welcome

from Coffee-House Poetry organiser, Anne-Marie Fyfe

New year, new course, strange destinations…

Creating last year’s enchantment-of-maps series has sent me off — as those of you captivated by that theme can imagine — in some beguiling & intriguing directions, leading to my developing, over the past few months, an exciting & inspirational new course (which you can read all about, see right).

Join us? Limited numbers, as always, so email coffpoetry@aol.com to book!

classes & courses

booking now

  • sun 22 feb—sun 26 apr, £280: the avian eye: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • fri 27 feb—sat 18 apr, £280: between the lines: 7-wk masterclass with cahal dallat

current
  • sun 25 jan—sun 29 mar, £280: strange destinations, familiar, hidden & elusive: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • fri 9 jan—sat 28 feb, £280: between the lines: 7-wk masterclass with cahal dallat
  • sun 4 jan—sun 8 mar, £280: an enchantment of maps: vision, cartography, inspiration: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe

recent
  • sun 26 oct—sun 21 dec, £280: an enchantment of maps: vision, cartography, inspiration: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • fri 31 oct—sat 20 dec, £280: between the lines: 7-wk masterclass with cahal dallat
  • sun 21 sep—sun 16 nov, £280: an enchantment of maps: vision, cartography, inspiration: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • fri 19 sep—sat 8 nov, £280: between the lines: 7-wk masterclass with cahal dallat
  • sun 29 jun—sun 24 aug: taking a walk: the poetry of footfall: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • sun 27 apr—sat 28 jun: root & branch: the enchantment of trees: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • fri 16 may—sat 5 jul: between the lines: 7-wk masterclass with cahal dallat
  • sun 30 mar—sat 7 jun: the avian eye: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • sun 2 mar—sat 3 may: beyond the blue: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • fri 21 feb—sat 12 apr: between the lines: 7-wk masterclass with cahal dallat
  • sun 26 jan—sat 29 mar: nocturne: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • sun 12 jan—sat 15 mar: home truth: architecture & longing: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
  • fri 10 jan—sat 1 mar: between the lines: 7-wk masterclass with cahal dallat

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next event

sun 22 feb—sun 26 apr, £280: the avian eye: 7-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe

The strange charm of the avian eye: ever been transfixed by that steady gaze, wondered why the ancients believed birds symbolised the soul, why legend insisted on transforming humans into flighted things? Perhaps you recall the simple wonder of a bird’s nest accidentally discovered, of watching flapping wings take off, of tracking bird footprints in wet sand?

Take wing on this intensely focused flight into birdworld mystery & myth, image & imagination – from archaeopteryx to Aristophanes to Anne Carson & Alice Oswald – where we’ll explore, from every altitude & angle, how these feathered ‘familiars’ hover over the psyche, roost in the atavistic self, enchant the auditory airscape with their irrepressible music & much more!

Sources & inspirations, poems & prose, facts & fantasy, thoughts & theories, & intriguing images in a range of visual art genres, together with directed writing tasks in stimulating forms & structures, all arriving in your inbox each Sunday for six weeks, followed by advice on editing your work, & ending with a detailed written appraisal of your excerpts.

Numbers limited, email coffpoetry@aol.com to apply, & booking link will be forwarded if place available.

events

  • wed 22 oct, 7.30pm: i dreamt i dwelt: irish composers and bedford park’s heyday with irish heritage & wb yeats bedford park project celebrating Bedford Park’s 150th anniversary
  • thu 12 jun, 7.30 for 8pm, £10: night & light & the half-light bedford park festival — yeats-birthday poetry night with special guest christopher reid
  • sun 15 jun, 2.30-5pm, £24: land of heart’s desire: wb yeats literary walk with cahal dallat

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