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by Robin Houghton on July 26, 2020

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Current reading … and a parrot Camilla’s Bookshop is open again in Eastbourne after an arson attack, and I can report that the parrot is still alive and greeting you…

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A birthday post and on magazines

by Robin Houghton on October 29, 2019

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Ooh. Lots of interesting discussion & comment around my last post. Thank you to everyone who engaged! (Feels a bit of a sham/shame to use that 21st century term but…

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Recent reading: Janet Sutherland, Poetry magazine

by Robin Houghton on February 7, 2019

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Alongside making updates to the look and feel of this site (and general online spring cleaning) I’ve been enjoying some stimulating reading lately. The January edition of Poetry has yielded…

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Roundup: 16 US poetry journals with submissions details

by Robin Houghton on August 21, 2017

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In my last post I explained that although I haven’t seriously tried submitting to US poetry journals, I’d like to, and have started doing the research. What follows here is…

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Submitting to US poetry journals, part 1

by Robin Houghton on August 16, 2017

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You know how it happens – you start following a link, then you get so engrossed in something you end up forgetting about your current ‘to do’ list. So there…

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Dealing with Literary Rejections: Six Viewpoints

by Robin Houghton on October 14, 2014

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I was asked yesterday ‘how’s the writing going?’ which is always an interesting one to answer. First you have to gauge if it’s a genuine enquiry, or a generic ‘how’s…

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Notes from a Don Share masterclass

by Robin Houghton on October 7, 2014

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What is it about poets called Don? There’s Don Paterson for starters. Don. Paterson. And now Don Share.  Maybe it’s the the power/mafia connotations (Don Corleone). Or the suggestion of raffishness (Don…

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Riordan & Share on ‘100 years of the don’ts’

by Robin Houghton on October 23, 2013

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Yesterday evening I was at Keats House in Hampstead listening to a Poetry Society debate on the subject of Ezra Pound’s enormously influential article ‘A Few Don’ts’, first published a hundred…

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Magazine focus: Rattle

by Robin Houghton on June 27, 2013

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I (oh no, starting a blog post again with ‘I’) was just thinking it would be fun to occasionally feature a specific poetry magazine: mention what I like about it,…

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More new reading material, and some happy happenings

by Robin Houghton on May 17, 2013

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Some classic internet-enabled moments this week. Firstly, my post about having received a free copy of Poetry magazine was picked up by Steven Critelli who alerted Don Share, senior editor…

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