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An aside from Swindon

by Robin Houghton on October 7, 2018

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Although I’m currently officially blogging the Poetry Swindon Festival over at Festival Chronicle, this is my own blog so I thought I’d put any personal asides on here. You know…

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Roundup | a good poetry week

by Robin Houghton on October 16, 2017

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Bit of a roundup post. Last Tuesday evening at West Greenwich Library I got to hear some super poems inspired by the Mary Evans Picture Library, by Sarah Westcott (who…

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Both sides now

by Robin Houghton on February 13, 2017

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A smooth drive to London yesterday for Anne-Marie Fyfe’s newest workshop, on the theme of clouds.  As in ‘I wandered lonely as…’, or ‘from both sides now..’ And yes, Joni…

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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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Notes from a workshop with Andrew McMillan

by Robin Houghton on July 26, 2016

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As promised in my last post, here are my notes from the workshop I did on Saturday at the South Downs Poetry Festival, with Andrew McMillan. I’m including links at the end…

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Coffee-House poetry workshops with Anne-Marie Fyfe

by Robin Houghton on May 23, 2016

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Last weekend I was at the Troubadour in London on a Sunday afternoon for one of Anne-Marie Fyfe’s themed writing workshops. It was intense without feeling like hard work –…

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Readings, talks, good poetry stuff on the horizon

by Robin Houghton on March 10, 2016

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Last Thursday I was at Roehampton University where I’d been invited by Principal Lecturer Louise Tondeur to talk to her Creative Writing students about Telltale Press, collaborative working, the importance…

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Quick update – submissions, good news, real life stuff

by Robin Houghton on February 21, 2016

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The big news this week is that we finally completed our purchase of the new flat, and we’re now wondering what we can afford to do to it in the…

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A Bridge (not) Too Far – workshop with Anne-Marie Fyfe

by Robin Houghton on February 22, 2015

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Today I made my first visit to the Troubadour cafe, after thinking about it for a long time – I thought I’d start by going to one of Anne-Marie Fyfe‘s Coffee…

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Launches, readings, online course, a new book … busy autumn

by Robin Houghton on September 26, 2014

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Someone posted recently on Twitter that poetry seemed to be “mostly about reading, writing and waiting”.  I know I’ve certainly had that kind of year up until a few weeks…

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