Fiction Workshop Course with Kiare Ladner
- Nov 9, 2022 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm UTC0
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
Fiction Workshop Course with Kiare Ladner
“The resonance of human life is not about exotic places or dramatic experiences, but it’s about the quality of attention brought to bear.” Garth Greenwell
Calling novel writers, novella writers, short story wri
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
- Tags: creative writing, writing workshop, writing group
Past Events (2315)
Prioritise Your Writing with Alison Chandler
- Nov 9, 2022 from 10:30am to 1:00pm UTC0
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
To produce a full manuscript – whether it’s a novel or novella, a memoir, biography or a collection of stories – you need a love of writing, a willingness to grow as a writer and a lot of hard work. Practicing all three in the company of an encouragi
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
- Tags: prioritise your writing, writing workshop, find time to write
Write Into Childhood with Sita Brahmachari
- Nov 8, 2022 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm UTC0
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
‘Most of the basic material a writer works with is gathered before the age of fifteen.’
Willa Cather
Write into Childhood is a course for anyone who has ever been a child and is longing to re-wild their imaginations; who values childhood and young adul
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
- Tags: writing for children, writing ya fiction
Flash Fiction Workout with Giovanna Iozzi
- Nov 8, 2022 from 10:30am to 1:00pm UTC0
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
‘Flash is its own form, uniquely suited to innovation and experimentation…That’s what makes it so exciting to read and write. Flash fiction, done well, can be so mind-bending and fresh.’ Kathy Fish
In this new class, we will explore the exciting short
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
- Tags: write flash fiction, micro fiction, short story class
Introduction to Creative Writing Part 2 with Alison Chandler
- Nov 8, 2022 from 10:30am to 1:00pm UTC0
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
Introduction to Creative Writing Part 2 follows on from Part 1 but newcomers are very welcome.
This set of six sessions builds on the fundamentals of storytelling, looking in detail at ways to develop a sophisticated narrative and a sense of what your
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
- Tags: creative writing, writing workshop, start to write
Finding the Poem with Paul Lyalls
- Nov 7, 2022 at 6:30pm to Nov 8, 2022 at 9:00pm UTC0
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
Complete beginners to poetry sought; relative newcomers very welcome; seasoned poets, come along too! This is a course for anyone who wants to liberate their creativity and immerse themselves in the joy of language. Playful, fun, entertaining, enligh
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
HIDDEN HISTORIES, WRITING FOR CHILDREN with J.T. WILLIAMS
- Nov 6, 2022 from 11:00am to 1:00pm UTC0
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
J.T. WILLIAMS: HIDDEN HISTORIES, WRITING FOR CHILDREN
6 November, 11am-1pm; Zoom delivery, cost £25
Whose stories do we get to hear in historical fiction? How do we flip the narrative to open up space to hear a more diverse range of voices? Using a ric
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
- Tags: writing masterclasses, hidden histories, writing for children
Learn to make a Kimono Saturday 5th November, 10:30-2:30pm £55.00
- Nov 5, 2022 from 10:30am to 2:30pm UTC0
- Location: Stitch Crafts and Classes, 364 Green Lanes, (inside Post Office entrance) Palmers Green, N13 5XL
- Description:
Learn to sew a Kimono with the fabulous Pat Stevens!
In one day you will learn this easy design and enhance your garment sewing skills. The end result is that you have a beautiful kimono that can be used any time of the year.
Our 4 hour class is small
- Added By: Suzanne Kelly
- Tags: sewing class, sewing workshop, kimono
COMEDY NIGHT
- Nov 4, 2022 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm UTC0
- Location: All Good Bookshop
- Description:
The Comedy Club show-cases some of the most exciting rising stars of London’s vibrant, contemporary circuit. Come & check out some of London’s emerging comedy talent, while they’re still fresh, eager and cheap.
Featuring tonight:
MADAME CHANDELIER
TED
- Added By: All Good Bookshop
- Tags: comedy, night, fun, nightout, bookshop
Chris Batchelor-Mark Lockheart Quartet
- Nov 3, 2022 from 8:00am to 10:00am UTC0
- Location: MAAD, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
- Description:
Mark Lockheart is a multi-award-winning tenor sax player who first made his name working with seminal band Loose Tubes in the eighties, and whose mastery of modern jazz has kept him at the forefront of the music ever since.
