The Reenchantment Cafe

Reenchantment is about re-engaging with the fascination, wonder, and delight, the magic and mystery, the effervescent spark of aliveness at the heart of all that is.

The Reenchantment Café is the space where I will share lots of things that (re)enchant me: creative writing and the creative process (I’m a writer), books that have enthralled me, personal magical experiences, and to kick off, my take on the English language.

The Stuff English Does project - the first room of The Reenchantment Cafe to open its doors - is the result of many many years of stopping and noticing my own language, seeing patterns, joining dots and shaking my head in wonder.

English is a never-ending source of fascination and wonder (as are all languages), a dynamic, generative, ongoing process of co-creation by its speakers. And yet we take it for granted.

From asskickery and avocado hand to zumbathons and zenning out … boohoo barriers and fatbergs, moos and dougalists, techno tots, humblebrags, moronic acid… but more than a left-brainy collection of words, the Stuff English Does project is a deep dive into the living, breathing language of every day.

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