albion beatnik – Robin Houghton

21/10/2015

Readings, launches & seeds of a new project or two

By Robin Houghton21/10/2015Categories: Blog, Courses, Events, Inspiration, Places, Readings, WritingTags: albion beatnik, cur, eastbourne, frogmore press, john mccullough, lewes, martin malone, New Writing South, swwj, true tales from the old hill1 Comment

We’ve been in Eastbourne a month. It probably sounds daft but I’ve been struck at how mild it seems to be here compared to Lewes or Brighton. The latter in particular. And yet they’re only a few miles away. Maybe we don’t get those biting Brighton winds here? But today I’ve spent all day atRead more ⟶

11/10/2015

Lewes & Oxford readings this week, plus poet friends’ success

By Robin Houghton11/10/2015Categories: Blog, Competitions, Events, Performing, Places, Readings, SpeakingTags: albion beatnik, frogmore press, hilda sheehan, jeremy page, martin malone, needlewriters, Roy Marshall, siegfried baber, south magazine, stanza poetry competition, telltale press4 Comments

Ah, National Poetry Day seems to be the unofficial kickstarter of the poetry season (is that ‘open season’)? Last week saw a flurry of competition results and exciting announcements: Facebook was groaning under the weight of congratulations and almost couldn’t keep up. First of all the Stanza Poetry Competition, won by Graham Burchell to whomRead more ⟶

07/03/2014

Launch of The Interpreter’s House #55

By Robin Houghton07/03/2014Categories: Events, Mags & Blogs, Places, ReadingsTags: albion beatnik, claire dyer, helen fletcher, magazine launch, martin malone, martin monahan, oxford, poetry readings, the interpreter's house3 Comments

And so to Oxford, or the Albion Beatnik Bookstore in Jericho, to be precise. Martin Malone took over the editorship of The Interpreter’s House after the untimely death of Simon Curtis last year, and this is his second issue. I have to say, the production quality is great, I love the cover design, and it’sRead more ⟶