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Forward Prizes, Poetry Book Fair – big poetry week

by Robin Houghton on September 23, 2018

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It’s a good thing it’s pouring with rain today as I have every excuse to stay indoors, write, bake bread and plan this week’s garden tasks. I don’t know about…

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Notes on a poetry residential at Garsdale

by Robin Houghton on June 21, 2018

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I’m back from an inspirational week at the Garsdale Retreat, on a poetry residential course that deserved to be full but wasn’t – if you’ve ever done an Arvon week…

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Launch of ‘Coast to Coast to Coast’ issue 2

by Robin Houghton on December 21, 2017

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I’m back from an (almost) flying trip to Liverpool, a city about 300 miles north of where I live, for a five minute poetry reading – crazy or what? Except…

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To Liverpool, 28 drafts later

by Robin Houghton on September 20, 2017

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It’s wonderful how software like Illustrator allows non-designers like me a chance to play around with layout, typefaces and graphic design. I really value how digital has made good quality…

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Ty Newydd and the ‘retired hobbyists’ – a few thoughts

by Robin Houghton on July 23, 2017

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Members of the poetry world are aghast at a recently published ‘Independent Review of Support for Publishing and Literature in Wales’. It’s a long document (over 200 pages) but there’s…

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Recipe for Water

by Robin Houghton on June 4, 2017

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Yes that probably sounds familiar, being the title of the 2009 collection by Gillian Clarke. I’ve been thinking a lot about water lately, and flow – great rivers, the mouths of…

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Eyewear Anthology launch & a scary flashback

by Robin Houghton on April 3, 2017

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This one is dedicated to my good friend Lucy, who often comes with me to London poetry readings. I’ve taken her to standing-room only upstairs rooms in Victorian pubs, damp basements…

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Slam Dunk at the Printworks in Hastings

by Robin Houghton on January 27, 2017

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Last night I took the train (yes! there and back! and only slight delays!) to Hastings to Slam Dunk, a regular poetry night at the Printworks, where Hastings Stanza rep…

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At the South Downs Poetry Festival

by Robin Houghton on July 25, 2016

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When Tim Dawes came to Lewes just a few months ago to talk about his plans for a South Downs Poetry Festival, I admit I was sceptical about whether it…

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Some poetry readings etc in next two weeks…

by Robin Houghton on June 29, 2016

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Just a quick shout out for some poetry readings & events coming up in the next couple of weeks … we’re always being told how people turn to poetry in…

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