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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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Readings, launches & seeds of a new project or two

by Robin Houghton on October 21, 2015

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We’ve been in Eastbourne a month. It probably sounds daft but I’ve been struck at how mild it seems to be here compared to Lewes or Brighton. The latter in…

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Lewes & Oxford readings this week, plus poet friends’ success

by Robin Houghton on October 11, 2015

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Ah, National Poetry Day seems to be the unofficial kickstarter of the poetry season (is that ‘open season’)? Last week saw a flurry of competition results and exciting announcements: Facebook…

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‘Zones of Avoidance’ – a live literature performance

by Robin Houghton on October 1, 2015

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What would your understanding be of a ‘live literature performance’? Is it the same, or related to ‘performance poetry’? Could any poetry, when read or recited in front of an audience, be…

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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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A short time out

by Robin Houghton on September 18, 2015

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Yes I know I’ve gone a bit quiet lately, and that’s because we are finally moving house. Oh and the small matter of a concert in a week’s time, on…

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Poetry Book Fair excitement, plus my poetry gets a leg up

by Robin Houghton on September 4, 2015

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September so often seems like the shortest month – why is that? At the moment it’s also looking like the craziest this year. We have to move out of our…

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Post-holiday news, blues and beginnings

by Robin Houghton on August 16, 2015

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Back from holiday less than a week and plenty has happened. While I was away I received three rejections (boo!) and one ‘long listing’ (hurray!), so now I’m faced with…

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‘Making Poetry Work’ at the Poetry Cafe

by Robin Houghton on July 24, 2015

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Yesterday evening I was at the Poetry Cafe for a Poetry Society/Society of Authors event called ‘Making Poetry Work’, billed as a discussion about the ‘business’ of poetry. Being a…

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Tennis, 1976-style

by Robin Houghton on July 8, 2015

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Encouraged by Jayne Stanton’s marvellous ‘this is not about poetry’ blog post, I’m going off-piste today. Which is a stupid metaphor really as this is not about skiing, but TENNIS.…

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