A new month means new Causley Trust events to add to your calendar!
Join our adult poetry writing workshop inspired by Charles Causley at The Orchard Centre, Tuesday 14 March, 7-9pm:
Our 2023 poet-in-residence Rachel Piercey will be leading a fun and friendly poetry writing workshop inspired by Charles Causley. Adult poets ... Read More
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2022 International Poetry Competition. Thank you for your patience. This year we received a vast number of entries, and the competition was incredibly close. We wanted to thank each person who entered this year, in addition to our hard-working judges.
Our first place ... Read More
We are pleased to announce two digital poetry workshops with Rachel Piercey, our 2023 Writer in Residence. Taking place on Saturday 11th March from 3-6pm and on Wednesday 15th March from 6.30-9.30pm, the sessions are open to poets who write for adults and poets who write for children.
From Rachel Piercey:
I am ... Read More
We are thrilled to announce an upcoming Poetry Open Mic Evening with our 2023 Writer in Residence Rachel Piercey, hosted by The Byre.
Join us on Wednesday 22nd March from 7pm onwards at The Byre in Launceston Town Centre for a poetry open mic evening with Poet and children’s writer, Rachel ... Read More
Our 2023 Young People's Poetry Competition will be launching on the 1st of February. Watch this space for when this year's theme and head judge are revealed!
Time and the hour thinned away…(1)
…as I pass through 13th-century Southgate Arch and turn left at the 1930s Red Room Café down Angel Hill (2) – steep and narrow as in some Tuscan hillside villagio (where it would be Collina dell’Angelo) and across Dockacre Road, deeper yet, into the shady, ... Read More
The human imagination is our most powerful innate resource. We are born with an imagination that can be used to help or hinder us during our lives. Most of us don't even realise that we can utilise the imagination to improve our life and health and live more positively, day ... Read More
As the end of 2022 draws near, our team are reflecting on the work we have undertaken this past year. Though the last twelve months have flown by for us at The Charles Causley Trust, they have been full of activity. This year, we’ve hosted a range of events and ... Read More
Last Friday (4th of November 2022) marked nineteen years since the passing of Charles Causley. Arthur Wills, Town Archivist and former Mayor of Launceston, tells us about his memories of Charles and how his poems are records not only of his own life, but also of the history of Launceston.
KD: ... Read More
What an evening to be remembered! Beneath the shrouded mists of time in the historic town of Launceston, a night of Folklore and paranormal is celebrated through poetic verse, music, expert speakers, and ghostly walks. Around the Southwest of England and especially Cornwall, the land is steeped in Cornish mythology, ... Read More
*Please note this retreat is now fully booked.
Join award-winning poets Katrina Naomi and Fiona Benson from the 3rd-5th of February 2023 and develop your poetry at our residential weekend at the beautiful Trevadlock Manor, in the heart of the Cornish countryside near Launceston.
For full details, please read our digital ... Read More
Séan Hewitt, Head judge of this year’s Charles Causley International Poetry Competition, is an award-winning Poet. Born in Warrington in 1990, he received his PHD from Liverpool University on the works of ‘J.M Synge’. Other works include his debut pamphlet, Lantern (2019) which was short listed for The Michael Marks ... Read More