welcome
from Coffee-House Poetry organiser, Anne-Marie Fyfe
Tue 26th March: dazzlingly international prize night with (clockwise) judges Tom Sleigh in Brooklyn, Mona Arshi in Cambridge, & prizewinners (2nd) Simon Walsh in Vermont, (3rd) Jane Wilkinson in Norfolk, & (1st) Jennifer Harrison in Victoria, Australia, as well as commendeds from Toronto to Tasmania, plus Devon, Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Belfast, New South Wales, Surrey, etc (see below) & audience Zooming in from all around the world to hear great readings.
Plus, from Mona & Tom, some of their own work, & their words of wisdom on what makes a great poem, & why poetry matters!
Thanks to all who read & everyone who joined to support & celebrate such well-deserved wins. Check out poets, poems, & judges’ reports, on our poems page.
Also — see under classes & courses below — two new classes booking now!
classes & courses
- booking now
- sun 21 apr—sat 29 jun, £280: root & branch: the enchantment of trees: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series anne-marie fyfe
- fri 24 may—sat 13 jul, £280: between the lines #17 – focus on form#2, a 7-wk close reading & critical masterclass with cahal dallat
- current
- sun 7 apr—sat 15 jun, £280: the avian eye: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
- recent
- fri 16 feb—sat 6 apr: between the lines #16, a 7-wk close reading & critical masterclass with cahal dallat
- sun 11 feb—sat 13 apr: root & branch: the enchantment of trees: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series anne-marie fyfe
- sun 4 feb—sun 7 apr: taking a walk: the poetry of footfall: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
- sun 7 jan—sat 9 mar: root & branch: the enchantment of trees: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series anne-marie fyfe
- fri 5 jan—sat 24 feb: between the lines #15 – focus on form#1, a 7-wk close reading & critical masterclass with cahal dallat
- 2023
- sun 15 oct—sat 16 dec: solitary spaces: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series on solitude, with anne-marie fyfe
- fri 27 oct—sat 16 dec: between the lines #14, a 7-wk close reading & critical masterclass with cahal dallat
- sun 24 sep—sat 25 nov: the avian eye: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
- sun 3 sep—sat 4 nov: home truth: architecture & longing: 9-wk creative-writing workshop series with anne-marie fyfe
- sun 8 oct, 2.30-5pm: land of heart’s desire: wb yeats literary walk with cahal dallat for wb yeats bedford park project
See full details of classes and workshops
readings
- tue 26 mar, 8pm, free, online, troubadour international poetry prize night with judges mona arshi & tom sleigh, & 2023 prizewinners!
