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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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Competition season! Be afraid. Plus the odd launch

by Robin Houghton on October 10, 2019

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Those Darn Comps Love ’em or loath ’em, but some of us just can’t stop ourselves entering. “Is there a competition season?” someone once asked me and I feel as…

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Recipe for Water

by Robin Houghton on June 4, 2017

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Yes that probably sounds familiar, being the title of the 2009 collection by Gillian Clarke. I’ve been thinking a lot about water lately, and flow – great rivers, the mouths of…

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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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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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Kicking off the New Year at the Poetry Cafe

by Robin Houghton on January 8, 2015

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Telltale Poets & Friends were at the Poetry Cafe last night and it was a lovely evening. I’d been a bit nervous about holding this event so soon in the…

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End of year thank yous, submissions news, plans

by Robin Houghton on December 28, 2013

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Happy Holidays (or non-denominational winter festival, etc). Wouldn’t it be great to end the year on a ‘good news’ note? You know – I’ve suddenly been snapped up by Faber,…

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Events Readings

Dannie Abse, Alwyn Marriage and Rosie Bailey at Keat’s House

by Robin Houghton on November 28, 2013

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Great evening last night at Keat’s House for the Poetry Society AGM (brief) and three excellent readings. I was very pleased to sit with poet friend Lynne and hear about…

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A poem by Lynne Hjelmgaard

by Robin Houghton on November 25, 2013

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I first met Lynne Hjelmgaard at a Brighton Stanza meeting, and knew straight away she was a poet I wanted to hear more of and would enjoy workshopping with. Lynne…

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Poetry Review launch and the Keats & Marx trail

by Robin Houghton on August 2, 2013

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Last week I met up with poet friend Lynne to go to the Poetry Review launch at Keats House museum in Hampstead. I admit I’d not visited Keats House before…

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