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Free Verse at Conway Hall

by Robin Houghton on February 23, 2020

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Up to London yesterday for the The Poetry Book & Magazine Fair aka Free Verse, at a new time of year (February rather than September) and back at Conway Hall.…

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To London, for poetry &

by Robin Houghton on November 26, 2019

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I seem to be up in London a fair bit this month. Last week was my first trip to the Troubadour in a while, and despite late trains meaning I…

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Summer reading, thinking & waiting

by Robin Houghton on July 24, 2019

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After a couple of weeks of what’s felt like full-on socialising in our sunny garden, I’m enjoying a quiet day alone catching up, which means giving my blogs a little…

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From Picasso to Garsdale: news roundup

by Robin Houghton on May 14, 2018

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Taking a leaf out of Peter Kenny’s book, here are seven items from the imaginary newsdesk at Kenny Houghton Towers (sorry Peter – but as Picasso said – possibly – ‘Good artists…

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Poems coming out, new anthology, currently reading etc

by Robin Houghton on April 20, 2018

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Intro/bit of a rant etc (skip this if you’d rather go straight to The Poetry stuff) Where has the month gone? (Rhetorical question.) Why am I being besieged by companies/organisations…

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Pamphlet launch night

by Robin Houghton on February 27, 2018

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Stephen Bone and I had a blast last Thursday launching our pamphlets in Eastbourne, at the brilliant Printers Playhouse. The audience was a sea of fantastic poet friends, non-poet friends…

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Busy busy… pamphlet launch, Telltale Anthology latest

by Robin Houghton on February 20, 2018

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It seems to be a busy time of year, both for poetry and for music. I’ve been busy promoting our Lewes Singers concerts this coming weekend in Eastbourne and Ringmer,…

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Opportunity to have a hand-stitched pamphlet of your poems

by Robin Houghton on February 3, 2018

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I promised Maria Isakova-Bennett I would mention this to you – Maria is the creator of the beautiful Coast to Coast to Coast magazine I’ve featured here recently. Well, she…

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The new pamphlet is here | launch details

by Robin Houghton on January 22, 2018

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Exciting times. My third pamphlet (counting ‘Foot Wear‘ as one) All the Relevant Gods is here. A box of copies arrived last week, so now I have to go about emptying it!…

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Giveaway winner PLUS 2 tickets for the TS Eliots at bargain price

by Robin Houghton on January 9, 2018

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It seems to be the thing at the moment when it comes to ‘picking a name out of the hat’ to make a wee film of it. I can see…

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