Robin Houghton

Blog/ 16/04/2021

Drum roll please, the essay is submitted (and other news)

End of my first year on the MA Poetry & Poetics On Tuesday I submitted my Spring term essay (HURRAH!), and well before […]

I’m expecting my granddaughter to be offered a book deal any time now. Last week she gave me a card with a question […]

Blog/ 27/03/2021

I recently had a text from one of my stepdaughters who was passing on a question from her five-year-old: “Nana, how are poems […]

It’s been a busy few weeks. To tell the truth, I’m feeling a little over-exposed. You know how annoying it is: Poet X […]

Blog/ 26/02/2021

This is the second in my mini-series on UK & Irish poetry magazines. The three featured today are all long-standing publications. Stand started […]

Blog/ 17/02/2021

I’m very pleased to be taking part in an online reading this coming Friday 19th February at 1pm. Live Canon, the lovely publisher […]

Blog/ 06/02/2021

This is the first of a mini-series about print poetry magazines. Although I do my quarterly spreadsheet, there’s no room for any description […]

Blog/ 28/01/2021

After the excitement of having my site invaded last week, and the subsequent tsunami of ‘new posts’ about ‘how to make a salad’ […]

Blog/ 22/01/2021

I do apologise for the spammy ‘post notifications’ that just went out. It seems my blog was targeted by something nasty. I hope […]

Blog/ 15/01/2021

I was reminded recently why I left Facebook some years ago. Things were getting too toxic for my liking, and I was a […]