Judy Brown, Michaela Ridgway, Siegfried Baber, Telltale Press, The Swell
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 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
See the future this Thursday

Peter Kenny

January 5, 2016

Frankly I’d rather eat a cactus sandwich than not hear Jack Underwood, Kitty Coles & Siegfried Baber read on Thursday night at the Poetry Cafe at 7.00 pm. But then I’ll be reading with them too in an event hosted by Telltale Press. Please come along if you’re able, or find yourself in London’s Covent Garden and in…

Blowing my own trumpet, Performance, Poetry, Readings

Jack Underwood, Kitty Coles, Peter Kenny, Siegfried Baber, 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
Ready for Chad and missing writing poetry

Peter Kenny

October 1, 2015

Chad Final stage of prep seems now to be done. Passport renewed, visa obtained, jabs jabbed (although inconveniently I had a fever when I went for my yellow fever jab so I had to return a few days later) anti-malarial Malerone tablets bought, while my wife has armed me with lots of practical things like wet…

Charity, Guernsey, Marketing, Poetry, Travel

Carcanet, Chad, DRTV, Edward Chaney, Guernsey, Infragreen, Kate Bingham, Poetry Book Fair, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Siegfried Baber, Telltale Press, The Fire Station, Timothy Adès, Victor Hugo