Needlewriters Lewes – Robin Houghton

10/10/2019

Competition season! Be afraid. Plus the odd launch

By Robin Houghton10/10/2019Categories: Blog, Competitions, EventsTags: Dante, lynne hjelmgaard, national poetry competition, Needlewriters Lewes, troubadour prize, virginia woolf2 Comments

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 if there is, and it’s now – not sure why except that the National always closes on October 31st, this year a particularly loaded date,Read more ⟶

14/05/201814/05/2018

From Picasso to Garsdale: news roundup

By Robin Houghton14/05/201814/05/2018Categories: Blog, Courses, Events, Inspiration, Pamphlets, Retreats, WritingTags: abegail morley, Annie Freud, billy mills, charlotte gann, Hannah Lowe, ian duhig, janet sutherland, jeremy page, kay syrad, martin malone, michaela ridgway, Needlewriters Lewes, pam thompson, peter kenny, picasso, south downs poetry festival, telltale press1 Comment

Taking a leaf out of Peter Kenny’s book, here are seven items from the imaginary newsdesk at Kenny Houghton Towers (sorry Peter – but as Picasso said – possibly – ‘Good artists copy, great artists steal.’) Picasso is as good as any place to start, having just visited the Tate Modern exhibition featuring work from a yearRead more ⟶

25/03/2018

Readings, and a Garsdale (re)treat booked

By Robin Houghton25/03/2018Categories: Blog, Courses, Publishing, Readings, RetreatsTags: garsdale retreat, Hannah Lowe, ian duhig, kent and sussex poetry society, miranda pearson, Needlewriters Lewes, telltale press, Truths Anthology6 Comments

Well the submissions list was popular… I hope you managed to get some poems out before some of the deadlines. I’ve got a few things out now. Although sorry to report that YET AGAIN I didn’t win the National. Oh well! I’m hoping to be at the award ceremony on Wednesday (if my RSVP wasn’tRead more ⟶