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On blogging, writing and giving myself time

by Robin Houghton on April 3, 2014

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Yesterday was the first session of a ‘Build your social web presence’ course I’m teaching at New Writing South, and the common question of how does one find the time…

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The year that was, plus a T S Eliot Prize-themed workshop

by Robin Houghton on January 6, 2014

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So many good end-of-year review-type blog posts in the last week or so. A few I particularly enjoyed: Anthony Wilson’s ‘Most read life-saving poems in 2013’ which gave me a…

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A poem by David Borrott

by Robin Houghton on November 12, 2013

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I think there were only three men on the course at Ty Newydd, so I don’t know how that felt for them. David Borrott consistently came up with fresh, original…

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A poem by Jenny Lewis

by Robin Houghton on November 8, 2013

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At Ty Newydd recently I was fortunate enough to be working alongside some wonderful poets, and with their permission I’ll be featuring some of them here. The first is Jenny…

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At Ty Newydd, part 2

by Robin Houghton on October 22, 2013

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Here’s the longer post I promised about my week at Ty Newydd. First of all, some of the advice and sayings I captured from the tutors during workshops. It’s not…

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Aftermath

by Robin Houghton on October 20, 2013

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Back from Ty Newydd yesterday with a head full of I don’t know what. It wasn’t that I was sad to leave, far from it – I was so in…

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At Ty Newydd, part 1

by Robin Houghton on October 17, 2013

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We’re halfway through the Ty Newydd poetry ‘masterclass’ with Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, I’m writing this at 5am because my mind won’t relax, so here are my thoughts…

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Out and about the next few weeks . . .

by Robin Houghton on September 18, 2013

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There seems to be plenty happening at the moment, so here’s a quick round-up of some things I’m going to / involved with … Firstly, please bear with me if…

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Train ticket booked

by Robin Houghton on August 1, 2013

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… for Criccieth. I’m all set for the residential course at Ty Newydd in October with Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke. So it now feels like I’m actually going.…

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Social media for writers, ‘Orgasm Management’ etc

by Robin Houghton on May 12, 2013

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This is not the blog post I started writing this morning – but that turned into a cod philosophical/ psychological discourse that I eventually decided wasn’t going anywhere. So I’ve…

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