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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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Two steps forward one step back (or vice versa)

by Robin Houghton on June 22, 2015

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Last week I was deep in Telltale Press business which is probably why I didn’t post an update here. I’ve also been distracted by the process of ‘moving house’ which…

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An update on submissions, readings etc and a nail-biting aside

by Robin Houghton on June 2, 2015

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My fingernails are looking reasonable at the moment, which is pretty good considering that the house-moving stressometer is probably at its highest right now. A short aside about nailbiting –…

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And so to bed (and Bath)

by Robin Houghton on May 21, 2015

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Actually I wish I was still in my bed right now as I’m feeling a tad slug-like after another late night ‘up in town’ as my mum used to say. (It…

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News of readings, launches

by Robin Houghton on May 13, 2015

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Pamphlet launch This evening Telltale Press goes global! Well, it makes its debut in the southwest of England, anyway… Siegfried Baber launches his debut pamphlet, When Love Came To the…

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Coffee House Poetry at the Troubadour

by Robin Houghton on May 12, 2015

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Had a great evening yesterday at the Troubadour as Coffee House Poetry, Anne-Marie Fyfe’s fortnightly poetry readings, got underway for its summer season. It’s a crazy scene –  the vibrancy,…

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Reading at Pighog Poetry Night in Brighton

by Robin Houghton on May 2, 2015

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Pighog Press has hosted a poetry night at the Redroaster cafe in Brighton for many years. I’ve attended quite a few times and it’s always an eclectic mix of the…

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Can you get a poem out of it?

by Robin Houghton on April 30, 2015

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This is question I’ve been asked (and have asked myself) every since I knew I would be doing jury service these two weeks. Having been given a day off tomorrow…

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