topic; 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call Remembering September 11th 2001 takes me back to my student flat in Germany, my washing-up, my radio, droning in a language I -frustratingly- didn’t properly understand. Occasionally a fighter jet roars overhead. My memories feel like a dislocation from […]

topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO In September 2010, PenTales Storytellers gathered in Paris to share perspectives on “Great Expectations.” Stories included “Great Expectations” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear, “The High Hopes of a Housefly” by Catherine Nicholson and “So, Great Expectations” by James Creedon.  

topic: EVENT medium: TEXT, AUDIO     Stories: “Josefa González Espilco” by Warwick Wise “Freedom” by Helen Percival “El Carcel de amor, or, The Prison of Love*” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear “Freedom” by Catherine Nicholson Two Freedom Poems by Fiona Cameron “Freedom” by Jo and a song: “Run, Run by Flo”    

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT, AUDIO as shared at a PenTales event in Paris Listen to the Story! It was a lovely way to wake up. The rising sun poking its golden fingers through the half-closed blinds, and bathing Dave in warm dappled light. He’d had a long week, and as […]

topic: CHANGE medium: TEXT This story was shared at a PenTales  event themed “Great Expectations” Listen to the Story! It was, without a doubt, the best jam he had ever tasted. “In all my days and lifetimes,” he sighed, “that is the best jam I have ever tasted”. The jar […]