Rebecca Tantony

Welcome

My name is Rebecca Tantony. I am a writer, curator and facilitator driven to understand the messy and wild human experience in greater depth.

Based in Cornwall, England, working internationally. Current Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Plymouth University, RLF South West Writing Panel Programmer and Bath Spa University’s Emblaze Curator and Host.

ABOUT ME
Before The Poem Podcast
Leaning out the window, wearing red lipstick for the moonabout me.

Leaning out the window, wearing red lipstick for the moon

about me.

 
For the sounds we are brave enough to let leave the bodyservices.

For the sounds we are brave enough to let leave the body

services.

 
Something between retching and butterflies, something of gutsprojects.

Something between retching and butterflies, something of guts

projects.

 

‘Mesmerising’

— The Guardian

Image by Anna Higgie

Image by Anna Higgie

 

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📚 The Live Poetry Book Club returns to St Agnes this July. Now in its third sold-out year, The Live Poetry Book Club is a unique summer gathering celebrating the power of live literature, poetry and performance. Each event invites audiences to exp
Cornwall…We’re back, baby!!! The third season of The Live Poetry Book Club returns, an immersive, intimate, powerful (and often tear-jerking) window into some incredible voices in contemporary poetry and music. Join us for the first o
I’ve taken on a new role with @royalliteraryfund, curating writing panels across the South West. Which means I’m programming a series of free (or low cost), hour long discussions in libraries, bookshops and community spaces. Each event
‘Nothing beats a room full of women, it’s like a house party for the gods. Passing round ancient and revolutionary tongues, secrets offered, honesty laid bare, finding ourselves in the still waters of another’s mouth.’ Just a
Sometimes the most intricate, moving, unrepeatable piece of art is happening on the windscreen while I’m stuck in traffic. Or I’m stood at the sink, hands soaped, just watching the sky rearrange itself through the window. Light shifting