Co-founder of the universal
- Added By: Collage Arts
Tunisian Crochet, Tuesday 1st November, 6:30-8:30pm £40.00
- Nov 1, 2022 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm UTC0
- Location: Stitch Crafts and Classes, 364 Green Lanes, (inside Post Office entrance) Palmers Green, N13 5XL
- Description:
Come and join us at Stitch and learn Tunisian Crochet with Sharon Wallin
Learn this effective yet simple design which uses a combination of knitting and crochet techniques. Tunisian Crochet (also known as Afghan) makes a dense and squishy fabric with
- Added By: Suzanne Kelly
- Tags: crochet, crochet classes, workshop
Bowes Park Folk Club presents Mick Ryan and Paul Downes
- Oct 30, 2022 from 2:45pm to 5:00pm UTC0
- Location: Shaftesbury Hall, N11 2QN
- Description:
Tickets £8/ £6 u18 buy online - https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/event/Mick-Ryan-and-Paul-Downes
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE!
Long awaited return of two giants of the folk scene. Shining writing, singing and playing - and always entertain
- Added By: Anne Heagney
Sashiko - Learn the art of visible mending! Saturday 29th October, 10:30 - 12:30pm and Saturday 05th November, 10:30 - 12:30pm £50.00
- Oct 29, 2022 at 5:00pm UTC+01 to Nov 5, 2022 at 8:00pm UTC0
- Location: Stitch Crafts and Classes, 364 Green Lanes, (inside Post Office entrance) Palmers Green, N13 5XL
- Description:
THIS IS A TWO WEEK COURSE.
Have you been inspired by the Sewing Bee, to try the art of the Japanese mending technique of Sashiko?
Are your favourite garments becoming unwearable with holes and frays?
Are you keen to learn how to repair them rather than
- Added By: Suzanne Kelly
- Tags: sashiko, hand sewing, upcycling, class, workshop
Miles Mindlin
- Oct 27, 2022 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm UTC+01
- Location: MAAD, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
- Description:
We are delighted to welcome back Miles Mindlin who first performed at Karamel along with Noah Stoneman at the age of 16.
London-based Jazz guitarist, Miles Mindlin (now 21) has been gigging professionally since the age of 14. He has played at some of
- Added By: Collage Arts
SPOKEN WORD NIGHT
- Oct 27, 2022 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm UTC+01
- Location: All Good Bookshop
- Description:
An evening of Spoken Word performances.
What is Spoken Word?
Spoken Word is any style of writing that can be performed. For example, poetry, prose, monologues, recitals, comedy, shopping lists...
SET UP
There are 20 performance slots of 5 minutes each
- Added By: All Good Bookshop
- Tags: spoken, word, poetry, prose, fiction, monologues, bookshop
Tomorrow’s Warriors presents JAM String Collective
- Oct 20, 2022 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm UTC+01
- Location: MAAD, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
- Description:
Tomorrow’s Warriors presents JAM String Collective. A Contemporary Jazz String trio playing original compositions and arrangements featuring Julia Dos Reis (viola), Annalise Lam (violin), and Miranda Lewis-Brown (cello).
The trio plays their own re-im
- Added By: Collage Arts
Macramé Mirror Wall Hanging with local artist Jennifer @theknotpullar, Thursday 20th October, 7-9pm
- Oct 20, 2022 at 7:00pm to Oct 21, 2022 at 9:00am UTC+01
- Location: Stitch Crafts and Classes, 364 Green Lanes, (inside Post Office entrance) Palmers Green, N13 5XL
- Description:
Come and join local artist Jennifer Pullar @theknotpullar
Macramé has had a huge comeback in recent years and what better time to learn this amazing skill than now! The piece that is being taught in this class is a great piece to add to your home for
- Added By: Suzanne Kelly
- Tags: macrame, crafting classes, crafting workshops, workshops, classes, palmers green
Third Thursday Quiz
- Oct 20, 2022 from 7:00am to 10:00am UTC+01
- Location: All Good Bookshop
- Description:
A quiz night in a bookshop?
What a brilliant idea!
Come on your own, or in a team of up to four people and pit your wits against each other in a bid to win a percentage of the pot!
(To quote the Simpsons "Zero is a percentage isn't it?")
