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Back to school, current reading & looking forward

by Robin Houghton on September 18, 2019
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Back. After twelve days or so away I’m feeling positively autumnal and a bit ‘back to school’ (garden looking blousy, woollies coming out the wardrobe, wondering when Masterchef starts, etc).…

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A few thoughts from Virginia Woolf on praise and fame

by Robin Houghton on August 20, 2019
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Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary is proving a rich source of inspiration. On the subject of a writer’s insecurity, it’s refreshing to find the same things bothered her that do…

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London Undercurrents at Clapham Bookshop

by Robin Houghton on August 16, 2019
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Joolz Sparkes and Hilaire have been collaborating on London Undercurrents for a number of years and I was delighted when it was published by Holland Park Press earlier this year.…

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Summer reading, thinking & waiting

by Robin Houghton on July 24, 2019
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After a couple of weeks of what’s felt like full-on socialising in our sunny garden, I’m enjoying a quiet day alone catching up, which means giving my blogs a little…

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New reading: Magma 74 and the Laureate’s Choice Anthology

by Robin Houghton on June 24, 2019
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The new edition of Magma, edited by Benedict Newbery and Pauline Sewards, is dedicated to ‘work’, a subject close to my heart. It’s always puzzled me why there appears to be…

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Look what I found! Virginia Woolf’s ‘A Writer’s Diary’

by Robin Houghton on June 18, 2019
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… Fourth Impression (1965) with a foreword by Leonard Woolf. Hogarth Press! Original dust jacket bearing Vanessa Bell’s design! I found it at Much Ado Books in Alfriston, well worth…

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Currently reading: Kaminsky, Hickman

by Robin Houghton on June 16, 2019
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Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic came through the post from the Poetry Book Society, swathed in accolades. Looking at the title my first thought was of Raymond Antrobus’s The Perseverance, also…

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Estuary English

by Robin Houghton on April 11, 2019
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It seems as if class and regional differences are very much to the fore at the moment. No surprise there I suppose, nor the increased discussion of accent as a…

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Recent reading: Janet Sutherland, Poetry magazine

by Robin Houghton on February 7, 2019
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Alongside making updates to the look and feel of this site (and general online spring cleaning) I’ve been enjoying some stimulating reading lately. The January edition of Poetry has yielded…

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What Mary Oliver said about distractions

by Robin Houghton on January 20, 2019
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One of the first books I bought and consumed (once I started thinking it possible I could write the odd semi-decent poem) was Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook, along with…

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