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National Poetry Competition awards last night

by Robin Houghton on March 29, 2014
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6.30pm on Thursday evening, and I receive an email invitation to the National Poetry Competition and Ted Hughes Award prizegiving evening at the Savile Club in the swanky area of…

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Launch of The Interpreter’s House #55

by Robin Houghton on March 7, 2014
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And so to Oxford, or the Albion Beatnik Bookstore in Jericho, to be precise. Martin Malone took over the editorship of The Interpreter’s House after the untimely death of Simon…

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Friday update

by Robin Houghton on February 28, 2014
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It’s been a good week in many ways, but the not-so-good things first: a rejection from the London Magazine (not unexpected) and no new poetry writing done at all 🙁…

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Workshop report – the T S Eliot Prize shortlisted collections

by Robin Houghton on January 12, 2014
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Tonight it’s that lovely annual poets’ jamboree, the T S Eliot Prize readings at the Royal Festival Hall. This year I thought it would increase my enjoyment of the readings…

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End of year thank yous, submissions news, plans

by Robin Houghton on December 28, 2013
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Happy Holidays (or non-denominational winter festival, etc). Wouldn’t it be great to end the year on a ‘good news’ note? You know – I’ve suddenly been snapped up by Faber,…

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Submissions, projects, ‘poetry corner’

by Robin Houghton on December 12, 2013
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Sorry for the silence lately, I’ve been under the weather and only today feeling a tad more human. Then there’s been all the Christmas stuff, you know what it’s like.…

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Dannie Abse, Alwyn Marriage and Rosie Bailey at Keat’s House

by Robin Houghton on November 28, 2013
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Great evening last night at Keat’s House for the Poetry Society AGM (brief) and three excellent readings. I was very pleased to sit with poet friend Lynne and hear about…

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Anthology launch, plus Hilda Sheehan at Tunbridge Wells

by Robin Houghton on November 20, 2013
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A busy couple of days: Monday evening saw the launch of the Brighton Stanza anthology, a labour of love for editors Antony Mair, Miriam Patrick and Andie Davidson. Andie’s company,…

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Poetry bombing

by Robin Houghton on November 17, 2013
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Came across this – Poetry Bombing – sewing poems into charity shop clothes – how much fun is that?? Except I think I’d be spotted in a jiffy in our small,…

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Riordan & Share on ‘100 years of the don’ts’

by Robin Houghton on October 23, 2013
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Yesterday evening I was at Keats House in Hampstead listening to a Poetry Society debate on the subject of Ezra Pound’s enormously influential article ‘A Few Don’ts’, first published a hundred…

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