A remarkable first collection by an important new poetIn this collection, Sean Hewitt gives us poems of a rare musicality and grace. The collection ends with a series of elegies for the poet's father: in the face of despair, we are met with a fierce brightness, and a reclamation of the spiritual.
A remarkable first collection by an important new poetIn this collection, Sean Hewitt gives us poems of a rare musicality and grace. The collection en...
TWO BOYS MEET. EVERYTHING CHANGES. * A Guardian, Irish Times and BBC Book for 2025 *‘Hewitt writes with such tenderness and grace’ ANNE ENRIGHT‘I loved it...
Beautiful’ FERDIA LENNONOn the cusp of adulthood, James dreams of another life far away from his small village. As he contends with the expectations of his family, his burgeoning desire – an ache for autonomy, tenderness and sex – threatens to unravel his shy exterior. Then he meets Luke.
Unkempt and handsome, charismatic and impulsive, he has been sent to live with...
TWO BOYS MEET. EVERYTHING CHANGES. * A Guardian, Irish Times and BBC Book for 2025 *‘Hewitt writes with such tenderness and grace’ AN...
Originally published by the Talbot Press, Dublin, in 1918 after his execution by the British Government for his involvement in the 1916 Rising, Roger Casement's poetry has long been a collector's item. To coincide with Pride 2026, New Island will publish a new edition of SOME POEMS OF ROGER CASEMENT, with a newly commissioned introduction by the award-winning poet, memoirist, novelist and literary critic, Seán Hewitt. In his day, Roger Casement was a man who appeared to contain many contradictions: decorated British diplomat, Irish Protestant and martyred Irish nationalist. He was a...
Originally published by the Talbot Press, Dublin, in 1918 after his execution by the British Government for his involvement in the 1916 Rising, Roger ...