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What I’ve been up to, and look ahead to Aldeburgh

by Robin Houghton on November 3, 2015

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Just a quick update and a look ahead to the weekend … I was excited to see the T S Eliot Prize shortlist, especially as it included the excellent debut collection from…

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The Reading List week 9: Malone, Maitreyabandhu, Man

by Robin Houghton on October 22, 2015

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This week, three books by men, all with names starting with M, all with (pretty much) monochrome cover art and three of the shortest titles ever. Spooky! This is the…

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The Reading List, Week 8 – McCabe, Hopkins, Skinner, Sawkins

by Robin Houghton on October 9, 2015

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All the National Poetry Day euphoria over with and I’m back into the swing of The Reading List this week, and some wonderful reading to report on. Included here are…

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The Reading List, week 7 – Jack Underwood ‘Happiness’

by Robin Houghton on October 4, 2015

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  Only one book to report on in this episode of The Reading List  – there seem to be endless admin jobs involved in moving house, as well as getting out…

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Poetry Book Fair and other shenanigans

by Robin Houghton on September 28, 2015

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Yes, it’s the obligatory ‘look what I bought at the Poetry Book Fair‘ photo – I love looking at other people’s ‘hauls’ to see what I missed. There was so much…

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The Reading List, week 6: Duhig, Kenny, Murray, Lehane

by Robin Houghton on September 7, 2015

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This post is the latest update to my ‘Reading List’ project begun in July 2015. The Lammas Hireling, Ian Duhig (Picador, 2003) From the opening poem ‘Blood’, an extended description…

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The Reading List, week 5: McVety, Konig, James

by Robin Houghton on August 30, 2015

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Right now my reading material consists mainly of kitchen brochures, legal house-moving gumph and internet research on macerator toilets and whether you need planning permission to change a window on the…

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The Road Not Taken & FOMO

by Robin Houghton on August 23, 2015

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Just the other day Don Share posted on Twitter a link to a recording of Robert Frost reading ‘The Road Not Taken’. How wonderful to hear it in the poet’s…

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The Reading List, week 4: Heaney, O’Brien, Williams

by Robin Houghton on August 19, 2015

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  As promised, The Reading List continues … District & Circle, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 2006) Everything you’d expect from a Heaney collection: poignant but unsentimental recollections of the past, images…

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The Reading List, week 3

by Robin Houghton on July 27, 2015

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Things have gone a tad pear-shaped these last 2 weeks and I’ve managed to read only 3 books –but I have various excuses, ranging from (ahem!) work, getting ready for…

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