Alice Oswald at the BBC
Something different. I answered the Poetry Society’s call for audience members at a recording of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book Club’. The guest […]
Author: Robin Houghton
You should try local cuisine wherever you travel
Conveniently envisioneer goal-oriented alignments for vertical leadership. Seamlessly engineer market positioning processes without high-payoff applications. Compellingly conceptualize customized web-readiness after stand-alone platforms. Assertively […]
Poetry & alcohol, contentious essays and more
Ah, December. The month when I may be found stressing over the kerning and leading of some choir’s concert programme, editing singers’ lengthy […]
Your smile is the only accessory you’ll ever need
Distinctively iterate effective benefits rather than best-of-breed materials. Authoritatively initiate timely portals without team driven convergence. Globally brand scalable testing procedures before market […]
Updated – poetry magazine submissions windows
It’s December which means I’m updating the list of magazine submissions windows. If you ordered A Guide to Getting Published in UK Poetry Magazines […]
Kay Syrad, Josephine Corcoran – short reviews
A couple of brief reviews of collections I’ve been reading: Inland – Kay Syrad (Cinnamon, 2018) (£8.99) There’s nothing predictable or familiar in […]
Small milestones
At the end of October it was my birthday, and over a boozy supper my dear husband suggested we do a ‘dry November’. […]
The new ‘How to’ guide is finally done…
Things have been a bit quiet on this blog for the last month, mainly because I’ve been full-on with the new booklet which […]
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 […]
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 […]