Is writing a real job?
Over the past two years, I have completed three writing residencies. While it seemed quite obvious why I would want to be offered a residency (to focus on my own work away from distractions, and be inspired by a new environment), I have often been asked: ... Read More
The first four weeks of my three-month writing residency have been really busy, and that’s definitely what I wanted! Three months may seem like a long time, but when you want to engage with the local community and organizations, as well as develop your own craft, every day counts!
I arrived ... Read More
The 2019 Writer in Residence Programme LaunchThe Charles Causley Trust is pleased to announce two more residency opportunities at Cyprus Well, in Launceston, Cornwall (the poet’s former home owned by the Trust). These residencies, co-funded by Literature Works, will follow in the footsteps of such writers/poets as Alyson Hallett, Isobel ... Read More
Dear Charles,
It's been a busy few days. I had mum and dad up and they asked a lot of questions about you and your poetry. I recited "Who" to them, which I've just about got by heart now – looong pauses between verses, though, which made it almost feel as ... Read More
To navigate a place is to traverse it, to propel oneself through it, to make one’s own way. It requires agency and decision-making as a path is chosen (often around and between obstacles and boundaries). Navigation involves weaving and intermingling with place; forking and delineating. Originally the word was used ... Read More
I’m now three weeks in to this three-month residency and have been sufficiently immersed in the places and the stories about the places to at least be orientated – to have found my bearings. Orientation is the beginning of a journey – a looking eastwards for the sunrise. It is ... Read More