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Robin Houghton

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Blog/ 17/08/202019/08/2020

Exciting times

There I was, thinking of applying to do an MA in Creative Writing, when I realised that wasn’t quite what I wanted. Five […]

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Blog/ 05/08/202005/08/2020

Advice to a poet, and a curious birthday thing

Q: Who are these poets and what do they (almost) have in common? (Answers below…) Advice lines Recently I came across this delightful […]

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audio/ 26/07/202027/07/2020

Current reading and other news

Current reading … and a parrot Camilla’s Bookshop is open again in Eastbourne after an arson attack, and I can report that the […]

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Blog/ 12/07/2020

Those tips from Don Paterson again…

I was doing a bit of editing yesterday and looked back on some of the notes I’d made from various workshops, and then […]

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Blog/ 10/07/2020

A couple of found antique mini-books

As you may know, I’m fond of a mini-book, mini poetry books in particular, and I came across these recently among my memorabilia. […]

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Angst/ 30/06/2020

On a literary education (or lack of), dealing with the social media hate-storms, etc

Is it the end of June already? I wonder how you’re getting on. Well, I hope. If you need a shot of positivity, […]

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Blog/ 19/06/2020

Getting all Elizabethan, new writing and emerging from the gloom

I’m not sure what it’s taken but I’ve started writing again. Not a great outpouring, but something. Maybe it’s been the eclectic reading […]

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Blog/ 02/06/2020

Poetry Magazines Submissions Windows list updated

It’s out – the latest list of UK & Irish poetry magazines with their URLs, submission windows info and other stuff. There are […]

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Blog/ 30/05/202030/05/2020

Sun, secrets and submissions

OK, what I’ve been up to generally Greetings from the Sunshine Coast. I can’t remember the last time it rained here, but the water […]

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Blog/ 12/05/202011/05/2020

Musings on Mantel, comps deadlines and a lovely Rock Rose

And so it goes on Life has settled into a gentle daily routine, namely breakfast (in the garden most days until this cold […]

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