On the music & poetry trail in Suffolk
We had a wonderful couple of days in Suffolk last week. First of all on the Benjamin Britten Trail, the highlight of which […]
Author: Robin Houghton
In praise of the ‘zine
I love the idea of giving birth to an arts/literary magazine. I dream about it and go through possible plans for it, in the […]
And lo … the teeny window of acceptances doth open
Waiting to hear the results of submissions can be like waiting for the interest rate to change – something could happen today, next month […]
Bring up the poems (are they dead or sleeping?)
As part of my autumn poetry reactivation plan (sounds good, eh?) I’ve signed up for an online course from the Poetry’s School with […]
Latest on Telltale, plus forthcoming events
Having just emerged from a book-writing marathon I’m now fighting a cold and the urge to feel pathetically sorry for myself! Not helped […]
On persistence, or, another submissions stock-take
Being back early from our hols due to N spraining his ankle, I found I had a day ‘in hand’ and was strangely […]
Guest Post: “A Self-Publishing Blueprint” by Bud Smith
Another brilliantly useful blog post by Bud Smith – a straight-talking piece about self-publishing. Although his example isn’t a book of poetry, most […]
Swindon Festival of Poetry
Hurray! First of all I managed to snag a place on the Don Share workshop in October in Swindon (before it sold out) […]
Poetry Library takes The Great Vowel Shift
OK so it doesn’t sound like a big deal, but the email from the Poetry Library says they get sent between 200 and […]
Stanza Bonanza – Brighton & Palmers Green
It was a lovely evening at the Poetry Cafe last night – and a very high standard of readings I felt – there was music […]