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FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION
The Poems of Seamus HeaneyEdited by Rosie Lavan & Bernard O'Donoghue
with Matthew Hollis Hardback publication
Faber & Faber (UK) 9 October 2025 Farrar, Straus & Giroux (US) 18 November 2025 This is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry. It encompasses all the poems Heaney published in his lifetime as well as the small number that appeared after his death: twelve single volumes, from Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010), and those poems published in pamphlets, journals and magazines or with limited circulation. In addition, the book includes a selection of unpublished material chosen by the poet's family.
It is a body of work that, in its entirety, resounds with the 'lyrical beauty and ethical depth' cited by the Nobel committee: poems 'which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.' Critical introductions to each collection and notes that illuminate the history and development of the poems make this the essential volume for admirers of Heaney's work. |
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NEW PUBLICATIONThe Seafarer
A New TranslationWith Original Photographs by Norman McBeathPaperback Publication
Hazel Press 28 November 2024 Launch event for The Seafarer at the LRB Bookshop
Matthew and Norman will be talking about their collaboration on The Seafarer at the London Review Bookshop on 28th November. Tickets are now on sale here. |
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NEW IN PAPERBACK
Earth HousePaperback publication
Bloodaxe Books (UK) 27 June 2024 ‘Earth House represents the ecological imagination
at its most multi-layered and persuasive.’ Carol Rumers, Guardian ‘A quietly magnificent book. Wholly lived. A magnificat.’
Tim Dee ‘Astonishing . . . I loved every page of these wise and unforgettable poems that celebrate human life and the natural world with phrase-making that stays on the ear long after the reading.’
Daljit Nagra, BBC Radio 4 Extra ‘A magical combination of the delicate and the intense.’
Julia Blackburn ‘There are books that I keep by me for a long time.
Earth House will be one.’ David Harsent, One Hand Clapping |
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NEW IN PAPERBACKThe Waste Land
A Biography of a PoemPaperback Publication
W. W. Norton (US) 9 January 2024 ‘Brilliant.’
The Atlantic ‘There is genuine suspense in the air, as Hollis invites us to listen out for murmurs and rumors, in the poets's letters of long ago.’
The New Yorker ‘a truly bravura critical portrait.’
City Journal ‘Literary history at its finest.’
Heather Clark ‘Surprisingly suspenseful.’
A. E. Stallings |
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NEW PUBLICATIONEarth House
Hardback publication
Bloodaxe Books (UK) 27 April 2023 Laurel Prize for Poetry Longlist
Michael Marks Pamphlet Award Shortlist
Leaves Books of the Year
The Tablet Poetry Book of the Month
BBC Radio 4 Extra Poem of the Week
Telegraph, Yorkshire Times, Guardian Summer Reading
The Tablet Spring Feature
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