No, really there
- Added By: All Good Bookshop
- Tags: quiz, night, bookshop, prizes
Easy energy-saving at home: Talk by Alex Hartley
- Oct 18, 2022 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm UTC+01
- Location: Muswell Hill Methodist Church
- Description:
Green Open Homes 2022
Talk: Easy energy-saving at home - Alex Hartley, Energias
Tuesday 18th October, 7.30pm (in person only)
Muswell Hill Methodist Church, 28 Page's Lane, N10 1PP (directions here)
Hosted by Muswell Hill Sustainability Group
Join us
- Added By: Muswell Hill Sustainability
WRITING AT THE INTERSECTION with NAZRENE HANIF: a Sunday masterclass on Zoom
- Oct 16, 2022 from 11:00am to 1:00pm UTC+01
- Location: Zoom Online from Writing Room
- Description:
NAZRENE HANIF: WRITING AT THE INTERSECTION
16 October, 11am-1pm; Zoom delivery, cost £25
‘A human being, every human being, is complicated – layers upon layers of ideas, feelings, perceptions, recollections, reactions, desires and dreams…’ Elif Shafak
- Added By: Carmel Shortall
- Tags: writing masterclass, writing at the intersection, writing identity
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Upcoming events at Karamel.
Monday 2 November to Monday 16 November – Green Open Homes 2026 . Free tours of local energy-efficient homes plus some free speaker evenings. Muswell Hill Sustainability Group in association with Muswell Hill and Fortis Green Association.
The Fireworks and Drone Festival in the Park is on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 this year.
Saturday 7 November – Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven’s Fifth in *St James Church*, Muswell Hill, 7pm.
Sunday 8 November – Remembrance Sunday at St. Andrew’s Church 10am and St.Saviour’s War Memorial 3pm.
Thursday 12 November – There’s magic in the air … at HLSI, 11 South Grove Highgate, 7.30pm. Magicians!
Friday 13 -22 November – EFG London Jazz Festival at Karamel N22.
Saturday 21 November – Muswell Hill Creatives Winter Makers Fair at St James Square, Muswell Hill, 10.30-4.30pm.
Sunday 22 November – Tottenham Community Choir: annual concert at St Philip’s Church N15, 4.30-6.30pm.
Sunday 29 November – Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Andrew at St Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 3.30pm.
Saturday 5 December – Muswell Hill Creatives Winter Makers Market in Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End Broadway, 11.30-5pm.
Thursday 10 December – Bowes Park Community Choir Winter Concert at Bounds Green Junior School N11, 7.45pm.
Details of Advent and Christmas services at St. Andrew's Church.
Ongoing courses and activities
Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturdays during term time at Rhodes Avenue Primary School (Art Room), 12-2pm.
Illustrating children’s books, course for adults – Wednesday mornings at the Alexandra Palace East Court, 10- 12.00pm. 23 September – 2 December 2026.
Wellness session: Bolly Dance and Music – weekly on Wednesday evenings starting 22 July at The Community Hub, 8 Caxton Road Wood Green, 6.30-7.30pm.
Weekly 25 minute Relaxation Class (online) on Thursdays, 9.30-9.55am. On Zoom.
Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm.
Women’s BJJ Beginner’s Course on Thursday evenings from 7 to 28 May at Origin BJJ Team N22, 2nd floor Cypress House, 2 Coburg Road N22 6UJ, 5-6pm.
Women-only Jiu-Jitsu Classes on Thursday evenings in March at Alexandra Park School, 6.30-7.30pm.
Women’s BJJ Sessions (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) – fun, fitness and self-defence on Sundays, 9-10am. At Origin BJJ North London, 2nd floor Cypress House, 2 Coburg Road N22 6UJ.
Reading Latin for Pleasure on Thursdays at 2-4pm at Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate N6 6BS.
Colourwheel Art Classes for adults on Thursday mornings or afternoons at St. Andrews Church Hall, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DD.
H.A.T.E. Club - Hobby and Tabletop enthusiasts, adult-only gaming club - Wednesday evenings at Karamel, 5.30-10.30pm.
Painting for Fun – Thursdays 8 January to 26 March, at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm.
Haringey Circle: late morning Creative Coffee Drop-In on Thursday mornings at Oita Cafe, the Green Rooms, Station road N22, 11-1.30pm.
Haringey Circle: Paws and Walk dog walk on the last Thursday of every month in Ally Pally, 10-11.30am. Meet outside Ally Pally station.
The 22nd Southgate Beavers have spaces for years 2 and 3 children. Southgate Scout group.
The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution in Pond Square is offering an exciting array of courses.
Museum of Homelessness will be open from 17 April to 1 November, at the Manor House Lodge, inside Finsbury Park, Seven Sisters Road N4 2DE 12.30-4.30pm.
Geekstraveganza – regular boardgame meetup on these dates at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.
Em Power fitness classes – 9am on Mondays & Thursdays (term time only), focusing on strength. All abilities welcome!
Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra rehearses Tuesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.
After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.
V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.
Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.
All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.