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.

ABOUT ME

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

Podcast

The Writers' Block podcasts are conversations between writer Polly Roberts and other Cornwall based writers looking at why we write, the writing process, and the part Cornwall plays in our work. Here I am talking to her about all things words.

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For the scribblers, the journal dribblers and the post-it-note leavers. For the love letter creators, the poets and the daydreamers, for the lyricists, novelists, the ones who just want an hour for themselves to explore. For those who are always writ

Happy #internationalcatday to my animal bestie Onion.

Thanks for being hilarious daily and being the best at snuggling 🧅❤️🧅

I’m now taking enquiries for Autumnal creative writing mentoring programmes, starting at the end of September/ early October.

It might be a poetry collection you would like to develop, a memoir and life writing journey you want to embark on. Y

It's been a hot minute, well two years to be exact, since I performed poetry to a live audience. And here I am filling the air with language again. It was both surreal and comforting.

There's a power in words, in uniting through stories. Disconnect

I love mentoring. Like adore it.

I deeply honour the relationships developed and the importance of this role. I currently mentor writers in Australia, England, South Africa, America and Europe- those creating incredible poems, memoir and prose- all