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by Robin Houghton on November 18, 2019

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I’ve got into a rhythm of reading a Canto of Dante’s Purgatory each night before falling asleep, sometimes I get through the chapter commentary & notes too, sometimes not. If…

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Kay Syrad, Josephine Corcoran – short reviews

by Robin Houghton on November 26, 2018

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A couple of brief reviews of collections I’ve been reading: Inland – Kay Syrad  (Cinnamon, 2018) (£8.99) There’s nothing predictable or familiar in this collection. Just when you feel you’re…

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End of year thoughts, links & thank yous

by Robin Houghton on December 29, 2017

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This is my wrap-up post for 2017 – I’ve enjoyed other people’s posts but have been increasingly wondering whether I’ve anything  else to add or anything different to say. But…

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Standing room only at the Troubadour

by Robin Houghton on May 17, 2017

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To be fair, I did have a seat for the first half, but with the sciatica playing up I was happy to stand for the second. Plus it meant a…

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TS Eliot Prize – workshop & readings

by Robin Houghton on January 16, 2017

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Katy Evans-Bush‘s TS Eliot shortlist workshop is fast becoming an institution. Now in its sixth year, it’s a fine precursor to the Prize readings which take place the following day,…

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Recent reading: ‘Home Front’, new poetry from Bloodaxe

by Robin Houghton on December 19, 2016

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An interesting book came my way from Bloodaxe recently – a book of books, you might call it, or perhaps an anthology of collections. Home Front features four collections (each by…

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Bare Fiction, Marion Tracy’s new book & other news

by Robin Houghton on May 16, 2016

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It’s gone a bit quiet here as I’ve been preoccupied with all sorts of things – our new flat is taking shape, so I’ve been spending time choosing paint colours,…

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Andrew McMillan’s ‘Physical’

by Robin Houghton on April 22, 2016

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Even though we have NO bookshelves at the moment and about 40 boxes of books we can’t unpack, I had a bit of a poetry book-buying splurge lately (this –…

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Lynne Hjelmgaard book launch

by Robin Houghton on March 16, 2016

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[…] Outside each propelling constellation but inside that feeling of boat. It demands and bruises, cuts pride, hardens stomachs. […] (‘That Feeling of Boat’) It was such a pleasure to…

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The Reading List, week 11 – Clare Best’s ‘Cell’

by Robin Houghton on December 13, 2015

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It seems my blog posts of ‘micro reviews’ have set some sort of trend – who’d have thought?  Anyway, I haven’t posted one for a couple of weeks as other aspects…

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