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 […]
Author: Robin Houghton
“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 […]
Discovering poetry podcasts
I’ve come rather late to the podcast party, although my good friend Lucy has often sung their praises. Before my longish train journey […]
Notes on a poetry residential at Garsdale
I’m back from an inspirational week at the Garsdale Retreat, on a poetry residential course that deserved to be full but wasn’t – […]
UPDATED – list of UK poetry magazines submissions windows
I’ve now done the quarterly update of my PDF list of UK poetry magazines submissions windows, with live links to their submissions guidelines […]
A forthcoming retreat | writing vs bathroom | Swindon Festival
Retreating Next week I’m off to the Garsdale Retreat for a week tutored by Ian Duhig and guest reader Hannah Lowe. I’m excited […]
Stop the GDPR madness! Small poetry presses & arts organisations please read
This isn’t the usual subject for my blog. I try not to mix (marketing) business with (poetry) pleasure. But as the emails about […]
From Picasso to Garsdale: news roundup
Taking a leaf out of Peter Kenny’s book, here are seven items from the imaginary newsdesk at Kenny Houghton Towers (sorry Peter – but as […]
Poems coming out, new anthology, currently reading etc
Intro/bit of a rant etc (skip this if you’d rather go straight to The Poetry stuff) Where has the month gone? (Rhetorical question.) […]
Readings, and a Garsdale (re)treat booked
Well the submissions list was popular… I hope you managed to get some poems out before some of the deadlines. I’ve got a […]