ty newydd – Page 2 – Robin Houghton

18/09/2013

Out and about the next few weeks . . .

By Robin Houghton18/09/2013Categories: Courses, Mags & Blogs, Places, Readings, Social media, Writer platformTags: carol ann duffy, don share, faber & faber, faber social, gillian clarke, grace nichols, john agard, maurice riordan, needlewriters, poetry society, Popshot, ruth padel, sam riviere, social media training, social web presence, TFL poets, troubadour poetry, ty newyddLeave a comment

There seems to be plenty happening at the moment, so here’s a quick round-up of some things I’m going to / involved with … Firstly, please bear with me if I give a quick plug to my short course at New Writing South which starts tomorrow week, 26th September, 6.30 – 9pm for three weeks,Read more ⟶

01/08/2013

Train ticket booked

By Robin Houghton01/08/2013Categories: Courses, US poetryTags: arvon, carol ann duffy, gillian clarke, online, poetry courses, ty newydd, university of pennsylvaniaLeave a comment

… for Criccieth. I’m all set for the residential course at Ty Newydd in October with Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke. So it now feels like I’m actually going. I’m reading CAD’s ‘Rapture’ and GC’s ‘Recipe for Water’ at the moment and feeling buoyed up at the statement on the Ty Newydd course descriptionRead more ⟶

19/04/2013

Ty Newydd excitement & friends’ news

By Robin Houghton19/04/2013Categories: Courses, WorkshoppingTags: arvon, carol ann duffy, gillian clarke, isabel rogers, poem a day, residential courses, ty newyddLeave a comment

What’s been your experience of writers’ residential courses? I’ve heard many good things from friends who’ve done an Arvon course or similar. The idea of a few days holed up in seclusion with time and space to focus on writing does seem like a wonderful luxury. I created my own ‘retreat’ a couple of yearsRead more ⟶