September is here! After months of sunny weather, we are looking forward to the start of cosy evenings and wintery walks. For us at the Causley Trust, our summer events and programmes are ending and a new line up for autumn is in the works. Read on for a look at what we have planned for the next month and into October …

North Cornwall Book Festival Author Tour with novelist Clare Chambers

Sunday 11th September, 7:30 pm, Eagle House Hotel in Launceston. Tickets: £8

Join us on the 11th September to hear all about novelist Clare Chamber’s latest book, Small Pleasures. The haunting yet funny novel was a word of mouth fiction hit in 2020 before making the Woman’s Prize longlist. Set in a manicured 1950s south London suburb, not far from where Clare and her husband raised their family, it’s the tale of a woman who claims to have had a virgin birth, and of Jean Swinney, the local journalist who becomes obsessed by her story. Described by the Evening Standard as “gripping, tender and perfectly formed”  it saw Clare likened to Austen, Pym and Larkin and was unsurprisingly raced through multiple reprints in hardback.

Find out more about the book and Clare at our event, tickets cost just £8. You can secure your ticket via the Endelienta Arts website.

Memoir Workshop Weekend with Sophie Pierce and Tanya Shadrick

Friday 30th September – Monday 3rd October. Trevadlock Manor. Packages between £200-£400. Email info@causleytrust.org for all enquiries. 

Join us from 30th September to the 3rd of October 2022 for an immersive weekend workshop for beginning and emerging non-fiction writers who want to give new life to past experiences. Memoir writers Tanya Shadrick (The Cure for Sleep) and Sophie Pierce (The Green Hill) will help you explore surprising and powerful ways to bring your places and people onto the page. Whether you are writing about your life for personal meaning, or you hope to craft a memoir for publication, this workshop will help you tap into your memories and bring them into shape. This residential weekend will take place at the beautiful Trevadlock Manor in the heart of the Cornish countryside near Launceston. See our dedicated website page for full information!

A Causley Halloween

Friday 28th October, Launceston Town Hall. 

More details for our Halloween event will be released soon … watch this space!

New programmes for the autumn at The Maker 

Digital Writer’s Diaries:

We are thrilled to be welcoming Sue Wallace-Shaddad to The Maker in our new series ‘Digital Writer’s Diaries.’ Sue will be publishing two blogs a month, giving you an insight into her life as a writer.

The return of publication weeks:

The Maker’s monthly publication weeks will return in the autumn! Stay tuned for October’s Call for Content⁠

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