This year, the Causley Festival of Arts and Literature will have a digital day – Saturday 30th July. While our main festival programme will be running on the ground in Launceston, we have a variety of Zoom events that you can join from your laptop at home.
This year’s ‘pay what you can’ programme is highly subsidised by our funders – most especially the Arts Council. All of our digital events (except workshops) are free, but if you are able to support our work by making a donation at checkout we would be really grateful.
Welcome and introduction to the 2022 Festival and the Trust: 10:00-10:15 AM
Join us on Zoom as we kickstart our digital day of events. In this event you will get to know more about the Trust and its work, Charles Causley’s significance in Launceston, Cyprus Well, our upcoming competitions and more.
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New Approaches to Form: Zoom Workshop with Katrina Naomi: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Join award-winning poet Katrina Naomi on Zoom and stretch your writing muscles with some wonderful fresh poetic forms. We’ll be reading lots and writing lots. Bring a notebook and an open mind!
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Digital Poetry Readings from the winners of our 2021 Young Person’s Poetry Competition: 11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Join the winners of the 2021 Young Person’s Poetry Competition as they read their winning poems for us.
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Digital Screening of Patrick Gale and Ian Tunbridge in Conversation at Cyprus Well: 13:00-13:15
Join us for a screening of Sunday Times bestselling author Patrick and Charles Causley Trust chairman Ian Tunbridge in Conversation about Patrick’s latest novel Mother’s Boy. This conversation was filmed at Cyprus Well, Charles Causley’s final home.
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Digital Poetry Readings from the winners of our 2021 International Poetry Competition: 14:00 – 15:00
Join the winners of the 2021 International Poetry Competition as they read their winning poems for us.
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Zoom Workshop with Vahni Anthony Capildeo: 14:00-16:00
Who goes there? Presence in Landscape. Take a breath and be inspired by the sense of the past alive in the present. Read the walls. Get comfortable with the dead. Find new companionship for your hopes of the future. In this gently adventurous workshop, you will explore different styles of writing about one place that you know well. You’ll use personal souvenirs, extracts from literature, and everyday photographs. Some will be supplied, but you are warmly encouraged to bring your own.
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Zoom Open mic session for workshop attendees: 17:30-18:30
Calling all digital workshop attendees! Showcase the creative work that you have written in our digital festival workshops and join us for an open mic session on Zoom.
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