Regional focus – Robin Houghton

23/03/2015

Regional Poetry Focus: Cumbria

By Robin Houghton23/03/2015Categories: Blog, Events, Places, Readings, Regional focusTags: Andrew Forster, brewery arts centre, cumbria, helen fletcher, Kathleen Jones, kim moore, lake poets, poem and a pint, the Wordsworth TrustLeave a comment

This blog post has been some weeks in the prep – I realise my ambition to have a Regional Focus every month was a bit, well, ambitious! Anyway, here’s the second in the series (following on from the very popular Leicester Fiesta in January). In this episode I’m taking a virtual nose around that mostRead more ⟶

05/01/2015

Regional Poetry Focus: Leicestershire

By Robin Houghton05/01/2015Categories: Blog, Bloggers, Events, Inspiration, Places, Regional focus, WritingTags: bobba cass, charles lauder jnr, crystal clear creations, D A Prince, five leaves press, jane commane, Jayne Stanton, leicester, loughborough, lydia towsey, maria taylor, mark goodwin, nine arches press, pam thompson, poetry events, poetry open mic, Roy Marshall, shindigLeave a comment

Welcome to the first of my new series of Regional Focus pieces about the poetry scene around the UK. I suppose I could have called it ‘Down Your Way’ or some other BBC-esque ever-so-slightly patronising title. Or I could have racked my brains for something witty, wacky or non-cliched. But hey. PS: it’s long –Read more ⟶