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Launch of ‘The Skin Diary’ by Abegail Morley

by Robin Houghton on July 1, 2016

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What a privilege it is to be asked to read at a friend’s book launch. Abegail Morley has been something of a mentor to me, always generous in her support. She is…

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What I’ve been reading… Kei Miller’s ‘Cartographer’

by Robin Houghton on June 24, 2016

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At the library I recently picked up Kei Miller’s The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion (Carcanet 2014), and it proved to be one of those books you…

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Bare Fiction, Marion Tracy’s new book & other news

by Robin Houghton on May 16, 2016

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It’s gone a bit quiet here as I’ve been preoccupied with all sorts of things – our new flat is taking shape, so I’ve been spending time choosing paint colours,…

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Andrew McMillan’s ‘Physical’

by Robin Houghton on April 22, 2016

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Even though we have NO bookshelves at the moment and about 40 boxes of books we can’t unpack, I had a bit of a poetry book-buying splurge lately (this –…

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Lynne Hjelmgaard book launch

by Robin Houghton on March 16, 2016

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[…] Outside each propelling constellation but inside that feeling of boat. It demands and bruises, cuts pride, hardens stomachs. […] (‘That Feeling of Boat’) It was such a pleasure to…

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Readings, talks, good poetry stuff on the horizon

by Robin Houghton on March 10, 2016

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Last Thursday I was at Roehampton University where I’d been invited by Principal Lecturer Louise Tondeur to talk to her Creative Writing students about Telltale Press, collaborative working, the importance…

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The Reading List week 10: Glück, Paterson, Crowther

by Robin Houghton on November 17, 2015

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These pocket-sized reviews have been getting a bit long lately and that’s not good, because I start thinking “do I have time to write a 1,500 word post today?” and…

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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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