“… life, literature, and the pursuit of happiness in the famous Troubadour cellar-club, London’s liveliest and best–loved poetry landmark since the 1950s …”
Former US Poet-Laureate Billy Collins on the Troubadour’s 60th birthday as a writer’s café…
Thanks to the zeal of its many managers and promoters, the Troubadour has evolved over its 60 year history from a hidden-away beatnik coffee house to a world famous center for the performance of music and poetry. Its walls have become storied, and if only the place had halls, they would be hallowed. The Troubadour was the scene of the first reading I gave in the UK, and I count myself among the long line of poets who are eager to return and darken its doorway again.
welcome
from Coffee-House Poetry organiser, Anne-Marie Fyfe
A great ending to our summer season with #poetryparty Endings (see right) but still lots of poetry through the summer: just back from the John Hewitt Summer School in Armagh just finished (poets included Billy Collins, Kathryn Maris, Mona Arshi, Kerry Hardie, Fiona Benson, Mary Jean Chan, Tamar Yoseloff, Billy Ramsell, Nessa O’Mahony, Siobhan Campbell, Sarah Clancy & Zaffar Kunial), with our own #coffeehousepoetry residential course, Summer Poetry in the Glens of Antrim at the end of this month.
But what to do with all the great poems you’re writing this summer? Check our Troubadour International Poetry prize judged, this year by Pat Boran & Kathryn Maris: deadline’s October but submissions already stacking up!
And watch out for lots more exciting Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour happenings in the autumn.
Have a great, & poetically prolific, summer!
classes & courses
#sundaygallery workshops 12-4 pm: £35 at the troubadour
- advance booking only via PayPal or cheque to Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box 16210, LONDON W4 1ZP
(#sundaygallery classes ended on 23 jun but see courses & classes ‘elsewhere’ below): & check back later or join our e-list for news of autumn #sundaygallery workshops…)
poetry elsewhere…
- mon 26 aug to sat 31 aug, summer poetry in the glens of antrim, carnlough with anne-marie fyfe & cahal dallat
