D A Prince – Robin Houghton

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 ⟶

08/09/2014

A day at the Poetry Book Fair

By Robin Houghton08/09/2014Categories: Books, Events, Inspiration, Pamphlets, Places, ReadingsTags: conway hall, D A Prince, josh ekroy, poetry book fair, sarah james, telltale pressLeave a comment

Ooh, poetry books. Trestle tables. Shouty snatches of conversation trying to be heard in the hubbub. “I wasn’t sure about his last collection, it it didn’t quite work, did it?” … “Oh yeah, did you hear? I got divorced – she buggered off to Germany, thank God”. It has to be Free Verse, the Poetry BookRead more ⟶