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21/02/2024

And there goes February flying past…

By Robin Houghton21/02/2024Categories: Angst, Blog, Mags & Blogs, Podcast, Readings, WritingTags: antony mair, asthma, book submissions, concert, eastbourne, february, lewes singers, Pindrop Press, planet poetry, readings, roy mcfarlane, seni seneviratne, writing poetry4 Comments

This is not my favourite time of year I confess, although I love all the early signs of Spring – the first sunny days, the first buds, daffodils and birdsong. Just look how grand the beach looked the other day! We even had breakfast outside on Friday! But this month in particular I’ve been plaguedRead more ⟶

03/10/2022

National Poetry Day (week of)

By Robin Houghton03/10/2022Categories: Competitions, Events, Mags & Blogs, SubmissionsTags: clare best, competitions, eastbourne, frogmore papers, national poetry day, poetry competitions, poetry society, proleLeave a comment

So Thursday is National Poetry Day, which I shall be celebrating with my Hastings Stanza group, doing what poets do… agonising over line-breaks, commas and what have you. Before that though, on Wednesday, I’ll be at the Fisherman’s Club for the prize readings of a local competition I was a judge for, on the themeRead more ⟶

22/03/2016

World Poetry Day – Sussex Poets’ showcase

By Robin Houghton22/03/2016Categories: Blog, Events, PerformingTags: antony mair, brighton stanza, downland poets, eastbourne, hastings stanza, john myers, louise taylor, marion tracy, mid sussex stanza, miriam patrick, poetry stanzas, rottingdean writers, world poetry day6 Comments

John Myers (aka Mister John) runs a regular poetry evening here in Eastbourne at the Underground Theatre cafe. I’m giving it a good plug not least of all because next month I’m the guest poet. And I do also want people to support the event, as we’re not awash with poetry events in Eastbourne (YET).Read more ⟶

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 ⟶