New Writing South – Robin Houghton

Catchup for a rainy day – news, upcoming etc

With a real sense of summer coming to an end, I just wanted to mention a few things before August is up, and […]

It’s taken a while coming but I’ve found a home for my second pamphlet, ‘All the Relevant Gods’. Those lovely, hardworking folks at […]

Facebook blackout – the verdict It’s now been two months since I stopped checking in with Facebook and I’m enjoying the freedom it’s […]

Blog/ 21/02/2016

The big news this week is that we finally completed our purchase of the new flat, and we’re now wondering what we can […]

Blog/ 03/11/2015

Just a quick update and a look ahead to the weekend … I was excited to see the T S Eliot Prize shortlist, especially as […]

Blog/ 21/10/2015

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 […]

September so often seems like the shortest month – why is that? At the moment it’s also looking like the craziest this year. […]

Blog/ 01/04/2015

Just a quick update… I haven’t been blogging as much lately as I am knee-deep in a job, and paid work must be […]

Someone posted recently on Twitter that poetry seemed to be “mostly about reading, writing and waiting”. I know I’ve certainly had that kind […]

Yikes, the poetry world can be dangerous place, can’t it? Who’d be one of those poor ‘Next Generation Poets‘? Blimey. I wonder if people forget […]