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Tell Tales

About Me

Tell Tales is a London-based arts organisation dedicated to taking literature to the masses. We focus primarily on the short prose form, but also work to improve access to advice and mentoring for poets and novelists.The group emerged out of the realisation by Courttia Newland that the short prose form was getting very little support from major publishers - a fact that has also been recognised by some of our partner groups and the Arts Council - which led him to propose an event where short stories would be read to the public in an engaging format. Working with Nii Ayikwei Parkes he came up with this stuff - short stories with a kick ass soundtrack.Sample us on here, then find out when we are next and come and feel the Tell Tales experience...[if !IE] ..[endif]

(We juiced up our site based on the work of Mike Industries . Of course we had to adapt it for the music profile which is wider and has a couple more twists... Check M out; you might pick up a trick or two!.

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Member Since: 26/10/2006
Band Website: http://www.telltales.co.uk
Sounds Like: Below are some samples of the live readings we have had around the UK. Just click on a story and listen. All the accompanying music snippets and sounds were chosen by Zak Akhimien in consultation with the authors.

Record Label: Tell Tales
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Call for Submissions

CALL FOR SHORT STORY SUBMISSIONS: Tell Tales Volume 4   Submissions for Tell Tales Volume IV: The Global Village are now open. We are seeking original and diverse short stories by UK-based wri...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:31:00 GMT

Rachel Trezise in the news: Dylan Thomas prize

Tell Tales author wins biggest literary award. Source: BBCRachel's story Breathe Our Confidence appears in Tell Ta...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:57:00 GMT

Courttia Newland in the News: Debut novelists shine on John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist

Debut novelists shine on John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist Richard LeaMonday November 13, 2006Guardian Unlimited Lemn Sissay: 'these b...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:52:00 GMT