Cornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from Mid and West Cornwall

The traditional tales and wild places of mid and west Cornwall. West Cornwall is a land of tin-mine strewn cliffs and safe south harbours, with all the bustle of ships, fishing boats, gigs, industry, and tourists. The beaches are blessed with stretching sands, and tempting surf, stunning caves and rock formations, a sea lido, and a theatre beside the ocean. Along the cliffs lurk grumpy giants, playful piskeys and hungry dragons. The middle of Cornwall is clay country and farming. In the towns live wise women, dashing devils, strong wrestlers and fearless hurlers. Beware hissing spriggins, seducing sea women and restless ghosts. Let your imagination play with the spirit of this wonderful land and immerse your mind in the stories within it. Capturing the magic of Cornwall, folklore writer Anna Chorlton retells its tales. AUTHOR: Anna Chorlton is a Cornish writer who lives on Bodmin Moor. She is a member of Liskeard Poetry group with whom she reads at regular events, including Port Eliot Festival and Bodmin Moor Poetry festival. She is the writer for Mazed, a project to retell the traditional tales of Cornwall in ways old and new. She has written 80 tales so far for the website, 12 animation scripts, a blog in the voice of a droll teller and 2 books linked to the project. The project was nominated for a Celtic Media award for innovation and a Holyer an Gof. Her first book in the Cornish Folk Tales of Place series was published by The History Press in 2019. 30 b/w illustrations

Author Biography

Anna Chorlton writes in the Cornish wilds. She is inspired by nature, folklore, history, people, and places. The Silver Ball, an audio drama about The Hurlers Stone Circles on Bodmin Moor, was produced by Alternative Stories (spring, 2021) and performed as part of the Cornish Gorsedh, (autumn, 2024). She wrote the animation scripts and tales for the Cornish folklore project, Mazed (www.mazedtales.org) which retells the traditional tales of Cornwall in ways old and new, and two books linked to the project. Mazed was nominated for a Celtic Media Award for Innovation and a Holyer an Gof. Anna’s poetry is internationally published in journals including Ice Floe Press (2022), Atlanta Review, (2020), Wild Court, (2021, 2024), and Skylight47, (2022). Her first book in the Cornish Folk Tales of Place series was published by The History Press in 2019.

https://annachorlton.com/