The Poly

24 Church St, Falmouth : 01326 319461
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society

What's On Calendar

Have a look at the calendar text here to see what's coming up.

Talks // Coming up // FBF: 13 Cornish Ghost Stories
16 October
Wednesday
7:00pm

FBF: 13 Cornish Ghost Stories

Cornwall is the perfect setting for tales, myths, and legends. The wild moors, the granite, the clay, the rebellious sea, and flat calm coves make the county a vast and inspirational canvas. The starry nights, needle-sharp gorse, and windswept tors and carns provide perfect backdrops to eerie full moons and ghostly goings-on. Mischievous piskies dance across our landscape, while the spectres of the past, both real and imagined, haunt our memories and our dreams.

Join Keith Wallis host of ‘The Piskie Trap’ – a podcast series exploring the folklore, history and legends from across Cornwall – as he talks to three of the authors who have contributed to the recently published book 13 Cornish Ghost Stories.

Emily Barr is a travel writer and novelist, author of YA books such as The One Memory Of Flora Banks  and bestselling thrillers like The Life You Want,  and Backpack. 

Liz Fenwick has published nine novels and two novellas taking her inspiration from Cornwall's history and landscape, and in 2017 was named "the queen of the contemporary Cornish novel" by The Guardian.

Emma Cowell is a former actress and BBC presenter and the author of books including One Last Letter from Greece, The House in the Olive Grove and The Island Love Song. 

They will be joined by co-editor of the collection Marie Macneill, writer, director, playwright and Senior Lecturer at the School of Film and Television at Falmouth University. 

Together they will be discussing their literary inspirations, the inherent ghostliness of Cornwall and the rich folkloric past that many of the stories in the collection draw upon.  

This event is part of Falmouth Book Festival running from 14-20 October. For more info visit the website www.falmouthbookfestival.com

Falmouth Book Festival: 13 Cornish Ghost Stories  
 
Wednesday 16th October, 7:00pm 

Tickets: £8/£6

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold

 
Check times : Book now

Pic

EOS: Van Gogh, Poets & Lovers

Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France,...

Find out more

Seaglass Jewellery Workshop

Learn the basics of silversmithing and make seaglass jewellery in sterling silver. You can either make a ring, pendant...

Find out more

DRACULA: the Vampyr

Beware! He is unearthed. He is coming. Keep your windows locked and hang up the garlic! Deliciously Dark! Horribly...

Find out more
Contact us:

T: 01326 319461
E: info@thepoly.org

Address:

The Poly, 24 Church Street, Falmouth, TR11 3EG

Social Media:

Keep up to date with The Poly:

Icon Icon Icon


© The Poly - The Poly is the trading name of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Limited, a company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number 03909555 and registered charity number 1081199, with its registered office at 24 Church Street, Falmouth TR11 3EG