Home again, and deadlines approaching
The Swindon Poetry Festival over, I’m now catching up with stuff, looking at my book purchases (actually there are a couple of books […]
Author: Robin Houghton
An aside from Swindon
Although I’m currently officially blogging the Poetry Swindon Festival over at Festival Chronicle, this is my own blog so I thought I’d put […]
And so to the Tent Palace…
… of the Delicious Air. This will be the venue from tomorrow until Monday for the Poetry Swindon Festival (or is that the […]
Forward Prizes, Poetry Book Fair – big poetry week
It’s a good thing it’s pouring with rain today as I have every excuse to stay indoors, write, bake bread and plan this […]
New: how-to guide to submitting to UK poetry magazines, plus new collaborations
New book! With the UK poetry magazines submissions windows spreadsheet becoming so popular, I’ve decided to take it step further: a how-to booklet […]
UK Poetry Magazines Submissions Windows – updated
It’s ‘back to school’, and back to the submissions, folks … I’ve been updating my list and am just awaiting a couple of […]
Catchup for a rainy day – news, upcoming etc
With a real sense of summer coming to an end, I just wanted to mention a few things before August is up, and […]
A few thoughts on ‘truth’
One of the things I like very much about the US poetry magazine Rattle is the ‘Conversation’ at the back. It’s basically editor […]
Recent reading: Hugh Dunkerley & Antony Mair
OK, so July wasn’t a prolific blogging month for me but I did an awful lot of gardening (well, watering), singing (in Westminster […]
“Patience is the master key to every situation”
Another wonderful article from Brain Pickings, this time Rilke on ‘the lonely patience of creative work.’ Solitude and patience are essential to creative […]