Join us at St Thomas's Church in Launceston on Friday 9th of December for an evening of festivity, with Charles Causley at its heart.
Beginning at 7pm, the event will include Charles Causley’s poems put to music by folksinger Jim Causley, performances from local schools, as well as memories and tales of ... Read More
In 2020, I fell in love with Charles Causley’s poems for children. Like many readers, I had encountered ‘I Saw a Jolly Hunter’ and ‘Timothy Winters’ in anthologies, but in the lull of lockdown I sat down with my Macmillan Collected Poems for Children and devoured the lot. With the ... Read More
We are thrilled to reveal the winners of the 2022 Charles Causley Trust Young People's Poetry Competition, which were announced at the North Cornwall Book Festival this afternoon.
Congratulations to the following poets!
Our Cornwall winner
Ruth Dunn
Winners (ages 5-11 years)
1st place – ‘Our Gang HQ’ by Faith Lydall
2nd place – ‘Home of a reader’ ... Read More
Join us at Launceston Town Hall on the 28th October for a ghostly town walk, tales of witchcraft and folklore, ghostly music and poems!
Our Halloween evening will feature folksinger Jim Causley, Paranormal Investigator Karin Beasant and the Jamaica Inn Paranormal team, Simon Costin from Dockacre House and the Museum of ... Read More
September is here! After months of sunny weather, we are looking forward to the start of cosy evenings and wintery walks. For us at the Causley Trust, our summer events and programmes are ending and a new line up for autumn is in the works. Read on for a look ... Read More
Ahead of her North Cornwall Book Festival (NCBF) author tour on the 11th of September, Clare Chambers gives us an insight into the inspiration for her latest novel Small Pleasures, her writing process and what she is most looking forward to for her visit to Launceston.
Can you give us an ... Read More
Join us from 30th September to the 3rd of October 2022 for an immersive weekend workshop for beginning and emerging non-fiction writers who want to give new life to past experiences. Read on for more information or download our digital brochure: Memoir Workshop weekend
Join memoir writers Tanya Shadrick (The Cure ... Read More
Click the link below for our 2022 Festival brochure which details our full programme of in-person, digital and community events.
Festival 2022 Brochure
We can't quite believe that we're approaching the end of June already! The past six months have flown by for us at The Charles Causley Trust; we've been working on a range of events, our 2022 Festival of Arts and Literature, our new Summer of Literature (SOL) programme and multiple ... Read More
It is with great privilege that we introduce the winners of the 2021 Charles Causley International Poetry Competition to you! Read on to get to know each of our winning poets and read their fantastic poems.
1st Place Matthew Canavan: Read 'Apropos of Nothing' here.
I am Matthew Canavan, a social worker ... Read More
Summer 2022 and Launceston’s artists have really come to town, showing us hundreds of reflections of life in north Cornwall. The town centre is positively alive with artist activity this Festival, with three projects all using shops and shopfronts to showcase paintings, photographs, and prints by dozens of artists. Lawrence ... Read More
As part of this year’s Causley Festival of Arts and Literature, we are running a Community Day packed with events for all the family in conjunction with English Heritage, Launceston Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce. Join us at various locations in Launceston on Saturday 30th July and stop ... Read More