There are two podcasts left to share with you, and they are both readings by the 7*******s writers. Over the last three months during Andrew’s residency and my own involvement with the Charles Causley Trust we have shared many conversations, poetry group meetings, workshops and come to discuss our own ... Read More
News & Articles
We are delighted to announce that our incoming poet-in-residence Cahal Dallat has won the Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize 2017. The winners were announced by the Prize Chair, Baroness Floella Benjamin, at the Royal Society of Antiquaries on 24th April. Cahal’s poem ‘Giant’ took first place in the poetry category, fighting ... Read More
April 27, 2017Hannah Stamp
Life at sea demands an economy of language…
Skylark (afterword) from Hands to Dance and Skylark – Charles Causley
– In A Glass of Salt Water – his introduction to the 1979 edition ... Read More
April 26, 2017Hannah Stamp
The Last Week of Residency and Bowden DerraAlthough another blog and podcast will appear here next week, last Friday was officially the end of my mentoring residency with Andrew Fentham and The Charles Causley Trust. We had the great pleasure of facilitating a poetry workshop with the residents at Bowden ... Read More
April 26, 2017Hannah Stamp
Here at The Charles Causley Trust, we are excited to announce that our next resident of Cyprus Well will be Cahal Dallat. Cahal will be with us from May to July, under the kind sponsorship of Literature Works, and we are excited to share his plans with you via a ... Read More
April 19, 2017Hannah Stamp
The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association has recently announced the shortlist for their prestigious Keats-Shelley Prize 2017. The prize was established in 1998 and is an annual competition for poems and essays on Romantic themes. This year the theme is ‘To a Friend’ in order to commemorate the 200th anniversary of ... Read More
April 19, 2017Hannah Stamp
I’ve listened to a lot of solo piano music over the last few months while wondering if I can imagine Charles Causley’s interest in and appreciation of the piano – an instrument that for centuries has been so beautifully composed for and often so beautifully played. I wonder as ... Read More
April 12, 2017Hannah Stamp
We are pleased to announce that beginning on Monday 17th April and lasting until the following Sunday, Sarah Cave will take part in a short residency at Cyprus Well in Launceston.
Sarah is currently studying for an MA in poetry at Royal Holloway. She has had poetry, reviews and stories ... Read More
April 12, 2017Hannah Stamp
The latest Podcast begins with a series of poems and piano pieces arranged by Marcelo and Mac. The first poem is “Tabacaria” written as an homage to the Portugese poet Fernando Pessoa, who wrote under the ‘heteronym” Alvaro de Campos, a fictitious character who lived in Tavira where Marcelo ... Read More
April 6, 2017Hannah Stamp
Translate, I hear you say. Translate.
‘Sorel Point’ – Charles Causley
– William Jay Smith – reviewing Secret Destinations: Selected Poems in 1990 – praised Causley as cool and chaste – perhaps untranslatable to the omnipresent and overestimated baroque buffoonery of Smith’s contemporary American scene ... Read More
March 29, 2017Hannah Stamp
We are thrilled to present the first in a special series of podcasts to celebrate and share the work that is being created and showcased at Cyprus Well.
The series begins with Mac Dunlop, who is currently Mentor to our young Poet in Residence, Andrew Fentham. In the first ... Read More
March 22, 2017Hannah Stamp
When I began working for the Charles Causley Trust in September of last year, I was also beginning the third and final year of my degree in English and Creative Writing at Plymouth University. I was attracted to what was initially billed as a ten week internship because I ... Read More
March 15, 2017Hannah Stamp