Dzifa Benson, originally from Ghana, has been writing for many years. More recently, she has been wowing audiences as a performance poet.

Dzifa Benson writes poems, short stories and radio plays. She is currently working on her first novel and a documentary about the evolution of African music. Her music and film journalism has appeared in the Guardian, Evening Standard and Trace magazine. A featured writer in the Tell Tales Volume One short story anthology and national tour in 2004, she has performed poetry and read short stories to audiences at the Tate Britain Gallery, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Speakeasy in Manchester and at the Westwords Literary Festival in west London.

She leads and facilitates the Shepherds Bush Library Creative Writing Workshop and is the co-founder of the Literature Foundry, an organisation that aims to provide and support literature development in West London.

If you would like to have Dzifa perform at your event, or find out when her next performance is please email here

Trevor Nelson interview

Fabulation - Theatre review

Babel Junction - Theatre Review

Poetry - Bottom Power

Poetry - In The Green Hour

Dzifa catches up with Jonzi D and his new production Tag. Me vs The City

Dzifa chats to Nutz P and HT from the Choong Family

Dzifa interviews Z*

Dzifa Benson talks to acclaimed writer Courttia Newland

If you would like to have Dzifa perform at your event, email here

Writers’ block, finding the mood to write, building creative stamina, and staying disciplined are just some of the problems most writers face. In these sessions led by Anjan Saha and Dzifa Benson, you will work within a supportive environment to strengthen your writing muscle and explore all forms of writing from poetry to script writing. Work from this collective will be featured in the upcoming Westwords Festival at the Bush Theatre and Lyric Theatre later this Spring.

About the tutors:

Anjan Saha is a London poet and short story writer. In 1996 he founded Midnight Ink, a literature and live art development project based at the Riverside Studios, London. Since then he has gone on to tour with Renaissance One "KIN" and performed across the globe from the Jazz Cafe in Czech Republic to Mumbai, India. He has received numerous commissions including Tate Britain and Ipswich Arts Festival. Between 2002/5 he was a member of the seminal writing collective Poetry Kitchen and has written and performed three critically acclaimed shows; Mathematics of Rain, Tales from the Cooking Pot and most recently with his band Lost Luggage - the Art of Travelling Lightly.

Dzifa Benson writes poems, short stories and radio plays. She is currently working on her first novel and a documentary about the evolution of African music. Her music and film journalism has appeared in the Guardian, Evening Standard and Trace magazine. A featured writer in the Tell Tales Volume One short story anthology and national tour in 2004, she has performed poetry and read short stories to audiences at the Tate Britain Gallery, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Speakeasy in Manchester and at the Westwords Literary Festival in west London.

WHEN? Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm – 9pm
WHERE? Shepherds Bush Library, Meeting room
HOW DO I JOIN? Call us for an initial discussion and then come along!
HOW MUCH? £2 per session
CONTACT:Anjan Saha / 07973 709 315 / e: anjan@anjansaha.com
Dzifa Benson / e: dzifa_b@hotmail.com

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