As we pass signs for Menacuddle and Easy Money I take a moment to question how I’m about to react to these place names. Sitting next to me is Luke, a writer and scholar on Jack Clemo, who is showing me around some of Cornwall by car. Having grown up ... Read More
People have been asking to read the winning poems from this years competition ahead of the awards ceremony in April. Here's Claire Dyer's winning entry 'Trust and the Horse' for you.We’ll share each of the other winning and highly commended poems here every Friday in the lead up to the ... Read More
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2015 Charles Causley Poetry Prize judged by Professor Anthony Caleshu of Plymouth University and shortlisted by a panel drawn from the English faculties of Falmouth, Plymouth and Exeter University – Dr. Kym Martindale, Dr. Miriam Darlington, and Professor Ronald Tamplin.The Winners:1st ... Read More
The Charles Causley Trust have appointed a Development Officer to deliver the ‘Spark to Flame’ project which takes its name from Causley’s poem, Kelly Wood, and aims to preserve and promote the legacy of Charles Causley in Cornwall and beyond.Jennifer McDerra took up the post in September 2015 with a ... Read More
There’s something striking about a house on a hill. So many stories start with one.With some apprehension, I arrived at Charles Causley’s House on Ridgegrove Hill in the second week of January to take up my place as the next poet-in-residence. Though the house sits on the side of a ... Read More
The Charles Causley Trust is delighted to announce Isabel Galleymore as their next writer in residence. Galleymore will take up the post for three months commencing in January 2016 and will be based at the poet Charles Causley’s former home in Launceston.Galleymore is a gifted young poet ... Read More
The Charles Causley Trust was delighted to welcome our prize winning poets to Launceston last week for a super event in the company of Dr Alyson Hallett, Kathryn Simmonds and Jim Causley.The Trust would like to thank everyone for helping to make such a superb evening, and all those who ... Read More
2014 Charles Causley Poetry Competition Winner, Angela Readman
The Charles Causley Trust is delighted to announce the winners of the 2014 Charles Causley Poetry Competition, in aid of the upkeep and on-going programme of Writing Residencies and Literature events in the late poet’s house in Launceston, Cornwall.The competition ... Read More
Don’t miss Jim Causley & Lukas Drinkwater at Exeter Phoenix this month!
Jim and Lukas will be showcasing new material they are writing together, offering a 21st century perspective on traditional song. Five times BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Causley is renowned for his warm stage presence and his rich ... Read More
The Charles Causley Poetry Competition is closed and the winners have been informed.Many thanks and very best wishes to all the poets who entered. The field was very strong. The prize winners have been chosen and informed in person, and will be announced in the New Year on our websites.
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One of the most striking things about living in Charles Causley’s house is the quality of silence that inhabits it.It is not just the absence of noise that is remarkable, but the density of the quietness, the materiality of it. I can only put this down to the fact that ... Read More
Trustee of The Charles Causley Trust Patrick Gale is a featured writer in the 2014 South West Reading Passport. In a recently uploaded video he talks about libraries, the Reading Passport, his current projects and much more. Go Patrick!Supported by Arts Council England, the Reading Passport is a joint project ... Read More