Every September some 40,000 volunteers across England organise 5,000 events to celebrate our fantastic history and culture. It's your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences - all of which are FREE to explore. We're delighted to announce that the Charles Causley Trust will be participating in ... Read More
Category: News
We are delighted to share the publishing success of Angela Readman, the 2014 Charles Causley Poetry Competition winner. Angela's poem 'The Incredible Mrs Fox' has been included in a new anthology of animal poems entitled 'Some Cannot Be Caught', published by The Emma Press and edited by Anja Konig and ... Read More
July 30, 2018Jennifer McDerra
The Charles Causley Trust have appointed their first Writer-in-Residence for 2018 as part of their Arts Council England, Cornwall Council and Literature Works funded Fuelling The Flame project.
David Devanny will spend three months living at Cyprus Well, home of the late poet, Charles Causley, immersing himself in the same town ... Read More
May 10, 2018Jennifer McDerra
The Charles Causley Trust are celebrating after securing a further round of funding from Arts Council England to continue to celebrate and promote the legacy of Charles Causley, as well as promote poetry and writing in the community and region where he lived, was inspired and worked. Causley may have ... Read More
April 19, 2018Jennifer McDerra
Still rocking at 80 years old, Roger McGough - Mersey poet, 60's pop star and longstanding presenter of the BBC's 'Poetry Please' - is the star of this year's Charles Causley Festival. The festival headliner was a friend and student of Causley’s back in the day and is delighted to ... Read More
April 18, 2018Jennifer McDerra
To celebrate the work of Charles Causley and to encourage young writers to follow in his footsteps, the Charles Causley Trust is again organising this popular annual prize for 2018. It’s free to enter and is open to all young people, aged 5-18, living in Cornwall.Often described as ‘the greatest ... Read More
February 13, 2018Jennifer McDerra
Join the Poetry Society and the Charles Causley Trust at Cahal Dallat's Centenary Lecture, Charles Causley: the Sounding Heart
Wednesday 31 January 2018, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Poetry Society, London
Tickets £7.00 full price / £5.00 Poetry Society members & Concessions
Cahal Dallat, Charles Causley Trust centenary writer-in-residence, explores the lasting work and influence of ... Read More
January 11, 2018Jennifer McDerra
November 17, 2017Jennifer McDerra
On Saturday 25th November, the Lustleigh Society presents an evening of Film and live music to celebrate the life of the poet Charles Causley. Not only will the feature length film be introduced by the director Jane Darke, Jim Causley, a distant relation of the poet, will also be present to sing some ... Read More
November 8, 2017Jennifer McDerra
Come and hear Charles Causley's libretto with an original score by Stephen McNeff and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ensemble – Kokoro.
The opera tell the story of the prophet Elisha and the raising of the boy from the dead after he has been struck down in the field by the heat of the sun. The source ... Read More
October 22, 2017Jennifer McDerra
Come and listen to the former Archbishop of Canterbury and current Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge reveal how Charles Causley inspired his career as a poet.
Saturday 9 December 2017 at 7 30
Launceston Town Hall
Tickets from Launceston TIC
£10, under 18 and unwaged £8
October 19, 2017Jennifer McDerra
On Monday 30 October 8pm, Charles Causley, Troubadour.
Experience an evening with John Mole, Alyson Hallett, Rory Waterman, Cahal Dallat, Bernadette
Reed & Jim Causley
Join our Causley-Trust/Coffee-House Poetry words&music 100th-birthday
bash for Charles Causley (1917-2003), one of the century's most popular
poets whose modern ballads, subversive wit, & odes to everyday
experience, captured the imagination ... Read More
October 12, 2017Jennifer McDerra