Readings – Page 5 – Robin Houghton

Forward Prizes, Poetry Book Fair – big poetry week

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 […]

With a real sense of summer coming to an end, I just wanted to mention a few things before August is up, and […]

Blog/ 25/03/2018

Well the submissions list was popular… I hope you managed to get some poems out before some of the deadlines. I’ve got a […]

Blog/ 27/02/2018

Stephen Bone and I had a blast last Thursday launching our pamphlets in Eastbourne, at the brilliant Printers Playhouse. The audience was a […]

Blog/ 22/01/2018

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 […]

Blog/ 21/12/2017

I’m back from an (almost) flying trip to Liverpool, a city about 300 miles north of where I live, for a five minute […]

Blog/ 16/12/2017

I was recently asked to select some readings to go in between the movements of a choral piece. The piece is Bob Chilcott’s […]

Blog/ 19/11/2017

Sorry about the title of this post – no, wait – never apologise! As I wrote it I was thinking ‘Hugh, Pugh, Barney […]

Bit of a roundup post. Last Tuesday evening at West Greenwich Library I got to hear some super poems inspired by the Mary […]

Blog/ 05/10/2017

As usual I’m a bit late to the party on a few things, namely Ocean Vuong, whose Forward-winning collection Night Sky with Exit […]